More_Badass
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At least the "how can a president say and do this" feeling. Of course I actually have valid reasoning
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Trump blames Constitution for chaos of his first 100 days
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Just imagine that's the Constitution he's ripping up.
I'd like to imagine that's his real reaction everytime he checks in reality and sees how big of a failure he's been.
The Electoral College system established in the Constitution is literally the only reason he won the election.
For what it's worth I think the power of the executive branch needs to be severely curtailed. The scope of the president's power has increased far beyond what I would consider a safe level that's properly balanced with the other branches of government.
For what it's worth I think the power of the executive branch needs to be severely curtailed. The scope of the president's power has increased far beyond what I would consider a safe level that's properly balanced with the other branches of government.
One. If Obama had said or done just one of the thing's Trump has said, Republicans would be calling for impeachment. And this includes the Diet Coke button.
To vote for Trump you either had to be racist or stupid. The whole working class nonsense I don't buy unless you were racist or a complete idiot. To think that someone that owns business and outsources everything and gets visas for immigrants to work low wage jobs has your best interest at heart you're an idiot. To overlook all of the horrible things he said, you have to be a racist or okay with supporting a racist. Thus why I am not surprised he could be elected. Americans are uneducated and racist as hell. When you combine those two things it's not at all surprising that he won.
They played themselves and I'll have no sympathy when he screws them over.
RoyaleDuke
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I had a big long post typed out but then I realized how tired I was.
First Post says everything I needed to say.
First Post says everything I needed to say.
EdibleKnife
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Go ahead, Trump. Continue to talk about how you want to get rid of the constitution. How about a brand new one? Keep the amendment on guns, get rid of free speech and just straight up make minorities subservient. People who didn't vote or voted for this guy can get fucked.
Right? Hell he didn't even need to do or say things. Things were fucking made up about him that people claimed were worthy of impeachment, including the idea that he was a tyrant who wanted to get rid of the constitution.
Right? Hell he didn't even need to do or say things. Things were fucking made up about him that people claimed were worthy of impeachment, including the idea that he was a tyrant who wanted to get rid of the constitution.
yeah this is what gets me
elements of the constitution are undeniably archaic (not checks and balances or the idea of multiple government branches, of course), but if obama had said something along these lines, conservatives would have been pushing for his execution (more than were already doing so, anyways)
EatinOlives
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Ah so now the Constitution is an archaic, outdated document? That means we can get rid of the second amendment, right?
Luckily the biggest check and balance that will prevent him from rewriting the constitution is having to actually work, even if he'd just read what somebody else wrote for him.
That's a good one.
ArchedThunder
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Saying the constitution is bad for the country would be enough to sink any politician. I hope this at least results in some sort of negative reaction among republicans.
Lord Frieza
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'Trump isn't a politican.'
Chet Rippo
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America Was Never Great
Yoshimitsu126
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"He just says it how it is! He doesn't really mean it!"
Princess Viola
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Wait
'Party of the Declaration of Independence'
Is the GOP implying that the Democrats would give this country back to the UK at the first opportunity?
SporeCrawler
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welcome to centralist trumpland. i truly believe he will force a constitutional change through a coup detat
this will lead to peeople saying the US constitution is bad cuz trump said so.
this will lead to peeople saying the US constitution is bad cuz trump said so.
Princess Viola
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A lot of people support him just because there's an R by his name.
AlexFlame116
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How do people defend this man??? He's the very definition of a wannabe tyrant! Only reason he hasn't gone full tyrant is because of checks and balances and the work of the good people out there.
Constitution is archaic??? Screw you.
Constitution is archaic??? Screw you.
Gabriel_Logan
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The French Revolution happened after the Constitution was written.
Fast Forward
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Obama would have NEVER heard the end of it from Fox.
With Trump, the quote will come, and go.
Fast Forward
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His supporters live in alternate reality. A world of alternative facts. There's nothing Trump can or say do will have them change their mind.
Team Alucard
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He can qq more but many parts of the constitution absolutely are archaic.
The Senate is a horrendously undemocratic institution and arguably a violation of the 14th amendment to boot.
The Senate is a horrendously undemocratic institution and arguably a violation of the 14th amendment to boot.
Yoshimitsu126
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If he attacks the Bible or is somehow linked to ISIS they will. He will still get Neo-Nazi votes but they are just a vocal minority compared to the bible belt supporters.
SporeCrawler
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Electoral college. Should be popular vote
AnathemicOne
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So how come this guy isn't impeached yet?
SporeCrawler
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How are members of senate chosen? By election or by appointment like the house of lords?
Fast Forward
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Not gonna happen. Best we can hope for is Trump to be a 1 term president, and even than, I don't put it pass this country for a second to vote him again. They already did it once.
Team Alucard
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By election, but the big problem is that each state has the same amount of senators regardless of population.
So each Senator in Wyoming represents 293,000 people, while each Senator in California represents 19,500,000 people.
The 14th amendment guarantees equal protection and rights under the law, and the US Senate clearly and deeply violates the one-person-one-vote principle, but the ”Entrenchment Clause" of Article V of the constitution also states that no amendment or law may alter 2-Sentator-per-state system, without the consent of each state (and the small ones would never approve it obviously as they would see their political influence dramatically cut).
So we're left with a comical situation where states cannot institute a system like US Senate for their own local governments because it violates the 14th amendment, but the federal one is untouchable.
Also the whole point behind the Senate was to protect Slavery, as the agrarian southern slave states had much smaller populations than the industrial North states. So the history of the institution is rather sordid as well.
I would argue each senator represents the whole state's population and not half of it each.
Lord Frieza
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How would he go about this?
Zeyphersan
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Honestly I almost want to believe in a Hell so I can feel like some justice was actually accomplished with Republicans just burning in it
No it's not. We've done it before.
The difference is in the personality. Reagan and Bush were useful idiots who wanted to succeed.
This guy is a global threat and he's so stupid he brags about it.
SlickShoesRUCrazy
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Fucking sack of shit.
If the fucker dies in office or is hanged for treason, I'm going to celebrate.
If the fucker dies in office or is hanged for treason, I'm going to celebrate.
I heart Cholesterol
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You know what they say: "Only the good die young. All the evil seem to live forever."
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