New York Dem will introduce amendment to reverse Supreme Court immunity ruling

[thesquanderer]

21. To me, "virtually final" was a way to help explain the siginficance of this amendment being offered...

...i.e. that it was one of only two ways to "fix" the situation, neither of which is easy. Since the whole foundation of the article was the offering of this amendment, I think that was a fair point to make. I think it IS virtually (that is, "almost" ) final, it is indeed very hard to change it, it's certainly not something that will happen overnight, and these are the only paths to address it, only one of which is even conceivably under our control, at least as long as the current justices are sitting on the court.

Your additional idea of legislation is interesting, though also challenging without control of both houses, and I think, itself, possibly not immune from being struck down by the same court, if challenged...?

But tough as it may be, we have to keep trying to find ways to fight bad decisions. Sometimes bad decisions do ultimately get reversed, even if it takes many years. (I'm hoping I live long enough to see a reversal on Citizens United.)

Even a proposed constitutional amendment that seems likely to go nowhere serves a purpose, in promoting awareness, and maybe, eventually, success. I mean, we still haven't given up on the ERA.