2024 Election - Thread #1

[robkelk]

On the other hand, if this survey is accurate then it may be possible to get a constitutional amendment if we can hold things together through the next election.  It is quite possible to make explicit that the President is not above the law, and while we are at it writing ethics rules for Supreme Court Justices with teeth and possibly term limits for people other than the President would be good idea.

Unfortunately the only way to achieve that would be my previous suggestion: That Biden uses his new "official acts" superpowers to guarantee his reelection (doing exactly the same coup that Trump tried to do and has now been effectively declared legal), get rid of Trump, of 5 or 6 Supreme Court justices, a quarter of the Congress, and blocking any attempts at opposing him except for an explicit decalration that he will support planning and passing such amendments.

That isn't the only way to do it. You could have a constitutional convention to pass any number of constitutional amendments -- it specifically says so in your Constitution.

Yes, that would make obvious how united you currently aren't, but it's possible.

Do you remember when was the last time right-wing nuts supported and passed second-amendment restrictions? It was when the Black Panthers followed the then-current law to the letter and started patrolling black neighborhoods with assult rifles to defend their people from police abuse. Once they found out that their laws could empower the target of their hate they changed them in a hurry.

Considering that this particular court decision applies only to the POTUS, that isn't really an option this time around.

EDIT: And I'm thinking that, in the current political climate, "The Potus" would be a great name for a D&D monster. Or the villain in a Doctor Seuss pastiche.