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procon

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4. Short of purging the Legislature and

Mon Apr 8, 2019, 04:46 PM

Apr 2019

incarcerating Democrats, Trump is opting to make that co-equal branch of government irrelevant.

He's already demonstrated that the House doesn't control the nation's purse by demanding money from agencies to fund his fantasy wall. Now he's stripping the authority away from the Republican controlled Senate in bypassing their Constitutional duty to advise and consent to presidential nominees as he appoints acting heads of cabinet level posts.

What's next on Trump's inexorable path to dictatorship?

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POS is purposefully avoiding Senate confirmations by nominating "Actings" he can control. [View all] hedda_foil Apr 2019 OP

I'm curious? atreides1 Apr 2019 #1

It takes the VP to implement the 25th amendment onenote Apr 2019 #9

From my understanding Pompeo was the one that came up with something like this Sherman A1 Apr 2019 #2

Trumps is stupid but he is very good at being sly. :( patricia92243 Apr 2019 #3

Short of purging the Legislature and procon Apr 2019 #4

The house should pass a bill that they must be filled in 60 days. cbdo2007 Apr 2019 #5

Can a new law be written putting... lame54 Apr 2019 #6

Sure but the Little Hitler would veto it. hedda_foil Apr 2019 #7

How the hell did we get here? lame54 Apr 2019 #8

I suspect any president would veto it. onenote Apr 2019 #10

Would be more acceptable for congress to designate a line of succession? Massacure Apr 2019 #12

K&R UTUSN Apr 2019 #11