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18. it's what the Supreme Court says it is, apparently

Reply to durablend (Reply #17)

Tue Jan 28, 2025, 02:35 PM

Jan 2025

...witnessing their invention of presidential immunities designed to protect, ostensibly declared in their ruling, only ONE man from accountability from crimes committed in office.

The Constitution is what state and national legislatures decide to defend. That ultimately makes this a political challenge for us to elect people who will shape our courts in ways that uphold democracy and the laws they enact.

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The US Constitution does not grant the President unilateral authority to block funding [View all] bigtree Jan 2025 OP

Shock? mwmisses4289 Jan 2025 #1

I think the reference has more to do with the total barrage of lawlessness bigtree Jan 2025 #2

If only we had three equal branches of government leftstreet Jan 2025 #3

we can see now how this has always been a political challenge bigtree Jan 2025 #7

Deja vu ... Same thing as with Ukraine aid in last term LSparkle Jan 2025 #4

he keeps reinforcing the concept NJCher Jan 2025 #5

throwing catsup on the wall bigtree Jan 2025 #9

The US Constitution is a relic of a bygone era. Irish_Dem Jan 2025 #6

lower courts defend them bigtree Jan 2025 #8

Lower courts don't have much power. Irish_Dem Jan 2025 #10

But they are sllllooooowww mr715 Jan 2025 #13

Will Trump even pay attention to any of the courts? Irish_Dem Jan 2025 #14

Agree, sad but true nt mr715 Jan 2025 #15

right bigtree Jan 2025 #16

Remember, SCOTUS believes tRump is a special boy and granted him immunity to break any law he wants yaesu Jan 2025 #11

well, we'll see about that NJCher Jan 2025 #12

it won't stop him because we didn't elect enough Democrats to do things like impeach bigtree Jan 2025 #19

"The US Constitution" -- how quaint durablend Jan 2025 #17

it's what the Supreme Court says it is, apparently bigtree Jan 2025 #18

Then the "order" is null and void ScratchCat Jan 2025 #20