A leading House Democrat is preparing a constitutional amendment in response to the Supreme Court’s landmark immunity ruling. Rep.

Rep. Joseph Morelle of New York, the top Democrat on the House Administration Committee, sent a letter to colleagues informing them of his intent to file the resolution, which would kickstart what’s traditionally a cumbersome amendment process.

“This amendment will do what SCOTUS failed to do — prioritize our democracy,” Morelle said in a statement to AP.

  • blady_blah@lemmy.world
    27·
    6 months ago

    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.

    • Glytch@lemmy.world
      111·
      6 months ago

      So you’re saying Biden should start abusing his new powers, maybe by eliminating certain lifetime appointees?

      • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        3·
        6 months ago

        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.

        • Glytch@lemmy.world
          4·
          6 months ago

          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’

        • PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee
          21·
          6 months ago

          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!

    • Fedizen@lemmy.world
      6·
      6 months ago

      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.