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JdeBP<a href="https://universeodon.com/@georgetakei" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@georgetakei</a> Devin Stone, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/LegalEagle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LegalEagle</a> on YouTube and Nebula, has been discussing this one for some time. And yesterday xe pointed out that there isn't a looming Constitutional crisis. The crisis is here, now. The question is whether it is over, and the rule of law has lost.<a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=75WcxrewCxw&t=1263" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/watch?v=75WcxrewCxw&t=1263</a><a href="https://nebula.tv/legaleagle" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://nebula.tv/legaleagle</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/USLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USLaw</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ConstitutionalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConstitutionalLaw</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DonaldJTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DonaldJTrump</a>

JdeBPThe version 5.25 French constitution has a constitutional council for making decisions on the regularity of (presidential) elections.It might seem an odd very French way of doing things. In the U.K. and U.S.A. systems this is the remit of the ordinary judiciary.But consider this: The French system makes all ex-Presidents automatic members.If the U.S.A. had had this, GWB, Obama, Clinton & judges would have decided <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DonaldJTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DonaldJTrump</a>'s elegibility under the 14th Amendment.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ConstitutionalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConstitutionalLaw</a>

JdeBPAnd that's only the textualist way.This <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> is the most judicially activist SCOTUS in history, and it will most likely find a creative activist way to do this, e.g. that the 22nd Amendment holds, but that neither the states nor any person has standing to bring the matter up in court; but that only Congress could do this when the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ElectoralCollege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElectoralCollege</a> votes are counted.The same way that the prohibition on insurrectionists was neutered.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ConstitutionalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConstitutionalLaw</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PresidentVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PresidentVance</a>

JdeBP<a href="https://mastodon.fixermark.com/@mark" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mark</a> <a href="https://beige.party/@talia_christine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@talia_christine</a> As I've said elsewhere, this is the most judicially activist <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> in history. It has outright voided part of Art2§4 already, and neutered part of the 14th Amendment.Everyone has this idea that they are textualists or originalists. But no originalist would have ignored <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/AlexanderHamilton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AlexanderHamilton</a>'s Federalist 69.They're judicial activists, happy to be erroneously viewed by everyone as entirely the opposite.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ConstitutionalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConstitutionalLaw</a>

JdeBP<a href="https://beige.party/@talia_christine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@talia_christine</a> I predicted an amendment to undo, or otherwise just plain nullifying (as this is the most judicially activist <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> in history), the 22nd Amendment back in January.However, I also predicted that he might not last a full term. Welcome to the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PresidentVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PresidentVance</a> hashtag! (-:<a href="https://mastodon.scot/@JdeBP/113866019435745662" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.scot/@JdeBP/113866019435745662</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@JdeBP/114179176778760692" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.scot/@JdeBP/114179176778760692</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ConstitutionalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConstitutionalLaw</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DonaldJTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DonaldJTrump</a>

JdeBPHow do you get all of the Congressional purse strings under the control of the executive branch?By getting those people who have statutory authority to pay money out, but who also have statutory authority to delegate that task to their subordinates, to all decide that Linda Chero in the Department of the Treasury is that one single delegated-to subordinate.31 USC 3321 permits this.<a href="https://whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/protecting-americas-bank-account-against-fraud-waste-and-abuse/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/protecting-americas-bank-account-against-fraud-waste-and-abuse/</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/USLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USLaw</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ConstitutionalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConstitutionalLaw</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DonaldJTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DonaldJTrump</a>

JdeBP<a href="https://mstdn.social/@marksarney" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@marksarney</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/@Nichelle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Nichelle</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/@cstross" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@cstross</a> The Articles of Confederation were version 0.1 and some junior developers sat down and said "This is unmaintainable. We're just going to have to rewrite the codebase from scratch.".And they started work on that rewrite on a Friday afternoon.(-:<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/USConstitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USConstitution</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ConstitutionalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConstitutionalLaw</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a>

JdeBP<a href="https://wandering.shop/@Nichelle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Nichelle</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/@cstross" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@cstross</a> There is a small crumb of comfort from the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ConstitutionalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConstitutionalLaw</a> perspective.The U.S.A. constitution is currently on version 1.26.The constitution of Eire is currently on version 2.38.The French constitution is currently on version 5.25.There's a piece of humourous computing folklore from the 1990s about not buying version 1 of anything. (-:<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/USConstitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USConstitution</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Eire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Eire</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/FrenchConstitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FrenchConstitution</a>

NonilexA Statement from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConstitutionalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConstitutionalLaw</a> Scholars on the government's funding cutoff at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ColumbiaUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ColumbiaUniversity</a>— Eugene Volokh, Michael C. Dorf, David Cole, & 15 other scholarsThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USgovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USgovernment</a> may not threaten <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#funding</a> cuts as a tool to pressure recipients into suppressing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/First" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#First</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Amendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Amendment</a> protected <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/speech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#speech</a>. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivilRights</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreedomOfAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreedomOfAssembly</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ThoughtPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThoughtPolice</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ViewPointDiscrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ViewPointDiscrimination</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dissent</a> <a href="https://www.nybooks.com/online/2025/03/20/a-statement-from-constitutional-law-scholars-on-columbia/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nybooks.com/online/2025/03/20/a-statement-from-constitutional-law-scholars-on-columbia/</a>

JdeBPWhat people miss is how so much of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DonaldJTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DonaldJTrump</a>'s actions come out of organized campaigners who opposed the Equal Rights Amendment; have already neutered part of the 14th Amendment; are happily ignoring the 4th Amendment right now when it comes to seizure of the bank accounts of people who were supposed to receive money on U.S. government contracts; and who oppose the 16th, 15th, 1st, and (I predict.) 22nd Amendments.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ConstitutionalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConstitutionalLaw</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/USLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USLaw</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a>

JdeBPBeing funded by tariffs is not a <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DonalDJTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DonalDJTrump</a> fantasy. It is lunatic nostalgia.Prior to the 16th Amendment to the federal constitution, it was how the United States of America worked. Income tax at a federal level was unconstitutional until the 20th century. They actually *tried* to impose a federal income tax, because tariff funding wasn't sufficient, and it came apart in court.The 16th Amendment demonstrates how Trump's vision already did not work.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ConstitutionalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConstitutionalLaw</a>

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