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Donald Trump Could Threaten U.S. Rule of Law, Scholars Say
Topic Started: Jun 5 2016, 07:31 AM (901 Views)
La Pasionaria
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"Donald J. Trump’s blustery attacks on the press, complaints about the judicial system and bold claims of presidential power collectively sketch out a constitutional worldview that shows contempt for the First Amendment, the separation of powers and the rule of law, legal experts across the political spectrum say. Even as much of the Republican political establishment lines up behind its presumptive nominee, many conservative and libertarian legal scholars warn that electing Mr. Trump is a recipe for a constitutional crisis."

Donald Trump Could Threaten U.S. Rule of Law, Scholars Say; http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/04/us/politics/donald-trump-constitution-power.html?ref=politics

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La Pasionaria
Jun 5 2016, 07:31 AM
"Donald J. Trump’s blustery attacks on the press, complaints about the judicial system and bold claims of presidential power collectively sketch out a constitutional worldview that shows contempt for the First Amendment, the separation of powers and the rule of law, legal experts across the political spectrum say. Even as much of the Republican political establishment lines up behind its presumptive nominee, many conservative and libertarian legal scholars warn that electing Mr. Trump is a recipe for a constitutional crisis."

Donald Trump Could Threaten U.S. Rule of Law, Scholars Say; http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/04/us/politics/donald-trump-constitution-power.html?ref=politics

That's hilarious - rule of law went out the window in the US over a century ago.
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estonianman
Jun 5 2016, 09:41 AM
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Jun 5 2016, 07:31 AM
"Donald J. Trump’s blustery attacks on the press, complaints about the judicial system and bold claims of presidential power collectively sketch out a constitutional worldview that shows contempt for the First Amendment, the separation of powers and the rule of law, legal experts across the political spectrum say. Even as much of the Republican political establishment lines up behind its presumptive nominee, many conservative and libertarian legal scholars warn that electing Mr. Trump is a recipe for a constitutional crisis."

Donald Trump Could Threaten U.S. Rule of Law, Scholars Say; http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/04/us/politics/donald-trump-constitution-power.html?ref=politics

That's hilarious - rule of law went out the window in the US over a century ago.
Trump’s blunders start to catch up to him http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/trump-problems-as-nominee-224172
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Jun 11 2016, 05:57 PM
estonianman
Jun 5 2016, 09:41 AM
La Pasionaria
Jun 5 2016, 07:31 AM
"Donald J. Trump’s blustery attacks on the press, complaints about the judicial system and bold claims of presidential power collectively sketch out a constitutional worldview that shows contempt for the First Amendment, the separation of powers and the rule of law, legal experts across the political spectrum say. Even as much of the Republican political establishment lines up behind its presumptive nominee, many conservative and libertarian legal scholars warn that electing Mr. Trump is a recipe for a constitutional crisis."

Donald Trump Could Threaten U.S. Rule of Law, Scholars Say; http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/04/us/politics/donald-trump-constitution-power.html?ref=politics

That's hilarious - rule of law went out the window in the US over a century ago.
Trump’s blunders start to catch up to him http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/trump-problems-as-nominee-224172
First of all Politico's parent company - Tampa Bay News is a shill for Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Second - "basking in a good week" is a strange description for the government admitting that you are under criminal investigation.
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estonianman
Jun 11 2016, 06:04 PM
La Pasionaria
Jun 11 2016, 05:57 PM
First of all Politico's parent company - Tampa Bay News is a shill for Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Second - "basking in a good week" is a strange description for the government admitting that you are under criminal investigation.
Did you just recently discover that Politico has a parent company?


Have you paid your internet taxes?
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Jun 11 2016, 07:42 PM
estonianman
Jun 11 2016, 06:04 PM
La Pasionaria
Jun 11 2016, 05:57 PM
First of all Politico's parent company - Tampa Bay News is a shill for Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Second - "basking in a good week" is a strange description for the government admitting that you are under criminal investigation.
Did you just recently discover that Politico has a parent company?
Yes.

