Lydia Polgreen: I get the gallows humor of urging Biden to do crimes to stop Trump/SCOTUS etc. But the truth is that if Biden actually committed a serious, obvious crime in office (assassination, for example), I'd bet my bottom dollar he would be impeached by the House and convicted by the Senate with Dem votes.

I get the gallows humor of urging Biden to do crimes to stop Trump/SCOTUS etc. But the truth is that if Biden actually committed a serious, obvious crime in office (assassination, for example), I'd bet my bottom dollar he would be impeached by the House and convicted by the Senate with Dem votes.

My first proposal was to order some large proportion of the fleet of federal vehicles to park in the SCOTUS parking lots. Not all crimes are horrible, like assassination. Some are just petty, annoying ways of making it clear how crazy it is to give the President this much power.

One of my commenters suggests relocating the Court to a remote island. Not the nice tropical paradise kind; the guano-covered rock kind.

Point being: there's no need to do genuinely awful things. There are oh so many alternatives that make the point just as well.

Have we fully considered the possibilities opened up by the fact that the Supreme Court building is federal property? BUBBLEGUM SCENTED AIR FRESHENER IN THE HVAC DUCTS.

Just shut the HVAC off. No heat no ac

Make the current Supreme Court building a homeless shelter. They did say it’s now illegal to sleep outdoors, so.

Just open up their sessions to the public. With video. Watch how they react to that.

Reassign all the clerks and move them to somewhere else in the federal government; quadruple the Supreme Court’s caseload

We can't do anything about their caseload; it's up to them to decide when to grant cert. I imagine Biden could, however, reassign the entire secretarial staff. Maybe even spend the budget or office supplies on quills and ink, as the Framers intended.

The modern certification process was created by the 1925 Judiciary Act en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicia...

Judiciary Act of 1925 - Wikipediaen.m.wikipedia.org

Should be certiorari

Who knew? (You, apparently. :) )

The Guano Islands Act let 19th-century sailors claim deserted guano islands for the USA. We had over 100 of these and still own 10, militarily administered by the president. If we save one for Trump's exile, that leaves 9 for the justices. (Kagan, Sotomayor and Jackson should get first pick.)

North Dakota, but only in session November-March

Laredo, Texas. I'm kind enough to let them keep their current schedule, but I'm not sure Congress has the funds to appropriate for AC

Another "crazy" idea: Know how some states and businesses are banning face masks during a COVID uptick? Cue the "Presedential Freedom of Masking Act of 2024," with tax breaks for individuals that wear N95 masks for at least ninety days in 2024.

This is why Roberts was asking for Article III cops last month.

Ok I like this one

Same!

biden could declare an emergency involving the breach of nuclear secrets by a former president and freeze trump's assets, and since trump isn't afraid of being prosecuted anymore he'd probably just drop out of the race

it doesn't require congressional approval

biden could just say, "i did it because we can't afford to have a security risk in the presidency but if he's not going to be president i'll drop it"

it would be pretty transparent! but whatevs! fuck it!

this would turn 50% of the electorate into revolutionaries

my rebuttal to this is "nah"

I think they are already closet revolutionaries anyway.

So you’re saying the threat of violence by the right should cow us into submission?

SCOTUS just said, with the explicit example of Biden using special operations to assassinate Trump, that Biden can legally use special operations to assassinate Trump.

they were just fucking with him

“Officially” seize Clarence’s assets until a full investigation is completed

I guess that means seizing the assets of all the Federalist society billionaires

Yes please

And the problem with that is...?

So you’re saying we both get rid of genocide Joe *AND* the consequences of him doing that ? Sounds fantastic !

And the Court’s language today is easily ambiguous enough that they’d just find whatever Biden did was not an official act.

I accept your terms

He would also be directed to stand trial by the same 6 justices who just ruled Trump a king. MAGA law.

The court has no enforcement mechanism.

I suspect Judge Chutkin and Jack Smith feel plenty forced.

He could have them killed, pardon the killers, and ask Congress to pick better justices lest they meet the same fate. The SCOTUS has no enforcement authority, and the power of the pardon puts a president above the law. Long before this warped decision on immunity.

And every single Dem who would vote to convict would also be among the first marched into the camps or summarily executed in the next Trump presidency.

What possible difference does this make? Just make sure the "crimes" are permanent. It is remarkable how willing to play by calvinball rules the left is.

I think your post lacks imagination. The answer is right in front of you.

Just keep assassinating until they can't reach a quorum

There's a middle road around that, eg lock up Roberts for 1 hour to prove the point

Ok. That's a fair trade. Let's do it.

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