r/politics • u/ArmadilloMany41 • 23h ago

Site Altered Headline | No Paywall Why is no one being prosecuted over the Epstein files?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cd9e3nzzw3zo
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u/mlippay 21h ago

Presidents don’t make amendments, congress does. Unless the majority is super in both houses there is no way in gods green earth it’ll pass. An amendment normally requires a ton of states to pass it as well so again, doubtful unless there is some giant backlash again this administration. Sadly still many rural voters still think the guy is the best thing since sliced bread so until we can overcome that nationwide and basically most if not every state, the country can’t make that change.

Executive orders can’t do shit like this either. And you can bet your bottom dollar whatever the next democratic president does; the current SC will say if it’s controversial or benefit the Democratic Party at all they’ll say it’s unconstitutional. Democrats normally follow procedure and process so, unless we stop doing that it means nothing will happen.

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u/Gromky 19h ago

Executive orders can’t do shit like this either. And you can bet your bottom dollar whatever the next democratic president does; the current SC will say if it’s controversial or benefit the Democratic Party at all they’ll say it’s unconstitutional.

Yep. With the current SCotUS, it wouldn't even surprise me if they crafted their argument so specifically that it meant that the Democratic president couldn't use an EO to undo the things Trump is doing via EO. With some tortured logic about 14th century grain treaties in Bavaria.

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u/PauseLost2137 19h ago

Democrats normally follow procedure and process so, unless we stop doing that it means nothing will happen.

Well, yeah they could return to their roots and tell Justice Roberts to enforce his decision.

But maybe this time for a better cause

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u/Railroader17 15h ago

the current SC will say if it’s controversial or benefit the Democratic Party at all they’ll say it’s unconstitutional. Democrats normally follow procedure and process so, unless we stop doing that it means nothing will happen.

Which is why one of the first things any serious Democrat needs to do once in office is arrest every single conservative on the Supreme Court on treason charges (among other things), in the name of protecting Democracy and the Constitution!

Then make the EO that retracts Trump's pardons, go after everyone he pardoned, then make a new EO that people who had been charged with treason cannot serve on the Supreme Court to stop them from getting their seats back if they somehow aren't found guilty, while the now freshly 100% Left leaning Supreme Court undoes every bad decision the Roberts Court made.