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guillaumeb's JournalFor all of the talk about the DOJ opinion that states a sitting President cannot be indicted,
that makes no sense.
Let me state that I am not an attorney, nor am I an expert on the Constitution, but consider one thing before you argue that the DOJ opinion should be definitive on the subject of indicting a sitting President.
The President cannot exist above the law because the President only exists because of the law.
Prior to the Constitution being adopted, there was no US President. The position of President was created by the Constitution and the associated laws regarding the office.
So it stands to reason, speaking philosophically, that the creation cannot be above what created it.
Thoughts?
To Make Sure 'No President Is Above the Law,' Warren Calls for New Measure Enabling DOJ to Indict
To Make Sure 'No President Is Above the Law,' Warren Calls for New Measure Enabling DOJ to Indict a President
From the article:
In a Medium post titled "No President Is Above the Law," the Massachusetts Democrat called on lawmakers to pass legislation that would allow for the indictment of a sitting presidenta measure that would have allowed Special Counsel Robert Mueller to act on his decision not to exonerate President Donald Trump.
"Donald Trump believes that he can violate the law, and he believes that the role of the Department of Justice is to help him get away with it," Warren wrote. "That's not how our country is supposed to work."
To read more:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/05/31/make-sure-no-president-above-law-warren-calls-new-measure-enabling-doj-indict?cd-
Fox Watching Republican Shocked To Learn That Mueller Didn't Exonerate Trump
From the article:
Cathy Garnaat, a Republican who supported Amash and the president said she was upset about Amashs position but wanted to hear his reasoning. She said that she will definitely support Trump in 2020 but that Tuesday night was the first time she had heard that the Mueller report didnt completely exonerate the president.
To read more:
https://www.politicususa.com/2019/05/30/fox-watching-republican-shocked-to-learn-that-mueller-didnt-exonerate-trump.html
I am certain that Ms. Garnaat considers herself to be a well informed voter.
AOC Calls for Ban on Revolving Door as Study Shows Two-Thirds of Recently Departed Lawmakers
AOC Calls for Ban on Revolving Door as Study Shows Two-Thirds of Recently Departed Lawmakers Now K Street Lobbyists
From the article:
"I don't think it should be legal at ALL to become a corporate lobbyist if you've served in Congress," said Ocasio-Cortez. "At minimum there should be a long wait period."
To read more:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/05/30/aoc-calls-ban-revolving-door-study-shows-two-thirds-recently-departed-lawmakers-now?cd-
And to extend the logic further, retired high ranking military officers should be forbidden to accept positions with defense contractors as well.
I was an expert witness against a teacher who taught students to question the Holocaust
From the article:
I never imagined that my work would lead me to serve as a witness against a history teacher who encouraged his students to question whether the Holocaust had ever taken place at all.....
In Mr. Alis case, he alleged among other things that he had a First Amendment right to share materials that he saw fit.
When he was asked whether he taught his students to question the facts as to whether Hitler chose to brutally abuse, take advantage, starve and murder Jews for absolutely no reason at all, Mr. Ali responded that he taught his students to question everything.
But United States District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo disagreed. She ruled that the school district, not the classroom teacher, has the ultimate right to decide what will be taught in the classroom. Except for a procedural matter unrelated to his teaching, she tossed out the various claims in Mr. Alis lawsuit, saying that he failed to show he was fired for anything other than the reasons given by the school district not his race or his religion like he claimed.
To read more:
https://religionnews.com/2019/05/30/i-was-an-expert-witness-against-a-teacher-who-taught-students-to-question-the-holocaust/
The First Amendment does not give anyone the right to teach lies.
The Language of the Unheard: Martin Luther King Jr.'s social democracy.
From the article:
In her new book King and the Other America, historian Sylvie Laurent helps rescue the Poor Peoples Campaign from this unfair reputation and makes a compelling case that it deserves to be not only better remembered but also more closely studied and emulated by the left today....
King and the Other America helps make another important argument. Situating the economic egalitarianism of the Poor Peoples Campaign and Martin Luther King Jr.s later years in a far longer history of black activism and social-democratic thinking, she helps map out the deeper intellectual and political roots of an entwined racial and economic egalitarianism that has been at the center of much of African-American politics for nearly a century.
