LOS ANGELES – President Biden on Saturday night said he expects the winner of this year’s presidential election will likely have the chance to fill two vacancies on the Supreme Court – a decision he warned would be “one of the scariest parts” if his Republican opponent, former President Donald Trump, is successful in his bid for a second term.

  • D1G17AL@kbin.run
    5·
    11 months ago

    Constitutional Convention enacted by State Governors and State Legislatures with the support of the majority of each states population.

    • Socsa@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      11 months ago

      Congratulations, the constitution now allows for the execution of gay people.

      I’m not sure how people don’t get this. There are already plenty of avenues for the creation of popular change in the current democratic system. The problems we have today largely exist because they are popular.

    • Aphelion@lemm.ee
      2·
      11 months ago

      So if enough people in every state complained about SCOTUS to their state legislature, the state legislature can force the people’s opinion up to the Governors who can do something at the federal level? I guess I’m just not seeing the actual legal mechanism that would be used to force any kind of change.

      My understanding is any change to the structure of government at that level requires 2/3rds congressional majority.

    • Serinus@lemmy.world
      1·
      11 months ago

      And how do we think that’d work out?

      If we really did get to rip up the Constitution and start over, who do you think would get to write it? You think Bernie Sanders is just going to stroll up with a pen and start setting things straight?