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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIn declining to impose the sanctions which Congress overwhelmingly passed into law, is Trump not
BREAKING THE LAW? Is this not, in itself, an impeachable offense? Is it not his constitutional duty to impose these sanctions?
"There's the signpost up ahead. Your next stop: The Twilight Zone."
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In declining to impose the sanctions which Congress overwhelmingly passed into law, is Trump not (Original Post)
Atticus
Jan 2018
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underthematrix
(5,811 posts)1. Yes because he took an oath tp faithfully execute all laws
dalton99a
(94,122 posts)2. The King makes the Law.
wiggs
(8,812 posts)3. Yes and yes. Also...remember that some goprs wanted to impeach Obama because he extended
the ACA sign up period by a few days because of the website issues. They were livid that he changed the letter of the law they passed.
TomSlick
(13,013 posts)4. It means nothing unless the Repugnant Congress decides to act.
I'm not counting on it.
RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)5. I wrote my MoC about it tonight -
dawg
(10,777 posts)6. We are officially off the path and into the woods.
If the Republican Congress abdicates its authority to Trump in this fashion, they are all traitors.
Where would they draw the line? Anywhere?