I came across a partial transcript of this podcast with the Dean of the UC Berkeley law school, Dean Chemerinsky. He has apparently just written a book that appears to side with me on the bigger issues of our Constitution. Before anyone asks, I will tell you no, I am not Erwin Chemerinsky. Though it does make you wonder if he is influenced by my writings here (before you retreads get your panties in a bunch - that was a joke).
Like me, Chemerinsky feels the Constitution itself is a threat to the United States. His big 3 complaints are my big 3 complaints - the Electoral College, the structure of the U.S. Senate, and the Supreme Court.*
Like me, Chemerinsky is skeptical of a path toward meaningful reform of the Constitution and he does not think the current path is sustainable in the long term. He believes we are on a path that in the long term will cause great pressure towards secession.
I have gone a step further in imagining how that could possibly play out peacefully. The solution, if we came to that point, would be to elect a pro-secession President who during her time in office would allow the states to create their own new unions and constitutions. After 4 years they would operate independently. No legislation required. Fanciful, yes. But we are heavily into conjecture at this point.
https://www.vox.com/the-gray-area/364555/united-states-constitution-crisis-democracy
* Hard to get a full understanding of Chemerinsky's complaints about the Supreme Court from this partial podcast transcript other than he doesnt like their recent decisions. Maybe I can say more after listening to the full podcast. Maybe I'll read the book. My views, which lean a lot on constitutional scholar, Eric Segall, are that the Supreme Court is just another partisan body and it is given too much power in the U.S. and has turned itself into a legislative body as well as a judicial body. Congress and the Executive should act together to implement checks to their power.
Like me, Chemerinsky feels the Constitution itself is a threat to the United States. His big 3 complaints are my big 3 complaints - the Electoral College, the structure of the U.S. Senate, and the Supreme Court.*
Like me, Chemerinsky is skeptical of a path toward meaningful reform of the Constitution and he does not think the current path is sustainable in the long term. He believes we are on a path that in the long term will cause great pressure towards secession.
I have gone a step further in imagining how that could possibly play out peacefully. The solution, if we came to that point, would be to elect a pro-secession President who during her time in office would allow the states to create their own new unions and constitutions. After 4 years they would operate independently. No legislation required. Fanciful, yes. But we are heavily into conjecture at this point.
https://www.vox.com/the-gray-area/364555/united-states-constitution-crisis-democracy
* Hard to get a full understanding of Chemerinsky's complaints about the Supreme Court from this partial podcast transcript other than he doesnt like their recent decisions. Maybe I can say more after listening to the full podcast. Maybe I'll read the book. My views, which lean a lot on constitutional scholar, Eric Segall, are that the Supreme Court is just another partisan body and it is given too much power in the U.S. and has turned itself into a legislative body as well as a judicial body. Congress and the Executive should act together to implement checks to their power.