POTUS 45:49: SNL Sucks. They're the real Collusion. 25th Amendment Them!!!!!!

[Kepler]

Re: POTUS 45:49: SNL Sucks. They're the real Collusion. 25th Amendment Them!!!!!!

This, but if Republicans approve of this now, then it's precedent and they can get bent when a Dem does it.

No. No no no. No. I'm not going to subvert the USC just because they did it. NO!

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Re: POTUS 45:49: SNL Sucks. They're the real Collusion. 25th Amendment Them!!!!!!

No. No no no. No. I'm not going to subvert the USC just because they did it. NO!

Relax. Ultimately, this will get decided by the courts, and we'll get a definition of what constitutes a "national emergency". My guess is, it gets limited to large-scale disasters and wartime.

[The Sicatoka]

Re: POTUS 45:49: SNL Sucks. They're the real Collusion. 25th Amendment Them!!!!!!

Relax. Ultimately, this will get decided by the courts, and we'll get a definition of what constitutes a "national emergency". My guess is, it gets limited to large-scale disasters and wartime.

We can only hope for such rationality and sanity.

Like I posited before, a national emergency should only exist by Executive Order until the Legislative branch can convene and take appropriate legislative action. At that point the national emergency should automatically vacate.

[Kepler]

Re: POTUS 45:49: SNL Sucks. They're the real Collusion. 25th Amendment Them!!!!!!

Relax. Ultimately, this will get decided by the courts, and we'll get a definition of what constitutes a "national emergency". My guess is, it gets limited to large-scale disasters and wartime.

I still see no reason to have the President have exceptional authority over funds in those cases, and every reason for the President NOT to have it.

Congress can f-cking do its job, and I will not relax until Cornell wins a game without Cam Donaldson in the lineup. You want an emergency? That's an emergency.

[The Sicatoka]

Re: POTUS 45:49: SNL Sucks. They're the real Collusion. 25th Amendment Them!!!!!!

Congress can f-cking do its job, and I will not relax until Cornell wins a game without Cam Donaldson in the lineup. You want an emergency? That's an emergency.

Clearly you have not seen North Dakota's cluster-bumble of a season thus far.

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Re: POTUS 45:49: SNL Sucks. They're the real Collusion. 25th Amendment Them!!!!!!

No. No no no. No. I'm not going to subvert the USC just because they did it. NO!

BTW, you are right on this one, but I also fear you are far too much of a puritan on the idea of a democratic republic in 21st century America. If we don't rein in executive orders and national emergencies, the ship is sailing.

[The Sicatoka]

Re: POTUS 45:49: SNL Sucks. They're the real Collusion. 25th Amendment Them!!!!!!

If we don't rein in executive orders and national emergencies, the ship is sailing.

You mean all 32 presently active ones? <-- That's a travesty. Like I said above ...

[aparch]

What is the punishment if he ignores it? The same as refusing to consider a nominated Supreme Court Justice?

I say he blows it off.

I actually cant find if there is anything related to a punishment for ignoring it. My Google-Fu may need some work.

[alfablue]

Re: POTUS 45:49: SNL Sucks. They're the real Collusion. 25th Amendment Them!!!!!!

Does anyone else find it curious that the WH and the Justice Dept have had nothing to say about a suspected terrorist attack?

They've said plenty of a made up attack. Something that could have threatened MAGA people.

But nothing of a plot against many of dumpy's opponents.

Why is that? Why are people so fast in burying a story about a guy who has assembled a large mass of weapons, have developed target ideas, has spouted civil war thoughts over impeachment.... And his targets are top D politicians and many of the media.

A big nothing from dumpy or Justice.

hmm...

So much for our democracy.

[The Sicatoka]

Re: POTUS 45:49: SNL Sucks. They're the real Collusion. 25th Amendment Them!!!!!!

So is Coastie Hasson a terorist, a plotting terrorist, or a straight up nut-job. < Coast Guard jokes here >

WaPo story: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...=.66eb49013211

Hasson’s federal public defender, Julie Stelzig, said the government’s court filings are a “histrionic characterization of Mr. Hasson” and there was “no actual indication of any plan.” She said that Hasson had no prior record and that the number of weapons he had were “modest at best” for average gun collectors.

How many houses with $14,000 worth of guns and ammo would you like to visit? My car has a full tank of gas. Correction: $28,000 collection ($14k x 2 years). Just the same, I can name a handful of hunters and collectors within 50 miles of me.

And he's clearly a mastermind. He used his Coastie work computer. < facepalm >

It was only after Hasson’s arrest last Friday at his workplace that the chilling plans prosecutors assert he was crafting became apparent, detected by an internal Coast Guard program that watches for any “insider threat.”

And frankly, how do we know if this is an ongoing investigation or not.
Let the FBI and DOJ work.
Let them finish.
The WH should not get involved.

[Handyman]

I do not want a Democratic president to be able to declare a national emergency to subvert the Congress' power of the purse even if it is funds my #1 priority.

This is a horrible, horrible, horrible precedent. It is incredibly dangerous to the separation of powers. I do not give a sh-t which party is doing it. If I'm in Congress in 10 years when President AOC runs this gambit to fund the summary execution of the 1%, I vote it down.

I am 100% against it but if he gets his wall then all bets are off.

[burd]

Re: POTUS 45:49: SNL Sucks. They're the real Collusion. 25th Amendment Them!!!!!!

I wonder if one of the better results of the Mueller investigation would be evidence that is insufficient to remove trump but sufficient to unelect him. That way, both he and Pence are out of the picture.

On the other hand, if he survives the investigation but is unelected, he will wreck all the toys that aren't his during a two month tantrum.

[alfablue]

Re: POTUS 45:49: SNL Sucks. They're the real Collusion. 25th Amendment Them!!!!!!

So is Coastie Hasson a terorist, a plotting terrorist, or a straight up nut-job. < Coast Guard jokes here >

WaPo story: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...=.66eb49013211



How many houses with $14,000 worth of guns and ammo would you like to visit? My car has a full tank of gas. Correction: $28,000 collection ($14k x 2 years). Just the same, I can name a handful of hunters and collectors within 50 miles of me.

And he's clearly a mastermind. He used his Coastie work computer. < facepalm >



And frankly, how do we know if this is an ongoing investigation or not.
Let the FBI and DOJ work.
Let them finish.
The WH should not get involved.

So we should not pay attention to a potential terrorist, then. Ok.

If he was targeting the fearless leader, it would be big news, I bet.

And we are comparing the news with other news that DOJ and the WH ARE paying attention to an tweeting about.

Funny that you are so critical of Mueller, but now, when we are faced with a potential shooting, we should just let the process run it's course.

At least the WH should be saying that we should scale back any feelings like that. If the accusations are true or not, they should say that- nobody should be a actual target of a weapon.

[LynahFan]

What is the punishment if he ignores it? The same as refusing to consider a nominated Supreme Court Justice?

I say he blows it off.

Can the House sue the Senate at SCOTUS?

[The Sicatoka]

Re: POTUS 45:49: SNL Sucks. They're the real Collusion. 25th Amendment Them!!!!!!

Funny that you are so critical of Mueller, but now, when we are faced with a potential shooting, we should just let the process run it's course.

What have I said about Mueller? Let him finish. (I wish he was done one way or the other, but he needs to finish.)

What am I saying about this FBI/DOJ investigation? Let them finish. We want to get all the co-conspirators if there are any. (And the publicly known threat is jailed so he can't do harm or communicate to others if there are any.)


And to be frank, why isn't the Coastie a bigger story: that "Empire" self-immolation in progress is eating up way too much 'news' bandwidth.