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Rule of law is indeed in danger if Trump is elected. But frankly, if the populace is so far gone they will vote for someone like Trump, then laws aren't going to save us anyway.
"The stars can be near or distant, according as we need them." - George Orwell, 1984
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Two a.m.
Jun 11 2016, 07:58 PM
Rule of law is indeed in danger if Trump is elected. But frankly, if the populace is so far gone they will vote for someone like Trump, then laws aren't going to save us anyway.
Are you scared?
Skipping leg day is the equivalent of a woman having an abortion. You're ashamed of it, and it was probably unnecessary.
#MAGA
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Jun 11 2016, 08:15 PM
Two a.m.
Jun 11 2016, 07:58 PM
Rule of law is indeed in danger if Trump is elected. But frankly, if the populace is so far gone they will vote for someone like Trump, then laws aren't going to save us anyway.
Are you scared?
Of course. No rational thinking person should be otherwise.
"The stars can be near or distant, according as we need them." - George Orwell, 1984
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Two a.m.
Jun 11 2016, 08:17 PM
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Jun 11 2016, 08:15 PM
Two a.m.
Jun 11 2016, 07:58 PM
Rule of law is indeed in danger if Trump is elected. But frankly, if the populace is so far gone they will vote for someone like Trump, then laws aren't going to save us anyway.
Are you scared?
Of course. No rational thinking person should be otherwise.
The irrational voter greatly outnumbers the rational voter.
Skipping leg day is the equivalent of a woman having an abortion. You're ashamed of it, and it was probably unnecessary.
#MAGA
#wallsnotwars
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Jun 11 2016, 08:18 PM
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Jun 11 2016, 08:15 PM

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Of course. No rational thinking person should be otherwise.
The irrational voter greatly outnumbers the rational voter.
Unfortunately, this is quite true - and why I'm scared.
Edited by Two a.m., Jun 11 2016, 08:21 PM.
"The stars can be near or distant, according as we need them." - George Orwell, 1984
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Jun 11 2016, 08:15 PM
Two a.m.
Jun 11 2016, 07:58 PM
Rule of law is indeed in danger if Trump is elected. But frankly, if the populace is so far gone they will vote for someone like Trump, then laws aren't going to save us anyway.
Are you scared?
Is that all you got son? You want to be "scary"?


Have you paid your internet taxes?
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Jun 11 2016, 08:21 PM
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Jun 11 2016, 08:18 PM
Two a.m.
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The irrational voter greatly outnumbers the rational voter.
Unfortunately, this is quite true - and why I'm scared.
How unfortunate that so many on the left have given into fear.
Skipping leg day is the equivalent of a woman having an abortion. You're ashamed of it, and it was probably unnecessary.
#MAGA
#wallsnotwars
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Both Hillary and Trump are morons...

Can we make a Kaisich/Bernie hybrid and have it run as an independent?

Trump needs to focus more so on the male vote. He should have nationalized the Boy Scouts when they decided to admit girls.

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Jun 11 2016, 09:26 PM
Both Hillary and Trump are morons...

Can we make a Kaisich/Bernie hybrid and have it run as an independent?

I can't imagine what that pair would have in common.
"The stars can be near or distant, according as we need them." - George Orwell, 1984
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Two a.m.
Jun 11 2016, 08:17 PM
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Jun 11 2016, 08:15 PM
Two a.m.
Jun 11 2016, 07:58 PM
Rule of law is indeed in danger if Trump is elected. But frankly, if the populace is so far gone they will vote for someone like Trump, then laws aren't going to save us anyway.
Are you scared?
Of course. No rational thinking person should be otherwise.
Don't worry for it 2am, you're white and middle class....you'll be safe in the Trump regime, it's only the brown people south of the border, and the brown people saying Allah Ackbar who have anything to fear from him.
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Jun 11 2016, 10:26 PM
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Jun 11 2016, 08:17 PM
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Jun 11 2016, 08:15 PM

