Some idle thoughts on impeachment this Saturday morning

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46. This is great, as far as it goes...

But it doesn't actually do much non politically. If a Democratic House has a mandate it will be to rein in Trump, so I think this should be tied in with proactive moves to do that.

What can the House do on its own? 1) Pass bills, and 2) sue if they can show harm, and 3) kill bills.

Maybe after each investigation, they could pass a bill addressing the subject, things like making clear that Impoundment is not something the President has a right to do (even though it should be clear already), or enabling legislation for the 14th Amendment Section 3 (disqualification for insurrection, that SCOTUS punted on).

My main point being to show they are proactively attempting to stop himand any future President from further illegal acts rather than just investigating things.

If your answer is that they'll already be doing that in other ways, I still think it's good to tie that idea in to the investigations. Especially since the Congress's power to investigate is tied to its power to legislate, and impeachment keeps getting deferred in your scenario.

ETA: If new legislation just doesn't fit, maybe because of a SC decision, maybe a Sense of the House could be used, or legislation to further clarify that SCOTUS should not take gifts and/or should recuse if they have a conflict of interest, or that the number of Justices is not written in stone.