The thing that gives the president power is the constitution. If he acts extraconstitutionally then he is not acting as the president but instead as an ordinary citizen.
There can be no question that an invasion for the purposes of capturing territory requires an act of congress. Any effort to proceed with this crime should just mean that people depose the president. Impeachment and conviction are not the only ways to remove a president.
I guess you don't play chess and are fine with volunteering other people to take unwise risks from the safety of behind a keyboard.
The thing that gives the president [sic] power is the constitution [sic].
False, that is a piece of paper and a symbol that means lots of different things to different people, especially those who have never read it. What gives power is people. He assumed plenary power that was made "legal" after the fact by a partisan hack SCOTUS.
That's what he wants. An excuse to declare martial law and become emperor for however much life he has left.
Any effort to proceed with this crime should just mean that people depose the president. Impeachment and conviction are not the only ways to remove a president.
What must be done must follow existing legal procedures or it would be completely lawless, hypocritical, counterproductive, and more divisive. There isn't much difference in terribleness between a pariah former superpower ruled by an emperor or its dissolved fragments. Neither of these are acceptable. The path is straightforward and unavoidable: continuous and overwhelming pressure by constituents on all elected cowards until they accept impeachment in the House and conviction in the Senate. This is the only way. What you talk about maybe good for you to watch the world burn but not for hundreds of millions of Americans. It will however result in POTUS Vance, who is crazy but not nearly as stupid and crazy by orders of magnitude and lacks the support of the entire crazy base, which would limit his power. If he should prove dangerously unfit, he can be impeached too.
We the People are the ultimate bosses, not the man in the chair.
Presidential power derives from the constitution. An illegal president is an illegal president. It does not require conviction to mean this.
You are welcome to think that I am just a keyboard warrior. I know how much material time, money, and effort I spend seeking to protect people in my community from Trump's criminal presidency.
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The thing that gives the president power is the constitution. If he acts extraconstitutionally then he is not acting as the president but instead as an ordinary citizen.
There can be no question that an invasion for the purposes of capturing territory requires an act of congress. Any effort to proceed with this crime should just mean that people depose the president. Impeachment and conviction are not the only ways to remove a president.
I guess you don't play chess and are fine with volunteering other people to take unwise risks from the safety of behind a keyboard.
False, that is a piece of paper and a symbol that means lots of different things to different people, especially those who have never read it. What gives power is people. He assumed plenary power that was made "legal" after the fact by a partisan hack SCOTUS.
That's what he wants. An excuse to declare martial law and become emperor for however much life he has left.
What must be done must follow existing legal procedures or it would be completely lawless, hypocritical, counterproductive, and more divisive. There isn't much difference in terribleness between a pariah former superpower ruled by an emperor or its dissolved fragments. Neither of these are acceptable. The path is straightforward and unavoidable: continuous and overwhelming pressure by constituents on all elected cowards until they accept impeachment in the House and conviction in the Senate. This is the only way. What you talk about maybe good for you to watch the world burn but not for hundreds of millions of Americans. It will however result in POTUS Vance, who is crazy but not nearly as stupid and crazy by orders of magnitude and lacks the support of the entire crazy base, which would limit his power. If he should prove dangerously unfit, he can be impeached too.
We the People are the ultimate bosses, not the man in the chair.
Presidential power derives from the constitution. An illegal president is an illegal president. It does not require conviction to mean this.
You are welcome to think that I am just a keyboard warrior. I know how much material time, money, and effort I spend seeking to protect people in my community from Trump's criminal presidency.