The Imperial Presidency Gets More Powerful

[Rich2018]

A fourth branch would be a fundamental change in the structure of the government as designed in the Constitution so I would think it would take a Constitutional Amendent to do sucha thing. I don't see that happening at this point with government so divided by party.

And I'm not sure how you could make it politically neutral anyway.

 

[Integrityrespec]

Then hope like hell that the Republican Party discards its affinity for a cult of personality, eschews fake facts, demonization of others, and pandering to putin, and joins with the other major political party in governing the country established by the Founding Fathers.

LOL, amazing that you ignore the avalanche of lies the demcrats have told the past 20 years and particularly the past 8. The problems in this country are the result of the democrats.

 

[Pyrite]

The only answer is a midterm election with sufficient end result to pass new legislation that places new law in front of these SCOTUS decisions that is veto proof because there are over 67 votes in the Senate to overturn any veto.

Gets rid of this, Citizen's United, the overturning of Roe, etc. and so forth.

That makes it up to us, the electorate. If that is what we want, we can get it, A House majority and a Senate super majority.

Then hope like hell that the Republican Party discards its affinity for a cult of personality, eschews fake facts, demonization of others, and pandering to putin, and joins with the other major political party in governing the country established by the Founding Fathers.

LOL, amazing that you ignore the avalanche of lies the demcrats have told the past 20 years and particularly the past 8. The problems in this country are the result of the democrats.

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Here we have a MAGA member who refuses to address trump's lies, his demonization of others, his pandering to putin - and the fact that today's GOP is no more than a cult of personality, a la that of Mao and Stalin.

 

[ModernDiogenes]

Post #27


Here we have a MAGA member who refuses to address trump's lies, his demonization of others, his pandering to putin - and the fact that today's GOP is no more than a cult of personality, a la that of Mao and Stalin.

The answer is for middle and working class folk to realize:

1) We gave a great deal more in common than differences.

2) That it isn't about Libs and Cons, or Dems and Pubs. It is about a super majority of working and middle class folk and a small minority of wealthy individuals.

As soon as those working and middle class folk realize #1 and use it to change what that small minority has been able to do by fractionalizing the much larger majority, then that majority can vote in a way that will change the very nature of the status quo. Returning the control of the House and Senate [and state houses as well] to the majority of our electorate.

 

[Hamish Howl]

Certainly to democrats/progressives who all seem to hate this great country and the women who live in it I'm sure Trump is your enemy. You accusationn of Russian styled assaults on Constitutional rights are hilarious. Defend women by putting men in womens sports, defend Americans by bringing 20 millionn illegals into teh country to be supported financially by the taxpayers. Democrats party is in the toilet, it's been headed there for two decades adn the need for voters created the millions of illegal immigrants and the assualt on women. You think anything otherwise and you are that sorry piece of hmanity that you keep claiming is Trump. Check your confusion before you reply.

This is some tasty rage.

 

[Linuxcooldude]

The republican party is dead. I wouldnt bank on it.

Pfft! Democrat party is largely dead and buried at this point. Unless they can make some hard decisions.

 

[Lex Talionis]

The problems in this country are the result of the democrats.

All of them? That's a phenomenal statement.

 

[Contumacious]

While Trump is busy launching Russian styled mass assaults on Constitutional rights and US law, it appears that most have been rebuffed - with a few succeeding. One of those successes couldl vastly increase the power of the imperial Presidency and make law by Congress weaker than ever.

A few days ago the Supreme Court stayed a district court order blocking President Trump from removing members of the National Labor Relations Board and the Merit Systems Protection Board. It appears to attack along-standingg precedent in effect since 1935, (Humphrey's Executor) and "has the potential to effectively eliminate independent regulatory agencies as a category. "

The agencies were created by Congress to be independent and not subject to the whims of whatever President was in power, which is why the boards are balanced between the major parties and given a degree of independence from a President's whims and his or her crony interest groups.

Baude on Trump v. Wilcox: "Predictable and Reasonable"

A defense of the Supreme Court's decision to let President Trump remove members of the NLRB and MSPB.

reason.com

The OP did not, and could not . identify one power which President Trump USURPED in order to create an "imperial Presidency".

 

[Peter]

Just as long as we don't have to see the emperor naked.

That'd send many, many people right over the edge of sanity.

 

[rahl]

The OP did not, and could not . identify one power which President Trump USURPED in order to create an "imperial Presidency".

Trump tried to repeal the 14th amendment via executive order. He can’t do that.

 

[Integrityrespec]

Trump tried to repeal the 14th amendment via executive order. He can’t do that.

When was that, I must have missed it. Can you cite an article on this?

 

[rahl]

When was that, I must have missed it.

You are lying.

Can you cite an article on this?

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