To read more:
https://www.thenation.com/article/martin-luther-king-and-the-other-america-sylvie-laurent-book-review/
As much as I agree with the class based economic analysis articulated by Bernie Sanders, what he missed, and what many class based analyses miss, is the foundational role that racism played, and continues to play, in understanding US politics and US capitalism.
We cannot discuss economic injustice, and we cannot ask why white working class voters vote for the GOP, a vote that is against their class interests, if we do not acknowledge the crucial, the vital, role that slavery played in dividing workers by race.
Getting in on -- and tossed out of -- the Satanist Temple joke
From the article:
Jex Blackmore is a Satanist, as she plainly admits to the camera in Director Penny Lanes documentary Hail Satan?, a portrait of the 30-something Blackmore that opened earlier this year.
But shes not a Satan worshipper. A self-proclaimed Satanic feminist, she was until recently a national spokesperson for the non-theistic, religious-cum-political-activist group called The Satanic Temple. She defines a Satanist as an individual who embraces her pariah status and actively challenges arbitrary authority in defense of personal sovereignty....
The Satanic Temple insisted her appearance (and incendiary rhetoric) wasnt formally sanctioned by TST, and it has since severed ties with Blackmore. Blackmore, for her part, criticized the organizations lack of diversity, charging in a recent interview with Jezebel that weve again seen an organization consolidate power into the hands of a group of men or people who support and act as a mouthpiece for those men. She went on to point out that Satanism has long been vulnerable to being co-opted by white supremacists.
To read more:
https://religionnews.com/2019/05/24/getting-in-on-and-tossed-out-of-the-satanist-temple-joke/
Did Satan cause these white supremacists to be intolerant?
It is not a coincidence that...
It is not a coincidence that in states that are led by the GOP, workers generally make less money.
It is not a coincidence that in states that are led by the GOP, women's rights to make health choices are severely restricted.
It is not a coincidence that in states that are led by the GOP, injured or disabled people are treated as 2nd class citizens.
It is not a coincidence that in states that are led by the GOP, it is much harder for minorities to vote.
It is not a coincidence that in states that are led by the GOP, businesses are easily able to exploit their workers.
It is not a coincidence that in states that are led by the GOP, taxpayer subsidies for the rich are called smart politics.
It is not a coincidence that in states that are led by the GOP, taxpayer help for the poor and needy are called welfare.
It is not a coincidence that in states that are led by the GOP, union member ship is lower.
It is not a coincidence that in states that are led by the GOP, statues commemorating slavery and slave owners exist.
It is not a coincidence that in states that are led by the GOP, the non-rich suffer from lack of access to health care.
No, these things are not coincidences. They are the obvious result of a Party that serves the needs of the 1% exclusively
Justin Amash Is Not Alone As A Few Republicans Agree With Him on Impeachment
From the article:
To read more:
https://www.politicususa.com/2019/05/23/justin-amash-is-not-alone-as-a-few-republicans-agree-with-him-on-impeachment.html
Unfortunately for the nation, there are very few in Congress in the GOP that have any integrity or courage, so these Susan Collins style "concerned" conservatives will remain silent.
Swing Districts Are Quickly Shifting Toward Supporting Impeachment
From the article:
Rep. Katie Hill (D-CA), a swing district House Democrat, said that the calls to her office have shifted toward supporting impeaching Trump....
Rep. Hill is not the only member of the House from a swing district who is seeing opinion shift on impeachment. If it is happening to Katie Hill, it is happening in other districts right now....
House Democrats need to build a case, not to the hardcore political junkies who have read the Mueller report and watch cable news, but to the broader public who vote every four years but dont pay that much attention until election time.
To read more:
https://www.politicususa.com/2019/05/22/swing-districts-trump-impeachment.html
In addition:
Americans' support for impeaching Trump rises:
To read more:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-poll/americans-support-for-impeaching-trump-rises-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKCN1SF2D9
We see that voters are leaning more toward impeachment than even one month ago.
If the House were to begin an impeachment investigation, with televised hearings to present evidence from the Mueller Report, and interview witnesses, one can safely assume that support for impeachment would grow even more.
And even if the enablers in the GOP refuse to do their duty, the voters can see what should be done.
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