Trump must be DISQUALFIED from ever taking office as President, based upon the 14th Amendment to our Constitution.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/24/us-courts-fear-14th-amendment-radical/
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“Sununu would assume the mantle of dumpster…”
Someone has to.
I don’t think it’s a good idea to leave out the legal jeopardy Trump is in from state prosecutions, because that is the threat to him that will push him to extremes. Nothing he could do if elected to stop the ongoing federal prosecutions, or prevent future federal prosecutions, would do him any good at all if he still winds up in some state prison after he leaves office. The Georgia RICO case already under way seems likely to end with a conviction, and it seems almost assured that if he takes any of the measures discussed here to evade federal legal accountability, that fact will guarantee that more state prosecutions would be forthcoming.
Trump has to win a second term to avoid going to jail in 2025, He also has to stay in office forever to avoid going to jail after his second term is up in 2029. This need to stay out of prison will drive him first to get a second term by any means necessary, and then to never leave the WH once he gets there. Even if he actually wins the upcoming election and so doesn’t have to commit any fresh crimes to get back in the WH, he very clearly cannot stay president forever without overturning a whole lot more of our constitutional order than mere prosecutorial independence.
Barriers to the breach prosecutorial independence will therefore not deter Trump even a little bit from that end. He was deterred from making Clark the acting AG by the threat of mass DoJ resignations because at that time that action would have completely closed off his last remaining hope, that the R majority Senate would block the certification of enough EV tallies to deny Biden the presidency, if only for the 10-day delay to allow the “forensic audit” and “definitive recount” to serve as cover for a push to settle the dispute by contingent election.
Well, at the onset of his second administration, nothing would fit his plans better than a mass resignation of everyone at DoJ with any devotion to the ideal of prosecutorial independence. He needs to fill the DoJ with thugs who will do his bidding no matter what, and the resignation of people loyal to the US rather than to Trump is exactly what he needs, both to make more room for his people, and to remove well beforehand any who might try to block his staying in office forever when that crisis arises in 2028.
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Is he dumb enough to think he has a future after Trump 2.0? It’s Ivanka 2028 unless it’s Trump 3.0.
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Or the Joint Chiefs, after staging their coup, could order a new election for a president who’d hold office until January 2029. And while their doing this extra-constitutional maneuver, they could also order that the election be by popular vote, bypassing the electoral college.
Maybe not so sad.
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In short, post-Reconstruction courts have rarely upheld or applied in full the ambitious demands of the 14th Amendment. Instead, its guarantees have been watered down to accommodate the political forces of the day, or repurposed to serve powerful interests (such as the dubious determination that corporations are “persons” entitled to its protections), or treated like an a la carte menu, in which some items — such as the guarantee of privileges and immunities and all of Section 2 (which would reduce state representation as punishment for voter suppression) — are essentially ignored.
Woah, Section 2 is wild:
Reducing a state’s representation in Congress by the proportion they disenfranchise their voters is in the Constitution.
With the Roberts’ Court gutting the VRA left and right, why aren’t we bringing challenges based on Section 2 to reduce the number of House Representatives of state’s that engage in disenfranchisement?
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If section 2 were brought to bear against states that are currently practising disenfranchisement, which we know some very good examples of,(FL, LA,and so on…) if those states are also egregiously gerrymandered, think of the result. i fear that only Dem reps would be lost.
(Emphasis mine.)
But this is who Republicans are: spineless shitheads. Scorpion and frog, etc. Massive amounts of data over many years gives you quite a lot to predict with. Put another way – if a little unkindly – there is no excuse for having any hope whatsoever, let alone expectation, that a randomly chosen Republican will do the right thing regarding Trump (and much else). That is, expect them to do the wrong, completely predictable, thing – just as you expect night to follow day.
Sununu is just another spineless shithead. Of course he would vote for Trump.
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Trump is 78 and not in great shape. How long can he last if elected? So who is VP is really interesting. And who is promoting that VP choice.
Looking worldwide what’s the average age of right wing politicians in power?
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Great update. If you just want the Trump stuff go to minute 12, but all good.
I’m guessing ALEC and what remains of the tottering Kochs.
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I think Profile in Cabbage is a better description of Trump than a Profile in Courage. The longer he’s around the greater the stench
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You’re a lawyer, what role if any might the maxim “Nemo judex in causa sua” a Latin brocard, which translates to “no one is judge in their own case” have if he tries to pardon himself?
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“New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu ® has called Donald Trump “fucking crazy,” but told Puck he would still vote for Trump over Joe Biden, NH Journal reports.Said Sununu: “I’m a Republican… I just want Republicans to win; that’s all I care about.”
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That is as clear a statement of unvarnished goppioni as I think I’ve seen.
Goppioni (GOP Partisan Interest Over National Interest) is an acronym I invented and have for years tried to introduce into the American political lexicon (so far thoroughly unsuccessfully)
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Somebody needs to write “Profiles In Cowardness” about Trump and his cohorts.
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How would Trump pull this off? Cancel/postpone indefinitely the 2028 presidential election? Hold the election with himself as the Republican nominee and rig the results somehow?
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Lest we forget the 26th Amendment that gave 18 year olds the right to vote. The 14th, section 2 was specific in that it mentions males aged 21 years. It does not mention women who at the time the 14th was adopted could not vote which was changed with the adoption of the 19th Amendment. The two (19th and 26th) taken together ought to result in an increased number of voters… assuming folk choose to vote.
Edit to add
Looking again at the 14th sec 2 it mentions male citizens aged 21 years. What about citizens older than 21 years? Did the writers mean to limit to just those males aged 21? Seems old farts like me are left out.
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I hope to see trump …
Denied the nomination due to losses in primary elections
Convicted in one or hopefully more of his 4 criminal indictments.
Fined in his civil trial, which is ongoing, to the tune of $250 million.
And revitalization of 2 suits by Capitol Police for injuries suffered on J6. These two suits have more or less been ignored for way too long by the courts.
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This article demonstrates the absolute need to prevent the traitor from regaining the White House. He can not be allowed to stain the Oval Office again. This can not and must not happen.
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Because DT says what he means and means what he says. Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha (breathes) -ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha …
At the end of his last term, he declined to preempt any prosecutions of himself or his coterie by issuing blanket pardons for Jan. 6 and the events leading up to it.
That’s because there were people in place who would thwart that, just like his idea of making Jeffrey Clark the AG. Remember also that after Jan 6, his political support went down the toilet for a couple of months, so no one would have backed him up on that untested idea at the time.
But if he wins in November, he gets to appoint an AG that would make Barr look like a flaming liberal and he 100% gets the senate. Probably the House, but it doesn’t really matter. The guard rails will be gone, baby, gone. He’ll do whatever the fuck he wants, no matter how absurd anyone thinks it is now. The only absurdity is thinking he or anyone in power will do anything but help him.
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