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Parzivus [any]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months ago

Trump Claims He Can Overrule Constitution With Executive Order Because Of Little-Known ‘No One Will Stop Me’ Loophole

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Trump Claims He Can Overrule Constitution With Executive Order Because Of Little-Known ‘No One Will Stop Me’ Loophole

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Parzivus [any]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months ago
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WASHINGTON—Saying his latest executive order was legal due to an “underutilized but totally feasible workaround,” President Trump claimed Tuesday that he could overrule the U.S. Constitution by means of the relatively obscure “no one will stop me” loophole. “My critics say a constitutional amendment or at least an act of Congress is necessary to end birthright citizenship, but what they don’t realize is that a seldom-evoked administrative guideline ensures I can do whatever I want, whenever I want, because zero people will stand in my way,” said Trump, adding that the largely unheard-of clause allows him to circumvent normal legal proceedings because it’s not like anyone in any branch of government remains effective enough to prevent him from doing so. “Though few modern presidents have made use of it, this loophole has always given the nation’s chief executive unilateral power over the Constitution. Its provisions dictate that the president can sidestep any checks and balances on his power once he has abused his authority so many times that no one can keep track anymore.” Trump added that while his opponents may try to challenge his executive order in court, the loophole also states that by then he will have achieved his immediate political aims.
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  • AtomPunk [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    Okay I ate the whole onion, peel and all.

    • regul [any]@hexbear.net
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      Counterpoint: this is true

    • buckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      The Onion prints the real news, before and in more clear terms than any other so-called “news” organization will dare to.

      • BeamBrain [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        Jester’s privilege.

  • Rom [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    This is from 2018 lol

    same-as-it-ever-was

  • CrawlMarks [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    God damnit, quit playing with the lathe

  • Hexboare [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    Abraham Lincoln, the president of the United States, therefore authorized his military commanders to suspend the writ of habeas corpus between Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia (and later up through New York City).

    Numerous individuals were arrested, including John Merryman and a number of Baltimore police commissioners; the administration of justice in Baltimore was carried out through military officials.

    A legitimate loophole

  • Parsani [love/loves, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    Real

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    no more half measures walter

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