POLITICS/JOE BIDEN: “Without mentioning President Trump, former vice president Joe Biden delivered a reminder that the executive branch’s power is limited and that disparaging the judiciary that is supposed to check that power is ‘corrosive’ and ‘dangerous.’
‘The almost (constant) drumbeat of denigration of the institutional structures that govern us is dangerous,’ Biden said during an impassioned speech Wednesday [3-1-17]. ‘When you delegitimize the courts, you delegitimize the legislative body. It’s corrosive. And it makes it almost impossible to reach compromise.’
Biden was speaking at the Newseum in Washington, where he received the Congressional Patriot Award from the nonprofit Bipartisan Policy Center. Biden defended the legitimacy and the role of the judiciary, which has been the target of attacks from the president.”
– Kristine Phillips, “Joe Biden just ripped President Trump for his ‘corrosive’ attacks on the courts,” The Washington Post online, March 2, 2017