But I'm simply musing on what things Congress could do to the justices that Alito and company could not argue were beyond the scope of Congress' authority.
[Still confused why you opened the way you did then, but, moving on.] Yes, those other things are things that they could do тАФ and there is more. But, those are all more extreme measures than ethics rules, which aren't even going to happen themselves in this Congress. And *that* is my point ... as I wrote:
This statement is a not a moment where he forgot what the Constitution says. It is, rather, another moment where he can, rhetorically, stick out his tongue and say, тАЬNah nah, whoтАЩs gonna stop me?тАЭ
Alito is not right.
I completely agree.
But I'm simply musing on what things Congress could do to the justices that Alito and company could not argue were beyond the scope of Congress' authority.
[Still confused why you opened the way you did then, but, moving on.] Yes, those other things are things that they could do тАФ and there is more. But, those are all more extreme measures than ethics rules, which aren't even going to happen themselves in this Congress. And *that* is my point ... as I wrote:
This statement is a not a moment where he forgot what the Constitution says. It is, rather, another moment where he can, rhetorically, stick out his tongue and say, тАЬNah nah, whoтАЩs gonna stop me?тАЭ