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What's to stop the ~~monkey paw~~ SCOTUS from simply interpreting a large hole in the amendment?
The only way this ever gains traction is if Biden starts abusing the Supreme Court ruling. As long as Republicans see this as something that doesn't hurt them, they will never support it.
So you're saying Biden should start abusing his new powers, maybe by eliminating certain lifetime appointees?
Not really how that works.
It’s like saying “you’re immune from gun shots” and then you go out and try to fly. The immunity doesn’t grant him extra power within his position, it just grants him immunity if he misuses those powers “officially”.
So he could sell pardons, or order the justice department to release his son, or openly accept bribes in a quid pro quo agreement. As long as it’s “official duties” it’s fair game.
And yes, he could likely shoot someone on fifth avenue and state it was official business, and he would have an argument for immunity. Not that it would likely fly at that point.
He also has the power to order special forces to kidnap people and send them to blacksite prisons for being threats to national security. Just sayin'
I disagree. Remember how many of Trump's cabinet and campaign members were convicted of felonies?
Also, Gitmo. Just saying. Bush and Condoleeza Rice weren't the ones hooking up people to car batteries.
If you are a corrupt sack of shit, it's easy to get a bunch of criminals to do dirty work for you!
the problem is that the ruling hands all the power to the courts so if Joe Biden and Donald Trump committed the same crime for the same reasons the courts could say one has immunity and the other doesn't. The only fix is to take power from the court and just bar the courts from creating immunity at all for any reason.
So force them to openly not support it then.
Congress passing a constitutional amendment takes priority over court decisions, but there are cases in the past where state laws contradiction federal laws allowed a court ruling to have more power over enforcement such as the 15th Amendment.
Impeachment of justices by Congress, this was the intentional method of reeling in a rogue SCOTUS, TBH I think that step should even come first but there is no reason not to work on both simultaneously.
Which is why it is important that they're pursuing an amendment to the Constitution and not proposing a legislative statute: SCOTUS case law supercedes everything except what is in the Constitution.
It's a not point since it'll never make it past the GOP jackwagons in the house.
moot*
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It’s like a cows opinion
Poe's law indicates a high chance they weren't making a reference and were completely serious.
I was making that reference