ah, the “i have a gun” loophole
The way powers are divided according to the constitution does not work and it never did because the only constraint was the assumption that the president would have honor and not abuse it… Time for a new one
Well, no, not really. The Constitution was drafted illegally, and basically forced on the population. And the entire purpose of doing all that? To give the federal government more power and control.
This foolish idea that the people who drafted the Constitution did so with any sort of noble ideals is a lie. It was a power grab, plain and simple.
First, they came for the “terrorists”, and I said nothing, because I am not a terrorist.
Then, they came for the “illegal immigrants”…
While this is definitely an escalation, and a dangerous one that should be called out and fought. I want to point out that American citizens have had NO due process and NO rights on Guantanamo Bay ever since Bush Jr started disappearing people and flying them over there under the guise of terrorism accusations.
These are US citizens who were abducted, taken out of country, and not even allowed a lawyer or told what their charges are, beaten and tortured - that the courts decided that was all more or less acceptable for, and further that it was also acceptable to be detained indefinitely.
Trump is a symptom, he is not the disease.
https://pulitzercenter.org/stories/court-rules-guantanamo-detainees-are-not-entitled-due-process
The Bush administration abrogated due process, but we might have been able to move past it as a shameful anomaly in our history perpetrated by one out-of-control political faction. But then instead of prosecuting the offenders, or at least disavowing their actions, the Obama administration doubled down on it! It decided that American citizens could be killed on the basis of an accusation. It cemented the destruction of due process as a bipartisan principle of American government.
The Turd Reich might be speed-running the course, but it’s just using the tools that past administrations laid out for it.
It’s not a “loophole”. It’s just straight up illegal.
It’s not a loophole, it’s what MAGA have been humping their Trump waifu pillows about.
This is what America voted for. There wasn’t enough Americans who cared to stop it from happening.
The America people knew is now gone forever. Trump is king for life and people on both sides will need to die to set things right. This will not be corrected by voting.
no don’t you remember when they said a president cant do anything illegal?
What they said, was that a president can’t be prosecuted for “official acts” as president. Not that everything they do is legal.
That’s not what happended.
The Supreme Court refused to prosecute Trump (for a blatantly illegal act) and ruled that he was immune to prosecution for “official acts” which they refused to define.
Then they slow walked the case back to a lower court - deliberately - so the determination was not made until after the election.
Then in a state court, Trump was convicted, but the judge delared there was no penalty “because only a federal court could apply punishment”.
Then a couple of days later the DoJ dopped the case because “the president is immune from prosecution”.
lol, any one who didn’t already figured it out when the supreme court literally said that trump is above the law in 2024 is just not thinking right.
