The “checks and balances” depend on putting ambitious people in different parts of the government, and giving them competing roles. Then, naturally, excesses get curbed because no one part of the government would want to cede too much of its power to the other.
It did not forsee a future where the leaders of the other co-equal branches of government would subjugate themselves to the President’s ego.
He may be a fascist murderer, but anytime someone tells me they are an “amateur botanist” I just assume they grow their own weed.
And if so, the irony is that it wouldn’t have been too long ago that the jackbooted thugs would have been coming for him instead.
Grab 'em by the Parliament
Lol it’s the GAS act.
Until the House impeaches and they convict, their words mean nothing. The Supreme Court was quite clear that the President is above the law, and impeachment is the only remedy. And if anything is impeachable, this is.
Incoming Truth Social post…
“This PROVES that Demonrat states are run by crooks, because only criminals use the Fifth Amendment!”
He sounds really angry. He should be careful, if he gets too upset he may end up getting a heart attack or a stroke due to stress. That would be a shame…
The face of evil
There’s no reason for optimism as long as Republicans are too spineless to overturn a veto, or to force Trump to spend the money if he doesn’t want to.
And the US and Russia will start their own Friendship Union. Like the G7, except only two of them.
We can call it FU2
He’s gonna grab 'em by the Parliament.
When you’re a star, they let you do it!
I appreciate your insight here, all of your responses show how the legal system in the US is supposed to work, and apply to all citizens equally. But what this analysis ignores is that the Trump Administration is building up its own “in group”, to which these restraints no longer apply. Both sides are playing by different rules now, enforced by an Administration and DoJ which is taking sides.
Consider the case if someone (maybe even a sworn law officer with their own qualified immunity) steps in front of a car driven by an ICE agent and kills them in cold blood. The US justice system is supposed to work the same for that person as for the Minnesota ICE agent. But we all know what will happen. The surrounding ICE agents will render their own vengeful (and biblical) verdict on the spot, Kristi Noem will spout some bullshit, and nobody involved will ever see a courtroom.
That’s the problem. The rules are changing, and the courts can’t keep up.
Do any of their sources explicitly state the payment will be in cash? I bet Trump makes up another shitty crypto token and figures out a way to carve out a fee on each transaction for himself.
The black man actually won, though. There are lots of people out there who voted for the black man, but viewed voting for a woman as a step too far.
No, you don’t understand, the only other choice was a lady…
Also red meat and butter should not be a large part of anyone’s daily calories.
Won’t anyone think of the beef and dairy industry lobbyists, though?
Getting a lot of mileage out of this one
Maybe not. Remember that Noem lacks a key leadership feature as far as MAGA is concerned: a penis. She might just be the sacrificial lamb that Republicans use to say “SeE? wErE lIsTeNiNg” and try to calm down the sheep ahead of midterms. Then tell her “Thanks for your service, but can you go into the kitchen and get me a beer, honeybuns?”
But then, we need to be concerned about who gets appointed in her place. I hear Dan Bongino is looking for a job…