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getagrip_already

(15,087 posts) Mon Sep 5, 2022, 02:59 PM Sep 2022

Think about what giving a former potus EP powers would do.....

It would essentially give the fpotus powers over the state for the rest of their lives. It would be a permanent, irrevocable power.

That is SO against what our founders intended, it is not even funny. The constitution is clear a potus has powers that end when they leave office.

This is extra-constitutional. It is nuts.

But, here we are.

Just a thunk.

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Think about what giving a former potus EP powers would do..... (Original Post) getagrip_already Sep 2022 OP

We can only hope that a higher court will notice such. elleng Sep 2022 #1

But the court this would be appealed to is just as corrupt. Scrivener7 Sep 2022 #3

Oh Scrivener, I thought this would be a GOOD day. elleng Sep 2022 #4

Oh, my dear. I know. Something HAS to give, but it keeps NOT giving! Scrivener7 Sep 2022 #6

someone said 8 R and 4 D...... getagrip_already Sep 2022 #5

There have been a few Rs who have actually acted like Americans and not Boris and Natasha. Scrivener7 Sep 2022 #7

6 of the 11th Circuit judges are Trump appointees. rsdsharp Sep 2022 #8

Exactly this VMA131Marine Sep 2022 #2

or President Barrack Obama? onethatcares Sep 2022 #12

We are supposed to have one president at a time. Not a FPOTUS operating a parallel WH at MAL. Irish_Dem Sep 2022 #9

Truly scary thought. Conservatives are drunk with power and completely out of control. Initech Sep 2022 #10

Well, I'm sure our right wing judges mean that Bettie Sep 2022 #11

It's destructive EnergizedLib Sep 2022 #13

elleng

(131,600 posts)

1. We can only hope that a higher court will notice such.

Reply to getagrip_already (Original post)

Mon Sep 5, 2022, 03:04 PM

Sep 2022

Scrivener7

(51,104 posts)

3. But the court this would be appealed to is just as corrupt.

Reply to elleng (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 5, 2022, 03:06 PM

Sep 2022

elleng

(131,600 posts)

4. Oh Scrivener, I thought this would be a GOOD day.

Reply to Scrivener7 (Reply #3)

Mon Sep 5, 2022, 03:08 PM

Sep 2022

Scrivener7

(51,104 posts)

6. Oh, my dear. I know. Something HAS to give, but it keeps NOT giving!

Reply to elleng (Reply #4)

Mon Sep 5, 2022, 03:10 PM

Sep 2022

This election is SO important.

getagrip_already

(15,087 posts)

5. someone said 8 R and 4 D......

Reply to Scrivener7 (Reply #3)

Mon Sep 5, 2022, 03:09 PM

Sep 2022

The initial review would be a 3 person court, randomly assigned.

Hopefully a lot of theose R's are pre-tfg and are appalled by what is happening to the courts.

But, we won't know for quite a while.....

Scrivener7

(51,104 posts)

7. There have been a few Rs who have actually acted like Americans and not Boris and Natasha.

Reply to getagrip_already (Reply #5)

Mon Sep 5, 2022, 03:12 PM

Sep 2022

We just need to hope for more of them to wake up and do the right thing.

rsdsharp

(9,259 posts)

8. 6 of the 11th Circuit judges are Trump appointees.

Reply to getagrip_already (Reply #5)

Mon Sep 5, 2022, 03:30 PM

Sep 2022

I hate to say it, but that doesn’t bode well. We’ll have to hope they follow the law, and not their political preferences. Judge Cannon didn’t.

VMA131Marine

(4,160 posts)

2. Exactly this

Reply to getagrip_already (Original post)

Mon Sep 5, 2022, 03:04 PM

Sep 2022

It could extend to the estates of former presidents too. Imagine what George Washington could do from beyond the grave.

onethatcares

(16,231 posts)

12. or President Barrack Obama?

Reply to VMA131Marine (Reply #2)

Mon Sep 5, 2022, 05:52 PM

Sep 2022

how far back does this allow for?

Hoping to see Magat heads exploding as they peruse that one.

Irish_Dem

(48,650 posts)

9. We are supposed to have one president at a time. Not a FPOTUS operating a parallel WH at MAL.

Reply to getagrip_already (Original post)

Mon Sep 5, 2022, 03:45 PM

Sep 2022

Initech

(100,174 posts)

10. Truly scary thought. Conservatives are drunk with power and completely out of control.

Reply to getagrip_already (Original post)

Mon Sep 5, 2022, 04:12 PM

Sep 2022

Bettie

(16,158 posts)

11. Well, I'm sure our right wing judges mean that

Reply to getagrip_already (Original post)

Mon Sep 5, 2022, 05:19 PM

Sep 2022

such powers are for that orange pustule and no one else...SMH. It is crazy already, but I fear we ain't seen nothin' yet.

EnergizedLib

(1,912 posts)

13. It's destructive

Reply to getagrip_already (Original post)

Mon Sep 5, 2022, 05:55 PM

Sep 2022

This is judicial activism and dangerous.

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