The Short List

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This is a partial list of changes that are required if we wanted to responsibly address the problems that were discovered in our system of government during the Trump administration.  The Trump / Republican disaster was such a nightmare that this list can only be partial.  I am not going to bother to explain most of these.  Each item would require a many page paper, and yet I think that most Americans would know what I am refering to here.  As we all know, just identifying a problem is not the same as finding an appropriate and politically feasible solution.  Some of these problems might be somewhat straightforward to fix but most are not. Besides, I am not qualified as we all know.  I write this list out of my frustration, not because I am in any way the appropriate person to identify the problem or propose a solution.

 

We would be lucky to get one or two of these implemented or fixed. 

The Electoral College or "a disaster waiting to happen", voter suppression (destruction of the Voting Rights Act by Roberts), having a criminal who did not win the popular vote nominate none criminals and right wing nuts to our supreme court and various federal appeals courts, the issue of term limits for the judiciary, the failure of impeachment (there will never be a better case for conviction, there will never be a more egregious obstruction of justice on the part of the Senate), alllowing temporary heads of departments to avoid senate approval, senate approvals, treason, subpoenas, executive privilege, qualified immunity, redirecting money to purposes not approved by congress, getting supreme court to actually enforce the constitution (failure to enforce voting rights act), citizens united, lack of a clear criteria for reholding a presidential election, the weird statute of limitations (5 years is not close to enough), using the attorney general and the DOJ to punish enemies.

And who could forget the attempted destruction of the USPS to manipulate the election.  

Did I mention that we now have a very serious problem of "deliberate lying for cash" that should certainly affect our first amendment. 

The Constitution is hard to change for a reason.  But if its too hard to change, then you have a situation like this. It is not 1787 anymore.