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Project 2025 chief’s book urges ‘burning’ of FBI, New York Times and Boy Scouts
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 08 Nov 2024
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At the end of the day those roadblocks are just laws. Laws that he has been cleared to break as long as he does so under the pretense of an official act.
So technically yes and no. He cant just say he wants to get rid of the fbi or remove term limits at will. Study how the Goverment works
Their goal is to break it. They control all branches of government. Who is there to stop them?
They can’t break it though. I mean anything he does deemed unconstitutional can be challenged by any appeals court judge that can strike it down. He needs 2/3 congress approval which he doesn’t have the votes for constitutional changes and changes to the exec branch. Lots of changes are complicated. Even removing the ACA.
Remembered day one in 2017 he had that travel ban? A judge struck it down and they appealed and lost. He doesn’t have a magic wand…
They didnt have SCOTUS locked down at the time. They do now. They'll appeal any appellate court decision to the Supreme Court, who will find any excuse to rule in their favor. It's already happened with Dobbs, the plaintiff literally had no standing to bring a suit, but SCOTUS said, "We won't worry about that." Then ruled based kn a Brittish law from before we were a country.
You seem to think they believe in the rule of law. They don't. They have spent 50 years preparing for this fucking moment where they can become the ruling class. Look at how Alito and Thomas openly flaunt that they're for sale.
They. Don't. Care.
I hope I’m right and you’re wrong for the sake of our democracy. I hope it lasts more than 250 years
I hope so too, but the writing is on the wall. People saw Project 2025 and still voted for it. And now they're gonna ram it down our throats.
And then appeal it to the SCOTUS who literally gave him criminal immunity. With Congress and SCOTUS, it doesn't matter what the Constitution actually says. Just what they can twist it with paper thin reasoning to mean.
So who's stopping him?
You underestimate the reason we have separation of powers. If Trump wanted to get rid of term limits he would need 2/3 votes from both houses which he doesn’t have and 38 states need to ratify. This also includes with any constitutional change. There’s red tape for a treason
While the powers are separated, if all three are aligned there is nothing they can't do. The supreme court has already demonstrated it's able to reinterpret the constitution in a way no other court has done in history.
That amendment really meant consecutive terms. So Trump being president again is fine.
That's just as ridiculous of an argument as the president being criminally immune.
When the branch that has the final say on what the Constitution means is on board, you don't have to actually amend it.
You're not paying attention. They aren't following the old rules anymore. They haven't been for years. They will not be defeated by words on paper.