As President Biden fights to stay in the race for a second term, his message needs to change: instead of running just to keep Donald Trump out of the White House, he should run to purge Trumpism from Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Biden should put all his chips in the center of the table and prove his mettle by leading a counter-revolution against the MAGA hordes.
As you all know, The majority of voters are dissatisfied They are against the federal government and democracy. However, extreme conservatives hold majority Supreme Court or Control which one House Trumpism has seeped into all three branches of Congress.
Over the past decade, the Republican Party has ceased to act as a legitimate political party and instead become a rugged cabal of Trump followers. Sweet talk House Republicans intend to launch a sham impeachment inquiry into Biden. Sunk A long-awaited bipartisan bill to address the border crisis. And the Trump legend rings in Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana). I have to kiss you He remains Speaker of the House.
These developments would stymie Biden’s plans for a second term: if he tries to push the boundaries of executive power, conservatives on the Supreme Court would likely restrain him.
It’s not enough for Biden and the Democrats to say Protecting DemocracyThey must tell the American people what they will do if voters give them control of the House, the Senate, and the White House for at least the next two years. They must promise to do what is necessary to defend our democracy from attacks by the far right and to stop Trump from weaponizing Congress for his own political and economic gain.
They need to have concrete ideas to revive people’s faith, and then they need to put them into action.
First, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority will rule without intervention for years to come. Congress could empower Biden to restore ideological balance to the court by appointing four new justices. Biden would I resisted this.But the need has never been more apparent.
The court has opened the door even wider for companies to commit bribery and corruption. Unlimited Money To make matters worse, despite the scandal of two justices accepting gifts from billionaires, the Supreme Court is not run by corporations or the wealthy. You can give a gratuity to a public servant Congress should impose strict ethical standards on the courts, maintain the limitations of existing federal ethics rules, andDenial of jurisdiction“We will again have the power to take campaign finance restrictions out of the jurisdiction of the courts. We will use that same power to Restoring women’s reproductive rights — and then bar those rights from the courts.
The parliament also Chevron Principles The Court: “The Doctrine of the Major Questions” This would allow federal agencies to continue to use their expertise and discretion to enforce environmental and other laws through appropriate rules and regulations. damage to the Voting Rights Act; And it would overhaul voting rights in general to make it easier for all eligible voters to cast ballots, for example by making Election Day a national holiday. Congress could also approve a constitutional amendment to abolish the Electoral College and instead elect the president by a majority of the popular vote.
Democrats continue to push for health care reform Republican Attack Inflation Control Law Investing in clean energyBiden’s Improving gun safety; his Expanding medical care the CHIPS Act for veterans, U.S. assistance to Ukraine; Criminal Justice Reform and Other accomplishments They can protect Social Security and Medicare from the Republican plans of the past four years. Lower taxes for the top 1% The breadwinner.
Biden and Congress are running the government. White Christian Nationalism And the goal is to eliminate the boundaries between religion and state. The right to choose one’s own beliefs is fundamental to freedom. People should be accountable for their choices to their consciences and to God, not to governments.
Finally, Biden could appoint a presidential commission to identify the issues underlying Americans’ lack of confidence in the federal government, the Supreme Court and Congress and make recommendations on how to address them.
The problem of flawed democracy and gridlocked government is systemic. The MAGA virus has infected all three branches of the federal government. The solution must also be systemic, beyond who occupies the White House. It requires a complete purge of Trumpism from our entire government, and ideally our entire politics.
William S. BeckerHe is a former regional director for the U.S. Department of Energy and has written several books on climate change and national disaster policy.100-day action plan to save the planet,” and “The River Rise: People Living with Floods.”
