Trump Signals He Might Ignore the Courts
www.theatlantic.com
Yesterday, the president said that no judge “should be allowed” to rule against the changes his administration is making.

This is the very essence of the difference that should exist between a President and a King. From Federalist 69:

The President of the United States would be liable to be impeached, tried, and, upon conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes or misdemeanors, removed from office; and would afterwards be liable to prosecution and punishment in the ordinary course of law. The person of the king of Great Britain is sacred and inviolable; there is no constitutional tribunal to which he is amenable; no punishment to which he can be subjected without involving the crisis of a national revolution. In this delicate and important circumstance of personal responsibility, the President of Confederated America would stand upon no better ground than a governor of New York, and upon worse ground than the governors of Maryland and Delaware.

The failure of the Republican party to support this kind of check on Presidential power is why we’re having this crisis now.

  • FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world
    9·
    12 hours ago

    I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic

    It’s the domestic part we have to concern ourselves with, and thankfully the Joint Chiefs seem to still think he’s an idiotic shitbag

    • octopus_ink@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      3 hours ago

      It’s the domestic part we have to concern ourselves with, and thankfully the Joint Chiefs seem to still think he’s an idiotic shitbag

      As a veteran, I remain 100% convinced that the Pentagon has and has always had a plan for “a dictator becomes president.” However, also as a veteran I’m sure there is a very specific checklist of things that must be true for that plan to be activated.

      As a low ranking veteran I don’t have any better guess than anyone else what things are on that checklist, but I feel sure it exists, and that if we aren’t seeing them mobilize it’s only because it’s an extreme event and the conditions required to execute on that plan are many.

    • C A B B A G E@feddit.ukEnglish
      4·
      5 hours ago

      They might think he’s a shitbag, but I bet they’re not unhappy with him. Unless he threatens to cut their spending?

      • dustyb0tt0mz@lemmy.world
        2·
        25 minutes ago

        i think there are still people in power that actually believe in the merits this country was founded on and would stand up to pieces of shit like trump. it’s the only thing i left i have to believe in.

        i certainly have no reason to believe that the limp-wristed leftists of social media would ever stand up to anyone about anything.