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President Trump: The NEW one and only politics thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Moderator1, Nov 12, 2016.

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  1. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    I'm gonna need a lot of booze to get through the next four weeks. At least we've made it through the first 204 of his term.
     
    wicked, Dec 23, 2020
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  2. Justin_Rice

    Justin_Rice Well-Known Member

    It's like a cherry on top of the Trump shit show.

    He's going to go out by either accidently turning his supporters against Republicans in Congress, or forcing them to embrace a little socialism.

    Except for the people who will potentially get fucked by a government shutdown, its a great Christmas present, especially with "Trump tries to destroy Fox News" already tucked under the tree.
     
    Justin_Rice, Dec 23, 2020
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  3. garrow

    garrow Well-Known Member

    garrow, Dec 23, 2020
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  4. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    Will we learn from our experiment with authoritarianism? I'm not holding my breath.
     
    wicked, Dec 23, 2020
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  5. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    Amendment to my post on the omnibus-covid relief spending bill. It is written so that it will become law on 1/2/21 even if Trump doesn't sign it. So he'd have to veto it.
     
    Michael_ Gee, Dec 23, 2020
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  6. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    I love that Pence is trapped.

    If he ratifies Biden's election on Jan. 6 he has betrayed Trump.

    If he doesn't ratify Biden's election on Jan. 6 he goes down in ignominious history and what little hope of a political future he has is kaput.

    They are sitting there trying to scheme for a way out for Pence.

    I am picturing the morning of January 6, and him taking the thermometer out of his mouth and holding a match under it when mother turns her back for a second.
     
    The Big Ragu, Dec 23, 2020
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  7. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    There's precedent here. In 1969, VP Humphrey for some reason did not perform this assignment and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate did it. That'd be Grassley.
     
    Michael_ Gee, Dec 23, 2020
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  8. TigerVols

    TigerVols Well-Known Member

    323,000 of us haven’t.
     
    TigerVols, Dec 23, 2020
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  9. Spartan Squad

    Spartan Squad Well-Known Member

    This is the way it always is. If Congress has not adjourned and the president doesn't sign a bill after 10 days, it becomes law automatically without the president's signature. The president's pocket veto only works so long as Congress is not in session.
     
    Spartan Squad, Dec 23, 2020
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  10. garrow

    garrow Well-Known Member

    "Now I conceive that the President ought not to have the power of pardoning, because he may frequently pardon crimes which were advised by himself. It may happen at some future day, that he will establish a Monarchy, and destroy the Republic. If he has the power of granting pardons before indictment, or conviction, may he not stop inquiry and prevent detection?"
    --George Mason, June 1788
     
    garrow, Dec 23, 2020
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  11. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    Touche.

    A president shouldn't be able to issue pardons to a former member of his administration or that person's family. Those should come up before a three-person panel of former judges, including a Republican, a Democrat and an independent.
     
    wicked, Dec 23, 2020
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  12. goalmouth

    goalmouth Well-Known Member

    The Departed: Dead Man Tweeting

     
    goalmouth, Dec 23, 2020
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