Stanthorpe: So Congress could pass a nope amendment & the states ratify it without the court overriding them?

On July 4, the most influential newspaper in the United States decided to use some of its very selective and limited space to publish a screed from a right-wing, anti-democracy zealot.

This is a dumb article, but also isn't the author's first rodeo, and his other writing shows the real reason he doesn't vote "But my principal reason for declining to take part in elections is moral. It involves, I suppose, a private objection to democracy itself." theweek.com/articles/802...

In a very non-trivial way, July 4 and the American War of Independence secured liberty by securing the right to vote. So running this on July 4 sure is a choice

Everything is coming up monarchy

ngl sure is a weird history reversal that the UK chose July 4 of all days to throw off the yolk of their entitled and incompetent government, and over in the US the NYT and supreme court have spent the past week deciding that presidents are kings and voting is bad actually

A genuine question: is the immunity decision ‘it’s all over’? Is there anything that can be done? If Congress passes an act saying ‘nope’ can that be struck down as unconstitutional?

Undoing it requires a constitutional amendment or a future Court reversal.

So Congress could pass a nope amendment & the states ratify it without the court overriding them?

yes, tho you need 3/4ths of the legislatures so I wouldn't hold my breath for it

Or a constitutional convention, right? (Though I’ve even less idea what the rules are for those)

That might not play out how we hope. www.businessinsider.com/constitution...

Republicans' next big play is to 'scare the hell out of Washington' by rewriting the Constitution. And they're willing to play the long game to win.www.businessinsider.com Conservative activists are making steady progress toward convening a never-before-accomplished convention that could reshape the Constitution.

A constitutional convention is only an alternative way to *propose* amendments. You still need 3/4 of states to ratify anything that comes out of it.

Reversals do happen, tho’.

List of overruled United States Supreme Court decisions - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org

You’d need a new Supreme Court though. Unless Biden starts using his new superpowers, that isn’t going to happen.

Supreme Courts come and go all the time.

We've been trying to get the equal rights amendment passed for decades. blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/...

Divided on the ERA: A Proposed Amendment’s Uncertain Future | Picture Thisblogs.loc.gov Late July. A time of year that engenders thoughts of summer near its peak, with lots of sun and warm days. But this past month also marks the 100th anniversary of the National Woman’s Party Conference...

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