silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoTrump’s Attack on Venezuela Is Illegal and Unwisewww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1354arrow-down15file-text
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minus-squareTomMasz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up107arrow-down1·4 days agoTechnically illegal, but because we no longer have a functioning Legislative branch, legality is moot.
minus-squarepotoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up60arrow-down1·4 days agoDon’t forget the judicial branch, though! Importantly, they won’t do anything either!
minus-squarehuman@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·4 days agoAnd also we don’t give a shit about the UN
minus-squarepotoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·4 days agoFun fact: the American Servicemembers Protection Act is an actual American law that says, if the International Criminal Court ever tries an American for war crimes… We will invade the fucking Netherlands. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members'_Protection_Act
minus-squareElvith Ma'for@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 days agoCan the Nederlands invoke article 5 of NATO of they get invaded, then? /s
minus-squarePulsar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·4 days agoPlus judge John Roberts gave Trump total immunity, so he is above the law, more alike a King than a democratic elected leader.
minus-squarephutatorius@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoAfter Cromwell’s intervention, British kings have far less power than what the corrupt Robers court gave to Trump.
minus-squaredreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agochuck schumer won’t call it illegal
Technically illegal, but because we no longer have a functioning Legislative branch, legality is moot.
Don’t forget the judicial branch, though! Importantly, they won’t do anything either!
And also we don’t give a shit about the UN
Fun fact: the American Servicemembers Protection Act is an actual American law that says, if the International Criminal Court ever tries an American for war crimes…
We will invade the fucking Netherlands.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members'_Protection_Act
Can the Nederlands invoke article 5 of NATO of they get invaded, then? /s
Plus judge John Roberts gave Trump total immunity, so he is above the law, more alike a King than a democratic elected leader.
After Cromwell’s intervention, British kings have far less power than what the corrupt Robers court gave to Trump.
chuck schumer won’t call it illegal