A leading House Democrat is preparing a constitutional amendment in response to the Supreme Court’s landmark immunity ruling, seeking to reverse the decision “and ensure that no president is above the law.”

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.

It’s the most significant legislative response yet to the decision this week from the court’s conservative majority, which stunned Washington and drew a sharp dissent from the court’s liberal justices warning of the perils to democracy, particularly as Trump seeks a return to the White House. Still, the effort stands almost no chance of succeeding in this Congress.

  • @frickineh
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    366 months ago

    What we need is for a Democratic president to do something bananas and claim immunity. I bet at least the less crazy Republicans would suddenly see how that could be a problem. Maybe if Joe set one of the conservative justices on fire as an official act.

    But seriously, they have no problem with hypocrisy so that probably still wouldn’t help.

    • @[email protected]
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      156 months ago

      I think the Republicans would just use that as an excuse to do something even crazier at their first opportunity

    • @PunnyName
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      86 months ago

      Hypocrisy is a tool for the GQP

    • @takeda
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      46 months ago

      Provide a free retirement ticket to Guantanamo Bay.

    • @grue
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      16 months ago

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    • @jaybone
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      16 months ago

      Yeah, they wouldn’t get it.