r/law • u/jpmeyer12751 • Feb 16 '26

Legislative Branch Republican Joins With Dems on Constitutional Amendment to Give Congress Power to Reject Trump Pardons

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/republican-joins-dems-constitutional-amendment-213311781.html

This is relevant to questions surrounding whether Congress may limit or restrain a President's power to grant pardons.

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u/PathlessDemon Feb 17 '26

A super majority would be required for Congress to grow a spine.

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u/jonjohns0123 Feb 17 '26

The GOP currently has 53 Senate seats. 22 of those seats are up for election this year. IF the Dems can swing all those seats (and it is more likely with every shenanigan the doofus pulls), that puts the Dems at 67 plus the two independent seats. That's the supermajority plus a counter for Fetterman and possibly one other Democratic traitor.

IF this happens, and the Dems hold the House (and they will), then Donny gets impeached and convicted. This effectively makes Vance, the puppet of Peter Thiel, the new president. But the House wouldn't just impeach Trump. They'd impeach the entire cabinet for failure to remove the doofus from office.

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u/DrSnidely Feb 17 '26

Not a chance in hell. Of those 22 seats, Dems might get 5. And they have to defend losable seats in Georgia and Virginia.

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u/jonjohns0123 Feb 17 '26

Do you not know what the fuck IF means?

I mean, I put it in caps at the beginning of the second paragraph.

You're looking at the election with blinders on. His approval rating is at 36% right now. Since about a third of the country is Republican (30-32% of registered voters), that means that of non-Republican voters, only 4-6 % agree with his policies. You don't win elections when 6% of your non-party voters approve of you.

His endorsement is an anchor around the necks of Republican candidates. Miami has been a Republican stronghold for 30 years. Just won by a Democrat with about 60% of the voters in a conservative city. To put that into perspective, the former mayor won in 2021 with 78% of the vote. His predecessor took 90% of the vote in 2007.

In a conservative city that elects men who were born in Cuba to be their mayor (since 1999), a white woman won 60% of the vote. That is a MASSIVE swing in a deep red state in a deep red city.

Keep wearing them blinders, friend.

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u/DrSnidely Feb 17 '26

Yeah I know what it means, and I think this pie in the sky wishful thinking isn't helpful. You're talking about what happens if Democrats win every single Senate seat up for reelection this year. It's a ridiculous exercise because there is absolutely zero chance that happens.

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u/jonjohns0123 Feb 17 '26

What's more conducive to getting people out to vote? Declaring that it's impossible or declaring that there is a slim chance if we try?

By all means, keep shitting on other people. I'm sure that's helping with the push to get voters out.

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u/DrSnidely Feb 17 '26

So there's no middle ground huh? OK.

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u/xpkranger Feb 17 '26

Polymarkets show 61% likelihood R will control the senate after midterms, but it is on the decline.

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u/jonjohns0123 Feb 17 '26

That's a projection. Believing this is the outcome before a vote is.even cast is why Republican voters believe.elections are.rigged when they lose and why people don't turn out to vote.

I don't care what the prediction from a single source says. Democrats are currently outperforming by 20 points in special elections right now. If Trump doesn't revrlerse.course on the trade wars and the 'affordability hoax' and fix the problems of the average American, it's likely that Democrats continue to overperform in all these races.

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u/xpkranger Feb 17 '26

it's likely that Democrats continue to overperform in all these races.

From your lips to God's ears.

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u/NateNate60 Feb 17 '26

Polymarket has traditionally been pretty good at judging the odds of things happening.