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MineralMan

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6. There is really nothing in his power that would let him do that.
Sun Dec 11, 2016, 10:55 AM
Dec 2016

The powers of the President are defined in the Constitution. Negating a presidential election is one of his powers. Not in any way. I really recommend that you reread that document if you have not done so recently.

Presidents are specifically limited in their powers to protect this country from being run by a tyrant. That could easily be frustrated by a President who also had a Congress that would go along with him and a Supreme Court that would rule that actions were constitutional. That was the risk of the 2016 election.

Many people, including myself, warned about that possibility, but we went unheard, it appears. Too many people did not vote or chose to vote for some third party candidate who had no chance of winning. We can debate the legitimacy of elections in several states, but if enough people had turned out to vote for Clinton in those states, we would have nothing to debate.

President Obama will do what he is able to do, but he cannot go beyond the authority the President has in the USA. He will not do that, either. What will he do? I have no idea, but I'm sure we're going to learn about it.

Read the Constitution. Discover what powers the President has and what powers he does not have.

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What makes you think he is not working on this? MineralMan Dec 2016 #1
Is he going to do anything to prevent trump from taking office? NightWatcher Dec 2016 #2
What do you suggest? Crepuscular Dec 2016 #4
There's nothing he can do to prevent this. Kotya Dec 2016 #5
There is really nothing in his power that would let him do that. MineralMan Dec 2016 #6
Oh well, the Russians stole the election, let's just lay down and give it to them. NightWatcher Dec 2016 #10
Too many here think we are or want us to be. libtodeath Dec 2016 #11
Not at all. None of us are doing that. MineralMan Dec 2016 #13
Him not saying anything when he learned of it makes me think he is not 'working' on it aikoaiko Dec 2016 #14
I have no information about what President Obama is doing or thinking. MineralMan Dec 2016 #17
He is doing something Crepuscular Dec 2016 #3
To be followed by a sternly worded letter, no doubt. chimpymustgo Dec 2016 #9
No Crepuscular Dec 2016 #12
And might appear to be partisan Dream Girl Dec 2016 #19
The timeline indicates ? RoccoR2 Dec 2016 #7
Time to take a stand for America Achilleaze Dec 2016 #8
I believe Obama and family have been threatened. maveric Dec 2016 #15
Obama orders review of Russian election-related hacking oberliner Dec 2016 #16
Lock people up? suspend due process? Are you joking? bettyellen Dec 2016 #18
Sounds like tRumps way of doing things. Lady Freedom Returns Dec 2016 #20
I'm seeing tons of anti-obama authoritarian crap here, smells like JPR crap bettyellen Dec 2016 #21
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