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Biden to announce plans to reform US supreme court – report
(www.theguardian.com)
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InB4 "WhY DiDn't hE Do iT WhEn hE HaD ThE MaJoRiTy?" Because he's calling for constitutional amendments that require a 2/3rds support in Congress and the SCOTUS may finally be disliked enough to get some GOP members to support reform, especially if it comes with limiting Biden's own immunity.
If he flexs his newfound immunity he could definitely stir the pot.
If he goes full Dark Brandon with his immunity, perhaps in his lame duck period, then that would be epic.
I got the popcorn ready.
Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. Sometimes reasonable men must do unreasonable things.
Removing threats to democracy because that democracy is so flawed that it gave you the power to do so legally, and then using that power to eliminate the ability for it to be used again, is heroic.
He must use the stones to destroy the stones
Oh, and Chevron
No way that majority exists, but the tv ads will be delicious and brutal
…and 3/4 of the states. Not only will it take years to accomplish, the uneducated people of the country won’t stand for any amendment that a “librul” came up with. And then everyone will forget or stop caring.
There won’t be another amendment in the next fifty years, as long as MAGA morons exist.
This requirement is what stalls almost all constitutional changes. The last three to pass were 25th 1971 about voting rights for 18 year olds (100 days to pass) the 26th in 1967 about presidential succession (just under 3 years to pass) The last last one (27th) was added 1992 after almost 203 years of meeting the other requirements (It has to do with sitting Congress not being able to raise their own salaries, increases are delayed to the next term. )
There are 6 amendments still sitting out there awaiting ratification by the states.
That’s some excellent history. Thanks for sharing.
I mean the critique behind "why didn't he do it when he had the majority" still applies: calling for a constitutional amendment is ineffectual. There's no way a constitutional amendment is going to happen in today's political environment.
Also the court reform he's proposing isn't a constitutional amendment, but since he waited until he didn't have a majority, that can't happen either.
It's almost like he doesn't want change.
Had he done that, it would have been before this blatant level of corruption had surfaced. So it would have been met with with "there is no evidence to merit something this drastic".
Manchin and Sinema would have blocked it. Our "majority" in the Senate existed only for legislation those two DINOs would allow.
His first year: