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What constitutional amendments should the US consider after learning a lesson from the second Trump presidency? (lemmy.sdf.org)

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The abuse of power, the lack of respect for our institutions, the rule by edict ... can those of us opposed to these create coherent rebuttals in the form of constitutional amendments that will address our time of crisis? What will these amendments say?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

This was already a rule called the emoluments clause. It was meant to disqualify people who can either be leveraged or manipulated by their business interests.

The only thing that needed to happen for trump to be kept out of power was for 8 more gop senators to have a spine when he was impeached so the senate could convict on the insurrection charges.