Commenter Thread

Comments on An experimental first post by sekaijin

Wading in here. LJ's comment on amendments prompted me to weigh in on something that I've been thinking of for some time now. Here it is, as scattershot as it looks:
The first thing I've thought of is that the Emoluments Clause, as it has been, is now dead in the water. It will have to become at least law, and if possible, an amendment. I would even, in a Panglossian Best of All Worlds projection, tie it in to the proposals to ban stock trading by members of Congress and extend it down from the executive to the legislative - no running businesses or stock trading, or even sitting on boards of directors of any corporation, whether you're in the WH or the House or the Senate.
Some other things: Term limits for SCOTUS. Abolish, or at least, claw back, the War Powers Act. A cap on EOs - make the prez present their case to Congress for this, that, or the other.
There's a whole bunch of other things that could be enumerated, but these are what I can come up with.