So it's early, but has anyone read about how we can drag executive immunity back into the realm of sanity? Things I can think of:
1) Legislation
2) Constitutional amendment
3) SCOTUS re-do
All of these will take time and possibly a new Senate. Are there others? Does #1 even work?
@Boyceaz 1 won't work although I am curious about Ocasio-Cortez's mpeachment move.
2 would work but is very very slow and requires many Dem governors to work.
3 would work but we need 60 in the senate. I favor Biden arresting and sequestering the SCrOTUS we have off shore leaving 3 Dems (and maybe ACB so it's 3 to 1) to vote on all cases, and bringing a remdial case before this smaller court.
@TrueBloodNet We don't need 60 if we have 50 that are willing to change the rules (Sinema and Manchin are gone in January).
AOC's move goes to #3, not #1.
#2 Can be surprisingly fast if it continues to be the case that 70% of US opposes immunity. Are there any sane R governors?
@Boyceaz This can't be changed by Dems dropping the 60 vote rule. It's in the Constitution and would require 66 Senators and 290 House members.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/our-government/the-constitution/
In addition, if a constitutional convention were called, other amendments could be proposed and passed. There are 27 states with Republican governors because of the nearly empty red states.
@Boyceaz And there hasn't been a Constitutional convention since 1787 so color me skeptical that could be organized in under 2 years. And would not be good for our side in the long run as long as land votes.
@TrueBloodNet I agree. A Constitutional Convention is the end of democracy in the US.
@Boyceaz There is no legislation that is not overseen by SCrOTUS so #1 is not viable. Unless we remove members of SCrOTUS first.
#2 will not be fast, and in fact won't happen at all. "An amendment may be proposed by a two-thirds vote of both Houses of Congress, or, if two-thirds of the States request one, by a convention called for that purpose."