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In reply to the discussion: Robert Reich: Trump's Latest Tweetstorm Is Grounds for Impeachment [View all]Bernardo de La Paz
(60,320 posts)32. Here
I will concede that Reich overstates the case for impeachment with regard to this specific issue, but he does state the basic issue well in the OP:
It is the job of the Justice Department to provide a reasoned case for overruling a federal judges decision. In condemning individual judges and threatening to break up the court of appeals instead, Trump is attacking the foundations of the separation of powers in the Constitution.
This assault on the federal judiciary is an abuse of Trumps constitutional authority
This assault on the federal judiciary is an abuse of Trumps constitutional authority
Any one of his statements can be rationalized away individually in isolation as not too bad, but when you look at the sum total of what he says and how he says it and when he says it, the net effect is destructive and abusive. The statements against the American born judge (of Mexican heritage) are very abusive but were made before he was elected.
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Robert Reich: Trump's Latest Tweetstorm Is Grounds for Impeachment [View all]
babylonsister
Apr 2017
OP
Umm trump threatened retaliatory action because of rulings. Obama never did that!!!
boston bean
Apr 2017
#14
Incitement to riot, calls for violence like tRump at his rallies, speech that exploits minors, trea
Bernardo de La Paz
Apr 2017
#13
Sure. Read post #11 previously written as a reply to you in this subthread. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Apr 2017
#23
I agree with the others, this is not impeachable. I'm afraid Reich is jumping the shark.
thesquanderer
Apr 2017
#8
May not be impeachable in and if it's own, yet trump is stirring the pot on this issue
Lyricalinklines
Apr 2017
#15
I'm heartened by the number of posts recognizing that Reich's hyperbole is silly.
onenote
Apr 2017
#33
18/25 appointed by Democrats means 7/25 appointed by not-Democrats ... just sayin'
mr_lebowski
Apr 2017
#37