America needs to reinforce the purpose of the Constitution's 14th and 25th amendments

Echo opinion letter published in the Idaho Press:

Department of Justice (DOJ) must update rules about sitting presidents and criminal behavior.

(Maine Writer: In my opinion, the Constitution's 14th amendment's insurrection section* and 25th amendment's** competency statement, must be reinforced by the courts.)

Constitutional amendments are laws - big laws that make big changes. Amendments are laws that are added to the Constitution of the United States.

It’s time for the U.S. Department of Justice to change its “rule” about whether it’s all right to charge a sitting president of a crime. This was never an issue until President Nixon was suspected of crimes during Watergate. At that time, someone in the Attorney General’s office apparently decided a policy was needed to cover that possibility.

In the era of Trump and Trumpzism, the situation has changed. Now we got a former guy who actually boasted that he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue in New York without any consequences. Now that court rulings have been issued that he’s liable for criminal acts while in office, it’s a small step to making him liable during his service. Mechanisms are in place to remove and replace him if necessary. While we’re at it, let’s stop a president from pardoning himself, ❗if in fact that could (possibly❗❓)be thought to be legal.😢😡

From Walt Thode in  Boise, Idaho

*... banned those who “engaged in insurrection” against the United States from holding any civil, military, or elected office without the approval of two-thirds of the House and Senate.

**In case of the inability of the President to discharge the powers and duties of the said office, the said powers and duties shall devolve on the Vice President, until the inability be removed.