Tim asks what happens if Trump ignores a Supreme Court ruling: One president who thumbed his nose at a SCOTUS ruling was Andrew Jackson. Jackson’s defiance resulted in the Indian Removal Act. Info from: The crisis began in 1829 when gold was discovered on Cherokee lands in Georgia. Greedy prospectors poured onto Cherokee lands. Georgia passed …
Barr refused to give Congress the unredacted Mueller report. Mnuchin refused to hand over Trump’s tax returns. Now Trump Jr. is resisting a subpoena. Congress held Barr in contempt, whereupon Barr asked Trump to exert “executive privilege” over the unredacted Report. Trump did so. Pelosi then declared a Constitutional Crisis over Trump’s refusal to cooperate. …
Pelosi gave an interview saying, among other things, that Trump is “goading” the House Democrats to impeach him. MSNBC host Chris Hayes tweeted this: Actually, it makes perfect sense to me. There are really two questions: (1) Why would Trump want to be impeached? (2) Why would Nancy Pelosi say that Trump wants to be …
Yesterday Trump retweeted that he should get 2 years added to his term. Friday Trump told Putin about the “Russian hoax” and didn’t tell him to stop interfering in our elections. The GOP is fine with this. I see bewilderment & frustration: They’re greedy traitors! They’re betraying American values! Spoiler: The Trump-GOP springs from a …
There’s confusion about how impeachment works. Impeachment isn’t the same as removal. The process goes like this: First there are investigations into presidential misconduct; Then public hearings on the misconduct; Publicly (or privately) legislators cautiously use the “i” word or the “r” word. (Legislators using words like “impeach” or “remove” too soon is like a …
Surprising nobody — but appalling to anyone who cares about Rule of Law and democratic process — yesterday Barr gave the same defense of Trump that Trump surrogates (Dershowitz, Giuliani, etc.) have been making all year. The defense goes like this: Trump is head of the executive branch; Trump therefore has “constitutional” control over the …
Laurence Tribe and Joshua Matz explain what constitutes an impeachable action: An impeachable action is one that involves “corruption, betrayal or abuse of power” that is serious enough to “subvert the core tenets of the U.S. governmental system.” Impeachable behavior isn’t limited to crimes. This is because (1) the criminal code isn’t designed with presidents …
If you’re frustrated by Nancy Pelosi’s Lukewarm attitude toward impeachment. If you want impeachment right now. If you say “but Trump committed crimes.” It’s time for @JoshuaMatz8& @tribelaw in: Quotations and ideas from are from To End A Presidency. “Acting responsibly” says the authors, means remembering that impeachment is a “very big deal.” In fact, the authors …
I’ve gotten variations on this question: “What Trump did when he did X was despicable. Why isn’t it a crime?” Not everything bad or immoral is a crime. The Trumps have a history of exploiting that distinction. Fred Trump, Donald Trump’s father, went into the real estate business, and got rich when he figured out …
I’m seeing some panic out there. So I’ve compiled a list of things you can do here. Panic is never a good idea. [After I wrote that sentence, I did some research: Did you know that the National Transportation Safety Board says that 95% of people in flight accidents survived.] So even in an actual …
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