Down to one branch of government

[kallend 2,101]

Congress rolled over and has been playing dead for some time now.

However, Trump just totally ignored a court order from a federal judge.

[JoeWeber 2,808]

1 hour ago, kallend said:

Congress rolled over and has been playing dead for some time now.

However, Trump just totally ignored a court order from a federal judge.

The bit about turning the planes around in flight wasn't a part of the written order according to the news. Not that I think they won't ignore those as well shortly.

[gowlerk 2,244]

52 minutes ago, JoeWeber said:

The bit about turning the planes around in flight wasn't a part of the written order according to the news. Not that I think they won't ignore those as well shortly.

Even without the court order the abuse of process and the farming out of captives for what is clearly extrajudicial punishment would be breath taking in normal times. It will barely be noticed under today's circumstances. 

[kallend 2,101]

From the NYT - more evidence that Trump thinks the law is whatever he says it is.

Trump wrote on social media on Sunday night that he no longer considered valid the pardons his predecessor granted to members of the bipartisan House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attacks on the Capitol, and a range of other people whom Mr. Trump sees as his political enemies, because they were signed using an autopen device.

There is no power in the Constitution or case law to undo a pardon, and there is no exception to pardons signed by autopen. But Mr. Trump’s assertion, which embraced a baseless right-wing conspiracy theory about former President Joseph R. Biden Jr., was a new escalation of his antidemocratic rhetoric. Implicit in his post was Mr. Trump’s belief that the nation’s laws should be whatever he decrees them to be. And it was a jolting reminder that his appetite for revenge has not been sated.

[jakee 1,557]

Trump: The President just has to think something and it becomes law!

Also Trump: He used the wrong kind of pen it doesn't count.

[kallend 2,101]

46 minutes ago, jakee said:

Trump: The President just has to think something and it becomes law!

Also Trump: He used the wrong kind of pen it doesn't count.

Not a Sharpie, apparently.

[normiss 843]

1 hour ago, kallend said:

Not a Sharpie, apparently.

Makes you wonder what Felon 47 called his autopen.

[dogyks 9]

18 minutes ago, normiss said:

Makes you wonder what Felon 47 called his autopen.

"Nanny always called it Percy..."

[gowlerk 2,244]

Apparently John Roberts is annoyed enough to issue a statement. That’s about all he can do. Not a constitutional crisis yet, but clearly one is just around the corner.

[JoeWeber 2,808]

27 minutes ago, gowlerk said:

Apparently John Roberts is annoyed enough to issue a statement. That’s about all he can do. Not a constitutional crisis yet, but clearly one is just around the corner.

Too many big words.

“For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision. The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose,” 

[kallend 2,101]

45 minutes ago, JoeWeber said:

Too many big words.

“For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision. The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose,” 

i wonder if Alito and Thomas concur.

[kallend 2,101]

1 hour ago, gowlerk said:

Apparently John Roberts is annoyed enough to issue a statement. That’s about all he can do. Not a constitutional crisis yet, but clearly one is just around the corner.

To paraphrase Stalin: How many divisions does Roberts have?