Qasim Rashid, Esq.Oct 5, 2023

Wow. Rep Ro Khanna to intro major bill to increase congressional & judicial accountability:
•12 year Congress term limit
•18 year SCOTUS term limit
•Judicial code of ethics
•Ban Congress from trading stocks
•Ban Corporate & PAC donations

Count me in!
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/ro-khanna-unveils-blueprint-term-limits-stock-trading-ban

Ro Khanna unveils political reform blueprint with term limits and stock trading ban

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) is set to unveil a plan intended to reform Congress and the federal government that includes a number of proposals that have garnered bipartisan support in recent months, such as the implementation of term limits and a ban on stock trading for lawmakers.

Washington Examiner
Show threadAllan ChowOct 5, 2023
@QasimRashid is there a spouse loophole
Show threadHawkmoonOct 8, 2023

@grumpasaurus @QasimRashid

It can't just be a spouse loophole.

It has to extend to anybody you know.

Otherwise, the spouse ban just means you bump it to other members of the family. A family ban means it gets moved to friends.

What I don't get is that we have laws against insider trading. Why do they not apply to Congress already?

Show threadAllan ChowOct 8, 2023
@Hawkmoon @QasimRashid honestly I think it's due to lack of enforcement and thus, precedent.
Show threadHawkmoonOct 8, 2023

@grumpasaurus @QasimRashid

Does not enforcing it establish precedent? I thought you needed a court case and a ruling to have a precedent.

Show threadAllan Chow

@Hawkmoon @QasimRashid sorry what I mean is precedent in a more colloquial situation where nobody has the balls to do anything.

Effectively how trump has been going through his whole life pointing at established institutions going "what are YOU gonna do about it!? Yeah. I thought so."

Oct 8, 2023 at 5:00pmWeb
Show threadAllan ChowOct 8, 2023

@Hawkmoon @QasimRashid "I'm pretty sure what you're doing is illegal."

"Yeah? How are you going to prove it? Subpoena me?"

Nothing happens

"I'm not doing anything illegal."