For anyone curious enough. Power is vested via 22 USC § 2318. Fun fact. Since 1988 this power has been invoked 59 times. 25 of the times have been for the Ukraine-Russia war. And of course twice for Israel just this year alone. For those doing the napkin math here, out of ALL of the times this power has been cited by a President (or related officer), 47% of them have been under Biden. Just FYI.
That is a fun… No, interesting fact. Were the other 53% more evened out? I’m trying to think of where it would have mattered, but I the sense it’s probably most when there’s a hotly divided Congress, which I feel is more recent, like last decade or two.
I love that the other day someone tried to "educate" me about how the president can't just do whatever he wants (like pardon everyone who is in prison for weed related offences in states where weed has since been legalised) because "that's not how it works" when clearly it really fucking is when he fucking wants it to (and there is money to be made, whereas pardoning prisoners loses money for those with the influence)...
How anyone can still believe that the system is "broken", rather than working exactly as intended (to serve the rich and powerful and make them even more rich and powerful) is beyond me..
Lmfao, whataboutism all you got? The guy is literally on trial for trying to get his followers to overthrow the government, never mind the rest of it (like what he did to the supreme court, and what they went on to continue even after he was gone, as was intended)..
But even if we all bury our heads up our asses like you clearly have, I feel like even the GOP understand that the mask of "democracy" has to be preserved to a certain point, and that trump isn't who they want to be their long term dictator, but when someone they do is back in charge they will finish the fucking job (which they will be able to do in part thanks to people like you who minimise the obvious groundwork they've been actively laying, and which Biden is more than happy to take advantage, since they both serve the same people, and it isn't the people).
Lol, that wasnt for lack of trying… Trump decreed a whole fuckton of stuff that various staffs and agencies had to low key backpedal on. Dude was publishing major policy on Twitter on a fucking whim every other day…
I’m simply pointing out the hypocrisy behind liberals telling me Joe Biden can’t get more done, because Presidents don’t have any power, and that I need to vote for Joe Biden because Donald Trump will have the power to end democracy as we know it.
I understood what you wrote. Thanks for restating it though.
I replied, saying that is not what the person you responded to said. You’re not pointing out any hypocrisy because you simply didn’t understand their comment
Selling guns to militaries defending their countries, aka the “militia” as described by the 2nd amendment. Not randos who have no good reason for ownership by them.
And assuming you aren’t military, WE are the militia… The gaggle of “randos”… We aren’t charged with defending the US from invaders, the military is (and I was, and did). We, the militia, are charged with keeping the free state intact and secure.
Our purpose, as “a well regulated militia”, is to show our asses up under arms if something like Jan 6th actually succeeds. All the “randos”… That’s the whole point :)
Dems should be buying a shitload of guns right now, specifically because trump… He’s already shown the capacity to threaten the free state, he’s the first in a damned long time, and we, the “randos”, should be as ready as we can… That, as far as I’m concerned, is a damned good reason for randos to have guns (especially Dem randos)
So much for upholding the constitution, specifically the 14th Amendment. What good is it if not applied to insurrectionists?
The Michigan Court of Claims judge who first got the case said state law doesn’t give election officials any leeway to police the eligibility of presidential primary candidates. He also said the case raised a political question that shouldn’t be decided in the courts.
His decision was upheld by the Michigan Court of Appeals, which said: “At the moment, the only event about to occur is the presidential primary election. But as explained, whether Trump is disqualified is irrelevant to his placement on that particular ballot.”
The order from the Michigan Supreme Court was unsigned, and the court did not release a vote count.
Unlike in Colorado, the Michigan courts rejected the case wholly on procedural grounds. They never reached the questions of whether January 6 was an insurrection and whether Trump engaged in it.
Cowards, tacitly supporting anti-democratic fascism and not even signing their names to it.
The problem with section 3 is that it says nothing of running for a position, just that someone who has engaged in insurrection or rebellion may not hold an office, elected or appointed. If we go with the strictest interpretation, Trump absolutely can run for president. He can even win. However, can he hold the office? That's another question. It could be sidestepped if the Republicans gain 2/3rds majority in both Houses of Congress as they can "remove such disability." If they don't, it will go to the Supreme Court most likely. And, well, barring several of them dropping dead or retiring, we all know how that is gonna play out(2000 all over again, basically).
What we really need to see in 2024 are states amending their constitutions to bar those who engage in insurrection and rebellion from being on the ballot or, better yet, from being certified or whatever it is in each state when deciding electors for the electorate college vote. This is something that should have happened after Jan 6th, but, well, here we are.
Regardless of what happens, any outcome other then Trump being made sitting president again is going to harm the Republicans going forward as it will further alienate Republican voters from the voting process. The likely violent backlash from a Trump loss will also likely alienate more levelheaded independents from voting for Republicans, as well. If he is refused to be seated, shit is going to be insane. This election is a hail Mary for the Republicans - if it goes any other way than in their favor they have likely hamstrung themselves for the foreseeable future. It could even blow up in their faces if it goes to them if Trump actually goes through with trying to make his senile self a dictator.
Stroud was raised for the majority of his life by his mother after his father, Coleridge Bernard Stroud III, pleaded guilty in 2015 to charges of carjacking, kidnapping, robbery, evading an officer with reckless driving and misdemeanor sexual battery. As a repeat offender, he was sentenced to 38 years in prison.
Sounds like a real winner.
Also not sure how “the majority of his life” is the ages of 14-19. The dude was born in 2001.
That’s basically what Arlington National Cemetery is. The union government seized the land of Robert E. Lee, and planning for if they couldn’t keep it after the war, decided to turn it into a cemetery to basically make it useless as a farm/estate. Lee’s heirs eventually sued and won the land back, but didn’t have much use for it, so they sold it back to the government.
Gentlemen, it is with great pleasure I inform you that I have just been hired onto a new job and it is a 3-day work week. Am much pleased. Believe me, my whole life I’ve been working 5 or 6 day work weeks working my ass off for very little pay, finally I have this reprieve. In these three days I am earning as much as I would normally earn in five or six days. Again I express my gratitude and I hope someday everyone in the world may feel this reprieve.
Man, I’d kill for a 3 day work week. I’m on a 9-80 schedule but also have to go into the office (1hr each way) 2 days a week, so I end up spending around 10 hours per day on avg Mon-Thurs and it’s absolutely miserable.
Even just a 32 hour 4-day work week would be life changing. As is, I feel like I’m just wasting time half the time i spend working because I’m so burnt out that I’m not as productive as I would be otherwise.
Good for you though. Glad to hear some employers are trying out something more conducive to how human beings actually function.
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