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Arrest the bastard trump for treason. Lock him up in Guantanamo Bay.
California_Republic
(1,826 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,661 posts)RHMerriman
(1,376 posts)This entire situation is without precedent, so never say never, but seems unlikely.
It would be precedent-setting to do so, but given how creative the Bush Administration got in terms of defining "unlawful enemy combatants" as something less than prisoners of war and something more (or different) than civilian crime suspects, given the clusterfuck this whole situation has become, hell, almost anything is possible.
Miigwech
(3,741 posts)https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/benedict-arnold-turned-traitor-american-revolution-180958786/
bottomofthehill
(8,327 posts)After the house passes Impeachment resolutions.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,661 posts)The only thing that could happen in that case is that he loses his job. I want to see his ugly orange ass in the dock being tried for the dozens of crimes he's almost certainly committed, and then I want to see his ugly orange ass dressed in an ugly orange jumpsuit and hauled off to the slammer. For a very long time.
bottomofthehill
(8,327 posts)He can be charged criminally under the Justice Department guidelines
RockRaven
(14,955 posts)Civilian control of the military is one of the bedrock principles of the way our government is structured. It was crafted that way to ensure the military ultimately, albeit indirectly, answered to the people.
We should not tolerate any erosion of that principle just because doing so provides an avenue for dealing w/ Trump. There are superior/more appropriate ways of dealing with Trump anyway (i.e. Article III federal courts and state courts).
Besides, I'd rather see him in hemmed in by concrete walls in a Supermax facility, far away from the tropics.
TomSlick
(11,096 posts)With a few exceptions (e.g. "members of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Public Health Service, and other organizations, when assigned to and serving with the armed forces" ) only military personnel are subject to court-martial under UCMJ Art. 2 (10 U.S.C 802).
Peace06
(248 posts)From replies, looks like answer is negative. Still, its a good question and maybe someone in JAG or military legal will input. Seems like it should be an option given the title.