Trump retweets that the Constitution is Unconstitutional (lawyer, leader, elect)

[Old Gringo]

One thing we can all be certain of:

tRump has never read the Constitution.

[Corrie22]

If congress won't act, I've got a pen and I've got a phone - and I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions and administrative actions that move the ball forward. Barack Obama

[Dane_in_LA]

Originally Posted by Cape Cod Todd

What the Left has done and is still trying to do to him and the US is like third world banana republic backdoor soft coup shenanigans.

In real life, declaring a bogus state of emergency to shift power from the legislative branch to the executive branch is how banana-republic generalissimos gain power in the real world.

[ditchoc]

Simply because Trump is not smart enough to recognize stupid when he sees it.

[hbdwihdh378y9]

Originally Posted by Dane_in_LA

In real life, declaring a bogus state of emergency to shift power from the legislative branch to the executive branch is how banana-republic generalissimos gain power in the real world.

You're ignorant of the law in question. Congress can simply overrule the President if it degrees with the declaration.

[evilcart]

Originally Posted by hbdwihdh378y9

Fine. Technically, using the 25th Amendment to stage a coup would be Constitutional.

But it would still be a coup, and it would still involve the commission of numerous felonies.


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BULL.


the only people who would call a LEGAL removal on a POTUS a Coup, are people who don't know what the word means and are too lazy to look it up.


but i will help.

it means a sudden and violent seizure of power.


Constitutionally removing a POTUS is NOT a coup, does not meet the standard


What we really have are Trump supporters trying to muddy the waters, and disregarding any facts that get in their way.

[trobesmom]

Originally Posted by Corrie22

If congress won't act, I've got a pen and I've got a phone - and I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions and administrative actions that move the ball forward. Barack Obama

Executive actions, not made up national emergencies by-passing Congressional funding. The majority of Americans don't want a wall. The majority don't want a national emergency. Even sheriffs on the border don't think a wall is necessary. Apples and oranges.

[Finn_Jarber]

Originally Posted by hbdwihdh378y9

Fine. Technically, using the 25th Amendment to stage a coup would be Constitutional.

But it would still be a coup, and it would still involve the commission of numerous felonies.

No, it would not be a coup, since it is the LEGAL way to remove someone from power.

Coup = a sudden, violent, and ILLEGAL seizure of power from a government.

[travis t]

Originally Posted by Finn_Jarber

Only Trump would say something as dumb as that.

Just from reading the tweet, it appears that Trump didn't say it--he's quoting Harvard Law prof Alan Dershowitz.

And yes, misuse of the 25th Amendment, which is what we are talking about here, would indeed arguably be unconstitutional.

[4dognight]

Originally Posted by Finn_Jarber

Only Trump would say something as dumb as that.

He is quoting Alan Dershowitz. Note the quotation marks.