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Related: About this forumTrump's Power Grab
When youre the president, they let you do it.IN THE FIRST THREE DAYS OF HIS SECOND TERM, President Donald J. Trump has signed a tsunami of executive orders and proclamations revoking Biden-era policies and forging frighteningly aggressive new ones. They span a range of issues that the Constitution largely puts in the hands of Congressenergy and the climate, immigration, affirmative action, LGBTQ+ rights, police brutality, private prisons, civil servants, terrorism, health, and domestic military deploymentnot to mention a reprieve for TikTok, security clearances granted with no vetting, and pardons and commutations for the January 6th convicts and defendants.
It will take weeks to work through the legal and policy implications of all these executive actions. The Trump teams obvious strategy is to so overwhelm litigants, the media, the public, Congress, and the courts that nobody really has a handle on the entirety of whats hitting us.
One thing is already clear, though: Trump is blatantly violating established federal law, knowing that theres nothing anyone can do about it.
Trump is the law now.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-power-grab-executive-orders-birthright-citizenship-tiktok-constitution
The Shock Doctrine is now underway here.
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Trump's Power Grab (Original Post)
Zorro
Friday
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Total destruction of the U S A, is underway, thanks to a bunch spineless ASShoies. Pukes, supreme and just hateful scum.
Zorro
(16,665 posts)3. He is turning the US government into a criminal organization
beholden only to him.
kacekwl
(7,798 posts)2. I have heard of few
lawsuits from the Democratic party. Hopefully they are filing them as fast as trump is signing orders. Seems like democrats who try do get things done are constantly stopped by the courts stay orders. Can't trumps shit be held up in the courts ? People are being detained with no warrants no legal basis.