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Nitram

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10. Who is going to "strip the courts of their power?" Trump? He does not have that power.

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #9)

Mon Jan 30, 2017, 09:17 AM

Jan 2017

Don't confuse a little sleight of hand on the WH web site with actual power. Neither the courts nor Congress would allow that to happen. If they did, they'd be ceding their power to the president. Can you spell "I-M-P-E-A-C-H-M-E-N-T?

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Trump Removes the Judicial Branch From the Our Government Section of the White House Website [View all] kpete Jan 2017 OP

What a petty little two-bit dictator. DetlefK Jan 2017 #1

Oh BOOHOO, blotus.. Cha Jan 2017 #2

Expect them to go after judges they don't like... neeksgeek Jan 2017 #3

Petty little puppet. nt Xipe Totec Jan 2017 #4

THEY CONTROL EVERYTHING and if they can make the Courts go away ..... bucolic_frolic Jan 2017 #5

Whoah, keep your hat on, pardner. Take a deep breath. Our system is stronger than that. Nitram Jan 2017 #7

Who's going to enforce the Constitution bucolic_frolic Jan 2017 #9

Who is going to "strip the courts of their power?" Trump? He does not have that power. Nitram Jan 2017 #10

The Court orders from this weekend are being ignored bucolic_frolic Jan 2017 #11

There is total confusion right now because Trump issued an order without... Nitram Jan 2017 #12

The court order stopped deportation, not detention n/t Doremus Jan 2017 #14

That's the only one he has no control of treestar Jan 2017 #6

searched the website....not a single reference spanone Jan 2017 #8

That is so stupid and childish. mfcorey1 Jan 2017 #13