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Showing Original Post only (View all)How should the constitution be fixed? [View all]
When this nightmare ends, the constitution should be amended to make sure this never happens again. But how?
Some needed amendments are obvious. The electoral college has to go. Partisan gerrymandering has to be abolished. Citizens United has to be overturned.
But I think additional amendments are needed:
1. The president's power to pardon should not be absolute. Presidents should not be able to pardon people whose crimes occurred during their administration, for example. I also think presidents should be barred from pardoning previous presidents. The "let's move forward" attitude has done real damage to the Republic.
2. There needs to be clarity on whether a sitting president can be indicted.
3. Presidents should also be unable to interfere with independent counsels.
thoughts?