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Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for offic... by afiori on Monday July 01, 2024 @03:53PM (#40849897)
This is the obvious answer to any supreme court ruling you want to change: congress can simply change the law/constitution.

A giant part of the issue of commonlaw systems is that so much of the "law" is not laws but rulings and those are a lot easier to change/ignore/overrule.

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Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for offic... by burutthrow1234 on Monday July 01, 2024 @04:07PM (#40850068)
"Change the law" versus "change the constitution" are two very different things.

The US couldn't pass the ERA, which just enshrines women's rights in the Constitution. Anything more controversial like "the President can't do extrajudicial murders" would be an endless partisan battle

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Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for offic... by afiori on Monday July 01, 2024 @04:31PM (#40850315)
I am not saying that they are easy to do, but it is their power to wield.
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Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for offic... by randombits0 on Monday July 01, 2024 @04:10PM (#40850091)
No. The remedy Congress has is impeachment, not “change the Constitution”. Even if Congress could easily change the Constitution (they can’t), it would not apply to actions taken previous to the change.
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Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for offic... by afiori on Monday July 01, 2024 @04:29PM (#40850299)
Whether laws can be applied retroactively is decided by the constitution :)

But yes, what I meant is that the supreme court has the power to interpret the law and uphold the constitution, but it is on the legislation to draft precise laws.

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