Joe Biden has said the recent US supreme court decision providing presidents some immunity from criminal prosecution was “a fundamentally flawed [and] dangerous principle” as he called for significant reform of the nation’s highest court. Donald Trump’s actions demand legislative changes, he said, after the decision in Trump v United States granted presidents wide-ranging immunity from subsequent prosecution. Biden called for term limits and a binding code of conduct for supreme court justices, noting that scandals had undermined public trust in the fairness of the institution. Lebanon’s deputy parliament speaker, Elias Bou Saab, told Reuters that Israel could avoid a major escalation by sparing Beirut and the capital’s surrounding area. “If they avoid civilians and they avoid Beirut and its suburbs, then their attack could be well calculated,” he said.
