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[-] Natanael@slrpnk.net 45 points 2 weeks ago

Trump doesn't have the authority

[-] Asafum@lemmy.world 68 points 2 weeks ago

Authority only matters when there's an enforcement mechanism.

When the courts are stacked with your yes men then authority means nothing. When Congress is stacked with sycophants then authority means nothing.

To Republicans the rule of law is "I make the rules and are not bound by them. Democrats cannot change the rules and are bound by them."

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 weeks ago

To Republicans the rule of law is "I make the rules and are not bound by them. Democrats cannot change the rules and are bound by them."

AKA Wilhoit's Law:

Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition ... There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect. --Frank Wilhoit

[-] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 15 points 2 weeks ago

That definitely stopped him from trying before, right ? And when he tries, sometimes he gets what he wants because he's surrounded by yes men and spineless cowards.

[-] velma 10 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah he's going after USPS to target mail-in voting.

[-] Steve@communick.news 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Exactly!
States have the authority to run their elections how they see fit.
And the executive branch has no authority over the states. The president can't order a state to do anything. Not even a presidential parden has power over state courts.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, let's just keep saying that.

[-] Natanael@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

It means that when he's gone nobody can protect themselves with "I was following orders", we can send them all to prison

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Natanael@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

Get a majority to reform SCOTUS.

Enforce 14A3 disqualification from the day he sabotaged the pandemic response against Democratic led states to punish political opponents. Declare everything he did since invalid and illegal.

Get these two through and he's done, along with every single collaborator.

So if you want him gone and want total accountability, join the crowd demanding his disqualification.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 weeks ago

Big Ned Stark energy.

The only authority tyrants care about is what they're able to do.

What they're SUPPOSED to be ALLOWED to do doesn't interest them in the least.

The vast majority of the things Trump has done in his second term (and a few in the first) have been outside of the constitutional powers of the presidency, but that didn't stop him and his enablers.

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