Pick a politician currently in power who you loathe (not necessarily Trump, it could be Feinstein, Schumer, AOC, Talib, McConnell, etc.) and, as of right now, would not vote for under any circumstances (assuming that you lived in an area where you could vote for him or her). Assume that whomever you picked has the cooperation of the executive and legislative branches and a narrow ideological majority on the Supreme Court (basically put him/her into Trump's position pre-2019). What could that reprehensible politician accomplish with this power that would make you vote for their reelection? It must be presently possible (e.g., no "give me a jetpack that emits gold instead of exhaust) and at least arguably constitutional.
I'll go first, I would vote for Donald Trump if he: (1) substantially reduced the volume of robocalls by placing crippling economic sanctions against foreign countries in which robocall mills are located (lots of them in the Philippines) until they stopped and by bringing the full force of the Justice Department down on domestic telemarketers and actually enforcing the financially ruinous penalties of the TCPA; and (2) amended the ADA to limit the private right of action so that it can be exercised no more than once per year by any plaintiff and may only be brought to address access violations in the district in which the plaintiff resides.
While I'd also be excited about killing off the EEOC (it's no longer necessary due to private enforcement) and stripping the NLRB of any adjudicative authority, but he'd likely find it difficult to get enough Congressional support. Both of the items on my wish list are realistically achievable. While some on the left who don't understand how the ADA is abused would probably cry foul for oppressing the crippies, everyone could get behind public dismemberment of telemarketers and robocallers.
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