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Trump 'not 100% sure' he's barred from third term (www.rawstory.com)

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U.S. President Donald Trump once again hinted at the idea of serving a third term, saying he was "not 100 percent sure" he was barred from doing so under the Constitution, which forbids it.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Tbf, his unconstitutional executive orders will not stand. The constitution is being enforced, a Reagan-Era judge just shot down the one on birthright citizenship without a second thought. Even if he tries to pull a Hitler, I have faith that he will fail, and he will not pass an amendment to make any of this possible.

What scares me isn't some kind of emergency power grab, it's the Supreme Court. If they look at one of his unconstitutional orders and say "Eh, fuck all prior case law and decisions by this very court, you're good." that is an unprecedented misuse of power and would undermine the entire point of the constitution.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

that is an unprecedented misuse of power

you mean like that whole immunity thing?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

pull a Hitler

Like, the last part…right?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not quite, he requires the cooperation of the Supreme Court; as far as I understand Hitler's declaration of emergency power didn't rely on any other group approving it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The suicide part…

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Ah, I really hope so!