Senate control could come down to Alaska. Can Republicans really refuse to certify or seat Mary Peltola if she wins? Probably not. But they sure can gum things up.
Unfortunately merely “behind bars” isn’t enough as it can be undone with the stroke of a pen by a corrupt President. They need to be incapacitated in some manner that even that can’t bring them back.
Or else the Supreme Court can read that corrupt pardons are inherently void by the nature of the Constitution and order all of the Jan 6’ers locked back up, and the pardon buyers’ prison sentences and restriction back on. If they do that, the permanence required can be commuted to life in prison.
This can’t be only “we learn from this to stop the next guys.” It needs to be that, plus THESE criminal fuckers pay appropriately too.
Unfortunately merely “behind bars” isn’t enough as it can be undone with the stroke of a pen by a corrupt President. They need to be incapacitated in some manner that even that can’t bring them back.
Or else the Supreme Court can read that corrupt pardons are inherently void by the nature of the Constitution and order all of the Jan 6’ers locked back up, and the pardon buyers’ prison sentences and restriction back on. If they do that, the permanence required can be commuted to life in prison.
This can’t be only “we learn from this to stop the next guys.” It needs to be that, plus THESE criminal fuckers pay appropriately too.