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President Joe Biden has pledged to nominate progressives to the Supreme Court if he wins a second term in the White House.
Biden made the pledge at a "Black Voters for Biden-Harris" rally in Philadelphia, where he predicted that more than one Supreme Court justice will retire in the next four years.
"The next president, they’re going to be able to appoint a couple justices, and I’ll be damned — if in fact we’re able to change some of the justices when they retire and put in really progressive judges like we’ve always had, tell me that won’t change your life," Biden told his audience.
The president's comments emphasize what is at stake in the next election for both conservatives, who have lauded their 6-3 majority on the court in recent years, and progressives who have decried landmark rulings ending federal protections for abortion and expanding gun rights.
Biden's remarks also serve as a reminder that several justices are in their seventies.
Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, both conservatives appointed by Republican presidents, are 75 and 74, respectively.
Sonia Sotomayor, a progressive appointed by President Obama, will turn 70 next month.
If one or more justices retire, the next occupant of the White House will fill that vacancy and may reshape the composition of the court for decades.
With the election a little more than six months away, the Biden campaign is sounding the alarm on what could happen if Trump wins as polls show a tight race.
Loss of Human Rights if Trump Wins- First lady
Similarly, Jill Biden, U.S First lady said, there would be disastrous results and a loss of human rights if Trump is re-elected in November.
"We will lose all of our rights," she said on "The View." She had warned earlier that "we cannot take things for granted, and think of the Supreme Court for God’s sake. Talk about things getting worse? Can you imagine if we put any more Republicans on the Supreme Court? No!"
