Former President Joe Biden experienced such “cognitive decline” while in office that it remains a serious question as to whether he was aware of the substance of the various pardons and commutations signed in his name via autopen, the House Oversight Committee has asserted.
agreed. redshirt made an entirely reasonable point that if someone’s brains are leaking out their ears, they shouldn’t be signing executive orders.
the actual solution here isn’t to take one miniscule measure at a time like disallowing autopen above a certain age, it’s to overhaul the entire political machine and culture so that miserable, senile old fucks aren’t in decision making positions in the first place. obviously this GOP tactic is bad faith because they’ve got their own senile fuck on the throne now, but redshirt isn’t incorrect.
agreed. redshirt made an entirely reasonable point that if someone’s brains are leaking out their ears, they shouldn’t be signing executive orders.
the actual solution here isn’t to take one miniscule measure at a time like disallowing autopen above a certain age, it’s to overhaul the entire political machine and culture so that miserable, senile old fucks aren’t in decision making positions in the first place. obviously this GOP tactic is bad faith because they’ve got their own senile fuck on the throne now, but redshirt isn’t incorrect.