[AlvinofDiaspar]

Fair enough but keep in mind, if he violates the US constitution that would be grounds for impeachment under normal circumstances.

I can see a few people questioning it.

Hahaha - the guy has been impeached not once, but twice. You think that it is going to limit him? Each failure merely emboldens.

AoD

 

[evandyk]

Don't forget his spawn, nor his cloud of contemptibles.

AoD

That doesn't raise constitutional issues, just moral/ethical ones. But JD Vance is the likely torchbearer.

 

[PinkLucy]

One of the "methods" was electing Vance who would then pass the presidency to Trump.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

That doesn't raise constitutional issues, just moral/ethical ones. But JD Vance is the likely torchbearer.

If there are anything to be learned from non-hereditary authoritarian regimes - it is that they have no shortage of the unscrupulous who are always at each others' throats, and will struggle for power.

One of the "methods" was electing Vance who would then pass the presidency to Trump.

A variant of the Medvedev–Putin tandemocracy

AoD

 

[Richard White]

One of the "methods" was electing Vance who would then pass the presidency to Trump.

Which is prohibited by the 12th amendment.

 

[PinkLucy]

Which is prohibited by the 12th amendment.

again, THEY DON'T CARE. They are shipping people off to prisons with no due process and against all of their legislation.

"it's against the law" is currently not a useful strategy

 

[Richard White]

again, THEY DON'T CARE. They are shipping people off to prisons with no due process and against all of their legislation.

"it's against the law" is currently not a useful strategy

That's true. I am fully expecting this to lead to civil war in the US.

 

[lenaitch]

again, THEY DON'T CARE. They are shipping people off to prisons with no due process and against all of their legislation.

"it's against the law" is currently not a useful strategy

Indeed. He is now railing against the roughly 100 lawsuits in the system against his executive orders and is demanding that the Supreme Court reel in the federal judges. I'm not exactly sure how he expects them to do that, but we'll see. The big test will be when the cases, particularly the ones that touch on the Constitution, hit the SCOTUS through the regular process. If Roberts and the majority who ruled in Trumps favour in Trump v The United States sit on their hands, everybody in the judiciary and Congress might as well stay home for the next four years because the dissenting minority view in that case would be proven correct - that the ruling made the President an absolute monarch. There seems to the very slightest glimmer of a hope that Roberts might be realizing the fruits of their ruling.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Indeed. He is now railing against the roughly 100 lawsuits in the system against his executive orders and is demanding that the Supreme Court reel in the federal judges. I'm not exactly sure how he expects them to do that, but we'll see. The big test will be when the cases, particularly the ones that touch on the Constitution, hit the SCOTUS through the regular process. If Roberts and the majority who ruled in Trumps favour in Trump v The United States sit on their hands, everybody in the judiciary and Congress might as well stay home for the next four years because the dissenting minority view in that case would be proven correct - that the ruling made the President an absolute monarch. There seems to the very slightest glimmer of a hope that Roberts might be realizing the fruits of their ruling.

The truly horrifying scenario is what if Trump chose to ignore or actively undermine SCOTUS rulings. He has already demonstrated his willingness to wield power against uncooperative law firms and judges.

AoD

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

Truly depressing conversation about bad actors with power trying to make themselves above the law with zero impunity and accountability. I don't think I can say the words horrifying and terrifying enough here. /bleh

 

[guavadelic]

A man was sent to El Salvador due to 'administrative error' despite protected legal status, filings show​

The United States government accidentally deported a man to El Salvador due to an "administrative error," landing him in a notorious mega-jail and leaving him stuck there in legal limbo, according to legal papers filed on Monday.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...trative-error-protected-legal-stat-rcna199010

If the rule of law still existed in the U.S., people would be charged over this.

 

[PinkLucy]

If the rule of law still existed, this would not be happening

I am reading that El Salvador refuses to release him

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

...and in a just society, The Hague would need a way larger holding facility to prosecute all those involved here. And IMO.

 

[Admiral Beez]

Trump hasn't ruled out military force to take Greenland. And this guy wants to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine? lol

I am surprised that Denmark hasn't asked to re-open the 1951 U.S.-Denmark Defense Agreement that allows U.S. access and operations on Greenland.

 

[Towered]

I am surprised that Denmark hasn't asked to re-open the 1951 U.S.-Denmark Defense Agreement that allows U.S. access and operations on Greenland.

It'll probably come up in their meeting next week.