Humdrum Tedium Alert
If you thought the Border Czar specifics were tedious, I don’t blame you. And be forewarned, the rest of these information-posts are even more tedious than that.
States need to realize that when this amendment is ratified, any time the federal government infringes on their Chief's rights that confrontation needs an official way of being resolved.
For example there was a strange moment in US history when President Andrew Jackson quipped [paraphrase], “Let the supreme Court enforce its own ruling.”
I recommend that it be specified that ...
“It is unconstitutional for any federal employee, federal judge, federal law enforcer, and any member of US armed forces to interfere with state enforcement of the CSE’s enumerated authority. And it is the duty of all governors to offer assistance in such enforcement in the form of state police, the national guard, or even through seeking patriotic voluntary payment of private investigators to gather information that the CSE wishes to have.”
Something along those lines. Since military forces swear to uphold the Constitution, that should ‘do the trick’.
Also it would be shrewd of the states to codify the right to dismiss or replace their current CSE at any time prior to the limited term. They might also consider allowing the Chief to choose his or her Lt. Chief State Executive. But the Lt. should be incapable of replacing his boss prior to the ending term without the Chief's endorsement [unless it is due to death or incapacity]. And the Lt. should not have a vote in determining incapacity. This way the two are natural allies, and the CSE would not be threatened if his Lt. gains experience.
[As one historic example, the Vice Presidency can at times be a useful post, but not until after the position was reformed after Adams. And if the President were more sure of loyalty, the Vice President could play more of a role.]
The states should also include the right to collectively agree on a choice in advance of who could ‘fill the slot’ in a smooth transition at the end of the CSE’s term. But it should not be automatic that the Lt. Chief State Executive is the ‘anointed one’ if no one is chosen. That could result in some convoluted shadow oligarchy.
Our nation would be better off to risk occasional lapses even if no CSE is at the helm until the majority of states agree on someone.