Executive branch appointees serve at the pleasure of the president. Or cease to serve at the displeasure of the president. No approval needed from anywhere.
Until the people actually pay attention to who their Congressmen are, seeing their total hypocrisy just to stay in office, and how little they’ve accomplished, the supposed system of checks and balances become non-existent. Therefore, Facist Fuhrer Trump can run rampant.
So Henry wants sycophants only in the Trump administration? OK, Henry, then why have an EFFING cabinet or government AT ALL?This is Nixon on steroids.Trump believes, as did Tricky Dick, that the POTUS can do no wrong.Think our Founders would be OK with that?
sigh I remember when I used to admire the Supreme Court, back when it featured giants like Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, and Thurgood Marshall. Now decisions turn on the kind of whim that Anthony Kennedy pulled out of his hinder with his eye-goggling, totally unsupported assertion in Citizens United that big money in politics will lead to “neither corruption nor the appearance of corruption”. And 4 other justices completely bought into it, apparently solely on faith, due to the utter absence of any evidence whatsoever. Quite the contrary, in fact. Over the course of the 20th Century, every single state legislature, plus Congress, had enacted campaign-finance regulations. Remember, those were elected officials, who knew how elections actually work, not appointees, like the Supremes!
This video shows Jeff Sessions pressing Sally Yates to defend the Constitution against president’s ‘unlawful’ views during her confirmation hearing in 2015:
He already got rid of Liberty, Justice is next. Then there will be no more American way. This underhanded Republican party who wouldn’t allow a vote for Obama for a year, while giving the court to Trump is a travesty. But at least the corporations will be citizens for years to come. And who can blame anyone who supports their local billionaire?
I want corporations to suffer, just like we do: Testify in court (the CORPORATION, not its spokesperson), serve on juries, be put in jail, get executed, get murdered on the street, etc.When THAT happens, we’ll know they’re people!
A few thoughts from conservative pundit David Brooks: “……even if Trump’s ideology were not noxious, his incompetence is a threat to all around him. To say that it is amateur hour at the White House is to slander amateurs. The recent executive orders were drafted and signed without any normal agency review or even semicoherent legal advice, filled with elemental errors that any nursery school student would have caught.”
“As former Bush administration official Eliot Cohen wrote in The Atlantic, “Precisely because the problem is one of temperament and character, it will not get better. It will get worse, as power intoxicates Trump and those around him. It will probably end in calamity — substantial domestic protest and violence, a breakdown of international economic relationships, the collapse of major alliances, or perhaps one or more new wars (even with China) on top of the ones we already have. It will not be surprising in the slightest if his term ends not in four or in eight years, but sooner, with impeachment or removal under the 25th Amendment.”
The danger signs are there in profusion. Sooner or later, the Republican Fausts will face a binary choice. As they did under Nixon, Republican leaders will have to either oppose Trump and risk his tweets, or sidle along with him and live with his stain."
superposition about 7 years ago
Do we really want politicians selecting judges?
Say What Now‽ Premium Member about 7 years ago
Then the US will become a theocracy.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member about 7 years ago
Executive branch appointees serve at the pleasure of the president. Or cease to serve at the displeasure of the president. No approval needed from anywhere.
Joe1962 Premium Member about 7 years ago
The obstructions by the dems will cost them in a year.
avalon1 about 7 years ago
Until the people actually pay attention to who their Congressmen are, seeing their total hypocrisy just to stay in office, and how little they’ve accomplished, the supposed system of checks and balances become non-existent. Therefore, Facist Fuhrer Trump can run rampant.
Old_Curmudgeon about 7 years ago
WE’LL RALLY IN DEFIANCE {a limerick}
The Left won’t sit down in silence
while Trumpsters perpetrate {violence} vi’lence
‘gainst principles long-standing.
‘Gainst our nation’s re-branding
we’ll rally in vigorous defiance.
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edward thomas Premium Member about 7 years ago
So Henry wants sycophants only in the Trump administration? OK, Henry, then why have an EFFING cabinet or government AT ALL?This is Nixon on steroids.Trump believes, as did Tricky Dick, that the POTUS can do no wrong.Think our Founders would be OK with that?
Richard S Russell Premium Member about 7 years ago
sigh I remember when I used to admire the Supreme Court, back when it featured giants like Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, and Thurgood Marshall. Now decisions turn on the kind of whim that Anthony Kennedy pulled out of his hinder with his eye-goggling, totally unsupported assertion in Citizens United that big money in politics will lead to “neither corruption nor the appearance of corruption”. And 4 other justices completely bought into it, apparently solely on faith, due to the utter absence of any evidence whatsoever. Quite the contrary, in fact. Over the course of the 20th Century, every single state legislature, plus Congress, had enacted campaign-finance regulations. Remember, those were elected officials, who knew how elections actually work, not appointees, like the Supremes!
martens about 7 years ago
This video shows Jeff Sessions pressing Sally Yates to defend the Constitution against president’s ‘unlawful’ views during her confirmation hearing in 2015:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/video-shows-jeff-sessions-pressing-154740676.html
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] about 7 years ago
How quickly we are fighting East Asia again.
Mr. Blawt about 7 years ago
He already got rid of Liberty, Justice is next. Then there will be no more American way. This underhanded Republican party who wouldn’t allow a vote for Obama for a year, while giving the court to Trump is a travesty. But at least the corporations will be citizens for years to come. And who can blame anyone who supports their local billionaire?
sandflea about 7 years ago
HUSH, minions. The KING has spoken.
edward thomas Premium Member about 7 years ago
I want corporations to suffer, just like we do: Testify in court (the CORPORATION, not its spokesperson), serve on juries, be put in jail, get executed, get murdered on the street, etc.When THAT happens, we’ll know they’re people!
Godfreydaniel about 7 years ago
A few thoughts from conservative pundit David Brooks: “……even if Trump’s ideology were not noxious, his incompetence is a threat to all around him. To say that it is amateur hour at the White House is to slander amateurs. The recent executive orders were drafted and signed without any normal agency review or even semicoherent legal advice, filled with elemental errors that any nursery school student would have caught.”
“As former Bush administration official Eliot Cohen wrote in The Atlantic, “Precisely because the problem is one of temperament and character, it will not get better. It will get worse, as power intoxicates Trump and those around him. It will probably end in calamity — substantial domestic protest and violence, a breakdown of international economic relationships, the collapse of major alliances, or perhaps one or more new wars (even with China) on top of the ones we already have. It will not be surprising in the slightest if his term ends not in four or in eight years, but sooner, with impeachment or removal under the 25th Amendment.”
The danger signs are there in profusion. Sooner or later, the Republican Fausts will face a binary choice. As they did under Nixon, Republican leaders will have to either oppose Trump and risk his tweets, or sidle along with him and live with his stain."
Coopersdad about 7 years ago
MDAVIS4183 is screwed in the head! Toles is “dead on”.