• dhork@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Good, but Trump is gonna do it anyway and fire whoever doesnt comply. The SCOTUS has guaranteed he can do whatever he wants with impunity, and the only remedy is impeachment.

      • wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io
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        2 months ago

        Interesting idea here. Give the president so much rope to hang himself with that all but the brownest of the brown-nosers find his actions reprehensible. And thus impeachment becomes a valuable tool again.

        SCOTUS playing 4D chess? Not so much, they’re probably right up there with the lot of them, but one can dream.

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          2 months ago

          Impeachment only works if Congress isn’t filled with cowards. It was a good design when parties weren’t a thing and every senator was first and foremost representing their state’s interests (and actually spent most of their days in their state), but with a party duopoly that’s perpetually hovering around 50/50, you’ll just never get enough people to convict.

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          2 months ago

          Without even reading them, I know what the responses to this will be, so let me just say: I legitimately like your optimism!

    • OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca
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      2 months ago

      You don’t free yourself of an entrenched tyrant by impeachment. No dictator has ever been removed peacefully.