Sat Jul 18, 2020, 10:30 AM
What would happen if Trump tried to arrest the Governor of Oregon?
Recently, Uncle Vlad, in Moscow, arrested Sergei Furgal, the elected Governor of Khabarovsk, a region in Far-Eastern Russia, and had him shipped off to Moscow for “questioning” (and, probably, re-education). To their credit, the displeased people of Khabarovsk have been demonstrating in the streets for about a week over this assault upon their local sovereignty.
But what would happen in the United States if Trump decided he wanted to arrest a Governor—for example, that uncooperative and ungrateful Governor in Oregon who is a little peeved about unidentified (and unwelcome) federal agents arresting and questioning her citizens? Here, the idea is laughable. Trump can’t arrest a governor. Trump wouldn’t even try it. It would never work. Mercifully, our outrageously unwieldy republic is HIGHLY resistant to totalitarianism. The states remain supreme. It’s almost funny. These days you see governors telling the President to piss off (Michigan). You see mayors telling governors to piss off (Atlanta), and you see local school boards telling county commissioners to piss off (Orange County). This is one of those times when I can really appreciate the beauty of this ridiculously complicated, power-diffused (decentralized) system of government that we have. 
-Laelth
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Author | Time | Post |
 What would happen if Trump tried to arrest the Governor of Oregon? (Original post) |
Laelth | Jul 2020 | OP |
| Igel | Jul 2020 | #1 | |
| Laelth | Jul 2020 | #4 | |
| AleksS | Jul 2020 | #2 | |
| Laelth | Jul 2020 | #3 | |
| roamer65 | Jul 2020 | #5 | |
| Cosmocat | Jul 2020 | #6 | |
| Laelth | Jul 2020 | #14 | |
| duforsure | Jul 2020 | #7 | |
| SCantiGOP | Jul 2020 | #8 | |
| Laelth | Jul 2020 | #11 | |
| jalan48 | Jul 2020 | #9 | |
| Laelth | Jul 2020 | #10 | |
| Sewa | Jul 2020 | #12 | |
| Laelth | Jul 2020 | #13 |
Response to Igel (Reply #1)
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 10:53 AM
4. I am not following you.
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Why would Trump want to arrest one of his loyal sycophants?
-Laelth |
Response to AleksS (Reply #2)
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 10:51 AM
3. I appreciate the wisdom of your position.
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“Don’t stir the pot.”
But part of me would like to see Trump try it. That would create a REAL Constitutional crisis the likes of which we have never seen, and, given the current state of the Republic, I suspect that the SCOTUS would be compelled to rule in favor of state sovereignty—i.e. FOR the Governor of Oregon.
-Laelth |
Response to Laelth (Original post)
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 11:09 AM
roamer65 (35,004 posts)
5. There will be repercussions for such an action.
Response to Laelth (Original post)
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 11:18 AM
7. As desperate as he is he could try doing this,
Response to Laelth (Original post)
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 11:32 AM
SCantiGOP (13,237 posts)
8. The President doesn't have arrest powers
Response to Laelth (Original post)
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 11:35 AM
jalan48 (13,692 posts)
9. This would be second term stuff. He and his cabal realize slow steps are less noticeable. First
Response to jalan48 (Reply #9)
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 11:56 AM
10. It certainly COULD be.
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Our primary goal must be to do what we can to insure that a second Trump term never happens.
Go Joe! 
-Laelth |
Response to Sewa (Reply #12)
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 12:27 PM
13. We do take liberal government for granted. I agree.
