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In reply to the discussion: I have suggested this before and it was pretty much dismissed as "You can't do that because [View all]Atticus
(15,124 posts)83. You seem content to battle straw men so I will leave you to it. Have a good one. nt
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I have suggested this before and it was pretty much dismissed as "You can't do that because [View all]
Atticus
Feb 2019
OP
I guess my question is why should we limit ourselves to "normal legislative functioning" to
Atticus
Feb 2019
#6
"Government by fiat"? No reasonably intelligent honest person could so characterize
Atticus
Feb 2019
#78
You seem content to battle straw men so I will leave you to it. Have a good one. nt
Atticus
Feb 2019
#83
Hear, hear. Too many people--even here at DU--seem to think the old cliche is true--
First Speaker
Feb 2019
#2
Only the Supreme Court could have power to do this if a suit came before them, but
Liberty Belle
Feb 2019
#3
So, the fact that an illegitimate POTUS ignored precedent, custom and decency to skew the SCOTUS
Atticus
Feb 2019
#11
They would have to recuse the Trump appointees since the ruling would effect them directly
world wide wally
Feb 2019
#15
The SECOND Democrats have the numbers, the ability, the court MUST be increased so
Eliot Rosewater
Feb 2019
#102
No one had "authority" to toss that tea into Boston Harbor either, but doing so sure brought about
Atticus
Feb 2019
#12
No, he wants to go to Long Beach and throw some shipping containers into the harbor
jberryhill
Feb 2019
#77
I like your passion and concern. What you are saying is why are we going to play by the
Eliot Rosewater
Feb 2019
#103
Roosevelt threatened to add what? Nine more Supreme Court justices when they refused to play ball?
pecosbob
Feb 2019
#10
"---arbitrarily ignore the Constitution and the rule of law?" Disagree with what I wrote if you
Atticus
Feb 2019
#18
Essentially that's what you want to do, even if you aren't wording it that way.
PoindexterOglethorpe
Feb 2019
#32
No. This is one of the low points in the history of the Presidency. We did this.
Squinch
Feb 2019
#17
I never meant that we scrub Trump from our history books. You are right that we should
Atticus
Feb 2019
#21
I do hope the next president gets some task force together to examine everything and
Squinch
Feb 2019
#22
Thank you for your thoughtful response. In general, the law will not allow someone to benefit from
Atticus
Feb 2019
#39
We have a chance to send that cretin packing in a mere twenty one months.
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2019
#38
Smiled at the "young man" remark as I just turned 70. And, contrary to "conventional wiisdom",
Atticus
Feb 2019
#43
I guess that if you can just throw out the Constitution and laws, so can Trump?
brooklynite
Feb 2019
#44
It helps to read what was actually posted before turning to your usual snark. nt
Atticus
Feb 2019
#48
"The Trump "presidency" doesn't just need to be ended--- it needs to be "anulled" in most respects."
brooklynite
Feb 2019
#60
I suggested construing the Constitution in a new way, amending the Constitution and enacting new
Atticus
Feb 2019
#63
"When a team has been shown to have cheated in a basketball game, they forfeit the game"
brooklynite
Feb 2019
#61
Our definitions of "legitimate" could hardly be more disparate. Let's each do what is "doable"
Atticus
Feb 2019
#67
What you term "magical thinking" is at least as viable as the "resigned acceptance" which
Atticus
Feb 2019
#69
Legal frameworks and processes do not fall from the sky fully formed. They are CREATED---
Atticus
Feb 2019
#82
The Constitution COULD be used for toilet paper and flushed down to the sewer,
LongtimeAZDem
Feb 2019
#76
The only trolling is your OP. The wole notion is as ridiculous as Trump's "national emergency" idea.
LongtimeAZDem
Feb 2019
#101
Trump will be dead and some of his appointees as well before an amendment would be ratified.
LakeSuperiorView
Feb 2019
#85
Please outline, in detail, the process by which what you suggest could be legally done.
WillowTree
Feb 2019
#87
Every one, as a matter of fact. If you're so sure it COULD be done, please provide specifics.
WillowTree
Feb 2019
#89
Please point out where I said I was SURE of anything. Is that the new standard: don't propose
Atticus
Feb 2019
#91
You're the one who stated unequivocally in your opening post that those things COULD be done.
WillowTree
Feb 2019
#95
"could"---past tense of "can"; "used to indicate POSSIBILITY" (my emphasis)------not "certainty". n
Atticus
Feb 2019
#96
Annulment is one path. David Letterman suggested a different one a while ago.
Josiesdad
Feb 2019
#100