Well, howdy there internet people, let's bow again. So today we are going to talk about a proposed

amendment to the United States Constitution coming out of a representative from New York. It has been introduced.

And basically the point of the amendment would be to undo the Supreme Court's ruling regarding, well, regarding

presidential immunity. That's the goal behind it. There are some other stuff in it as well

So let's just run through what's actually in the proposed amendment first.

It says, no officer of the United States,

including the President and the Vice President,

or a senator or representative in Congress shall be immune from

criminal prosecution for any violation of otherwise a valid federal law

nor for any violation of state law unless the alleged criminal act was authorized by valid federal law.

On the sole ground that their alleged criminal act was within the conclusive and preclusive constitutional

authority of their office or related to their official duties.

Except for senators and representatives acting pursuant to the first clause of the sixth section

of the first article.

That's the Speech and Debate Clause of the U.S US Constitution.

Okay, so that was section one. Section two says the president shall have no power to grant a reprieve or pardon for offenses against the United States to himself or herself. Section 3, this amendment is self-executing and Congress shall have the power to enact legislation to facilitate the implementation of this amendment.

Okay, so that's the proposed amendment.

Short version, the immunity decision would go away. That's really what it boils down to. And it prohibits the president from pardoning themselves.

Okay, so a whole lot of people are going to be happy about this.

Now here's the part you need to remember. One of the things that makes the US

Constitution such a beautiful document is the fact that it does include the

machinery for change within the document.

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