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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAll those things that were "unwritten" rules should now be written.
Spell it out since the emoluments clause is apparently too vague to be enforced.
You must show your taxes, you may not run a business, you may not profit from the office, you must comply with oversight and subpoenas and so on.
All those gentlemans agreements and honor system norms that have been taken for granted all these years must now be spelled out definitively. We can never take the chance that a person like this ever takes office again.
What else should be added to the list?
Lokee11
(240 posts)Codify everything!
FDT!
This can never be allowed to happen again. And we need to set out exactly who arrests them, and at what point the perps are to be arrested and jailed for failing to comply. Mnuchin should be arrested third, behind trump and barr.
exboyfil
(17,923 posts)KS Toronado
(19,426 posts)Start with Russian campaign money laundering.
BKDem
(1,733 posts)soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)The power to pardon is also sweeping and vague. It leaves open the self-pardon as a potential.
Now, should a rogue President who has a list of crimes behind him be able to get completely off the hook? What kind of precedent does that set for another criminal president? Won't that be both tempting and empowering?
BComplex
(8,999 posts)helps the person doing the pardon. That should apply to governors, as well. You shouldn't be able to pardon people helping you to commit a crime for your benefit.
nature-lover
(1,699 posts)mindfulNJ
(2,422 posts)gopiscrap
(24,145 posts)opponent reaches 270 electoral votes
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)From what I understand, conceding is just a formality and makes no real difference other than to display good sportsmanship, so to speak. It is also a sign to the people regarding the peaceful transfer of power.
Trump is by no means a good sport.
unitedwethrive
(2,004 posts)Theres only so much they can be done by executive order in terms of codifying law.
sarisataka
(20,806 posts)But also an Amendment
NameAlreadyTaken
(1,446 posts)sarisataka
(20,806 posts)Any nominee not acted on within 60 days or voted within 90 days is presumed to be approved by the Senate.
Bernardo de La Paz
(50,788 posts)GopherGal
(2,392 posts)That "the sitting president can't be indicted" nonsense has to be disavowed completely. Perhaps as part of whatever vehicle is created to enable enforcement of the emoluments clause.
BComplex
(8,999 posts)BKDem
(1,733 posts)SheltieLover
(59,345 posts)Necessary imo.
unblock
(54,082 posts)i'm not sure that there's any federal law that applies to the president, so i don't think he can be charged with anything criminal.
but i think it's clear from the constitution alone that any foreign emoluments donnie took don't belong to him, so the federal government should be able to seize and such funds.
RazzleCat
(732 posts)I have tried to put on finger on this for a long time. I even think its more important than going after Trump (assuming that NY does the job, not excusing a full investigation on all of his enablers). I can honestly believe that even republicans could agree to this.