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In reply to the discussion: Michael Flynn's Call For 'Martial Law' Comes Amid Violent Threats Over Trump Election Defeat [View all]NoRoadUntravelled
(2,626 posts)45. I hope tRump doesn't go after Iran or any other country between now and then.
I'm no Constitutional Law expert but it seems he'd have a problem overriding the 20th Amendment for any reason. He doesn't really have any say in it.
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/PROJECTS/FTRIALS/CONLAW/inaugurationconstit.html
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Michael Flynn's Call For 'Martial Law' Comes Amid Violent Threats Over Trump Election Defeat [View all]
Mrs. Overall
Dec 2020
OP
gawds. I initially thought this was the Onion. damn. Seems Flynn owes Trump a favor or two.
riversedge
Dec 2020
#3
In other words, they want another Civil War, because that is what suspension of Habeas Corpus
still_one
Dec 2020
#4
Fucking fascist P.O.S. belongs in prison. I hope they have something else to try him on in 2021.
kysrsoze
Dec 2020
#5
military will not support this and neither will the SC. Trump can be removed in 4-6 days
beachbumbob
Dec 2020
#9
The dead-enders think the coup is still on. I'm hoping this will lead to behavior that will land
Nitram
Dec 2020
#10
And if his 're-vote' doesn't produce the desired result, arrest and eliminate the competition.
dalton99a
Dec 2020
#11
Foreign agent who infiltrated US government, and was pardoned by suspected foreign agent ...
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2020
#13
Could be. My guess is he'll pack his bags before the inauguration after having
NoRoadUntravelled
Dec 2020
#33
I hope tRump doesn't go after Iran or any other country between now and then.
NoRoadUntravelled
Dec 2020
#45
Being he was pardoned, does he have full right to continue breaking our laws until Jan 20th?
bluestarone
Dec 2020
#27
WTF is wrong with these trumpians - they all need to be put in mental institutions.
iluvtennis
Dec 2020
#50
Wow! Flynn gets a pardon, and the first thing he does is call for the president to execute a coup.
patphil
Dec 2020
#57
This is another example of actions by Trump or his goons which ought to be
Dark n Stormy Knight
Dec 2020
#65