Frum, Frum, Frum, Frum .....

[bucolic_frolic]

Quite a number of people are comparing President Trump's claim of a right to self-pardon to George III. In fact, Trump is asserting a much much greater power than George III ever imagined - a power for which Charles I lost his head and James II lost his throne ... more ...

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The Stuart monarchs asserted a "dispensing power" that permitted them to absolve individual subjects of the duty to comply with laws.

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This "dispensing power" was grievance number 6 in the famous Nineteen Propositions adopted by Parliament in 1642, leading to outright civil war.

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Courts are being packed with sycophants who dont know what the constitution says or care

[unblock]

2. Oh they know. They really know.

And that's exactly why they're putting sycophants in place.

[lame54]

9. I'm starting to think The Constitution...

Is an extremely flawed document
It is not going to get us out of this

[Bernardo de La Paz]

15. All documents flawed. The Constitution will get us out, imperfectly, but in the main it will work.nt

[ProudMNDemocrat]

3. David Frum .....How could you??????

Be so wise and informed as you are.

Come join the Party of Laws and Common Sense. Please.

[C_U_L8R]

4. It's even better if...

you say Frum, Frum, Frum, Frum to the tune of Dragnet

[Glorfindel]

5. Yes! I was trying to fit it in to Darth Vader's march theme from "Star Wars"

but there aren't enough Frums. Dragnet works perfectly.

[Qutzupalotl]

6. Or Beethoven's Fifth Symphony...

[kmla]

8. It works well with the theme song to "Jaws" as well.

[lame54]

10. Or the Tums commercial

[bigbrother05]

13. Monty Python's "Spam, spam, spam, spam"

[eppur_se_muova]

16. Warped minds think alike. nt

[jayschool2013]

14. Spam

[sab390]

18. Get Smart

It, the open and theme, would be right for him. He seems to have gotten smart. Maybe?

[redstateblues]

7. Right now Frum is one of my top 5 favorite Republicans

That is subject to change once Trump is gone, but now he is spot on.

[Me.]

11. This Deserves A +1

[bucolic_frolic]

12. For you history buffs

this was the time of the Cavaliers vs. the Roundheads

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Propositions

[debsy]

17. OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!!!!

...figuratively speaking, of course!