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Of course. No rational thinking person should be otherwise.
Don't worry for it 2am, you're white and middle class....you'll be safe in the Trump regime, it's only the brown people south of the border, and the brown people saying Allah Ackbar who have anything to fear from him.
When the same brown people continue to break our immigration laws, their deserved tighter scrutiny.
Kate Steinle was separated from her family permanently but leftists didn't seem to mind.
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Well the political whores are in complete agreement...Trump may be a danger to their continued power...They should demonstrate at his next rally rather than depend on Mexican day laborers......... :rollseyes:
Jesus can raise the dead, but he can't fix stupid
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Jun 11 2016, 08:21 PM
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Jun 11 2016, 08:15 PM
Two a.m.
Jun 11 2016, 07:58 PM
Rule of law is indeed in danger if Trump is elected. But frankly, if the populace is so far gone they will vote for someone like Trump, then laws aren't going to save us anyway.
Are you scared?
Is that all you got son? You want to be "scary"?
Oddly, the Edgitarian/Identitarian appears at least to know what he is voting for.

By contrast, there are a great many supporting Trump who have deluded themselves into believing he is something very different than he is. Conservatives like Paul Ryan believe he can be housebroken like a misbehaving puppy and become a conservative. Many conservatives in fact believe he is conservative. Meanwhile, Hillary haters on the left like Eddo and Gizmo have even said at times that they believe him to be liberal. Various anti-establishment voters are grabbing onto him as a force for "change," a nebulous concept they can't or won't define. Many just see him in terms of being a non-Clinton.

But the truth is that Edgitarian/Identitarian appears to understand what he is better than most. He is a fascist. He is irrational. He is obsessed with uber-masculinity. He believes in power over process and rule by personality over rule of law. He is authoritarian in style. He is anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim, jingoistic and virulently nationalistic. He believes in personality over policy and really has few coherent policies at all. He doesn't need them. He is strongly related in outlook to the alt. right movement and a long, discarded anti-enlightment view of life revolving around power and strongman government. He is basically everything the 20th Century correctly taught us to fear.

Edgitarian/Identitarian knows what Trump is and wants these things. Thus his actions, while abhorrent, are logical. His references to fear are also logical.

At the end of the day, the country will be divided into three camps over Trump: the fooled, the fascists and the fearful.

The fascists are true Trump supporters. They believe in order, nation, language, borders and Western Culture (or at least the highly non-liberal anti-enlightenment parts of it) They know what they are voting for and it isn't a set of policies. It is a very scary and very dangerous philosophy.

The fearful are going to be pretty much all of us behind Hillary. Some of us like her. Some of us despise her. Many will be liberal or moderate. Some will be conservative. But all of us understand what Trump is and why he cannot be allowed near power. This election won't be about Hillary. It will be about fascism or non-fascism.

The fooled are everyone else. The undecided voters, the conservatives who fall in line because Trump has an "R" behind his name, the goofy "change" voters, the burnt-out Bernie types and others anti-Clintonites who either stay home, vote third party or actively support Trump, the false equivalency types who think Hillary and Donald are equally problematic or morally interchangeable. Basically, it includes anyone who doesn't see this election as a mortal threat to the republic and who believes that backing Trump, disconnecting themselves or straddling the line is a viable alternative.
Edited by Two a.m., Jun 11 2016, 10:48 PM.
"The stars can be near or distant, according as we need them." - George Orwell, 1984
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Jun 11 2016, 10:26 PM
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Jun 11 2016, 08:17 PM
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Jun 11 2016, 08:15 PM

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Of course. No rational thinking person should be otherwise.
Don't worry for it 2am, you're white and middle class....you'll be safe in the Trump regime, it's only the brown people south of the border, and the brown people saying Allah Ackbar who have anything to fear from him.
No, I'm afraid not. I'm a free thinker.

People like me get put in the camps even before the brown people do.
"The stars can be near or distant, according as we need them." - George Orwell, 1984
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