White House website praises lifetime Supreme Court appointments as Biden pushes term limits

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President Biden's official White House website continues to praise the lifetime appointments of the Supreme Court, despite his recently announced intentions to alter the system.

In the About section of the website, an informational page about the Judiciary Branch praises the lifetime appointment system as a bulwark against "temporary passions of the public."

"Judges and Justices serve no fixed term — they serve until their death, retirement, or conviction by the Senate," the White House website states. "By design, this insulates them from the temporary passions of the public, and allows them to apply the law with only justice in mind, and not electoral or political concerns."

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A White House spokesperson told Fox News Digital that the website's text praising lifetime positions on the Supreme Court is an artifact carried over from former President Trump's administration and "outdated."

"That language is outdated and left over from the Trump Administration’s website. The point of view that presidents should be allowed to commit crimes without legal consequences, or that the Supreme Court can self-police conflicts of interest is outdated and hurting the American people and our Democracy," spokesman Andrew Bates told Fox News Digital.

He continued, "Instead,