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Originally Posted by Aguila Blanca
No, Congress could enact new laws that clarify what "adjudication" means and to clarify that seeking help managing finances doesn't equate to an "adjudicated" classification as "mentally deficient." And Congress could enact such legislation even today, if some enterprising Republicans were to attach it as a poison pill amendment to a bill the Democrats urgently want to pass.
Do I expect this to happen? Hell, no. The Republicans don't want this fixed any more than the Democrats do.
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I don't believe this problem is especially susceptible to a discreet legislative fix. If congress were to pass a law, what keeps the VA from continuing to report its "adjudications" and the ATF from considering fraudulent VA communications as good information?
The VA is part of the executive. The executive doesn't properly adjudicate issues - it executes laws. (Yes, some exec agencies adjudicate matters administratively where those matters are subject to their authority.) It's baked into the structure of our system that the ATF should not be doing this.