- Since the Republicans love investigating Hillary Clinton so very much, we investigate whether or not any of the Republican investigations of her violated the Hatch Act or other laws. And no, we don’t have to actually have a legal leg to stand on, since they don’t. Then we make all the information gathered public, and Hillary sues the lot of them in civil court for … well, I’m not a lawyer, but using the government to persecute someone ought to be a tort of some sort.
- Under the guise of “closing loopholes”, we have the appropriate Congressional committees ask for the tax returns of every Fortune 500 company and every billionaire in the country. And then we sit down privately and determine which changes to the laws would screw the Mercers, the Kochs, the DeVos, the Trumps, et cetera. It’s “tax reform”. And the innocent rich who are affected are told to learn from the fate of the Republican billionaires.
- We’re going to double the size of the Federal Judiciary, since the number of judges has not kept pace with the number of cases. This very especially includes the Supreme Court. And then we fill every one of those new seats with people nominated by the Democrats in the respective states or circuits, with zero input from Republicans. And confirm the entire slate on a voice vote in the Senate. The legislation enabling this will be called the “Mitch McConnell Broke The Senate And This Is Justice” bill, and one of those Supreme Court seats goes to Merrick Garland. A framed list of the new judges noting their ages and law schools gets sent to Mitch, presumably in retirement.
- It becomes a federal offense to try to prevent a citizen who is legally entitled to vote from doing so. Doing so by restrictive voter laws is a committing a crime by misusing legal authority, and the persons who passed / signed such laws are enjoined from ever again holding any office of trust in any government at any level upon conviction.
- SEC regulation: no publicly traded company may make statements which are not believed to be true by those making them; nor may you hire someone, directly or through intermediaries, to lie for you. A company can no longer pretend that their potential shareholders only read the SEC filings but are completely unaware of advertising. You don’t get to lie about your business prospects via the Heritage Foundation / Heartland Institute, cough Exxon cough.
- It becomes a federal offense for a peace officer to unjustly kill a civilian. Every police shooting or death gets at least a cursory examination by competent federal law enforcement. Conspiracy to protect a guilty cop by his fellow cops can result in the entire department being placed under federal control.
- We get rid of the IRS. Seriously. Every state contributes to the federal budget in proportion to their population, and they can raise the money in whatever manner suits them. Of course, a state can tax the income of someone who earns money in their state but lives elsewhere. No longer will blue states subsidize red states.
We don’t need to run on these ideas. We just need to do them. It’s about time the Republican paid for 40 years of trying to destroy America. Implementing these would go a long way toward making this a better country.