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Biden: his time as the 46th US President

Discussion in 'Serious' started by yuusou, 6 Jul 2020.

  1. wolfticket

    wolfticket Downwind from the bloodhounds

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    The whole point is to take the President out of the loop in a situation where that is deemed necessary.
    It would require the VP and 8 of 15 top cabinet member to agree both on the interpretation and the decision, but from then President would have to pass votes in both houses to get Presidential powers back.
    Until then what the President says or thinks is not important other than to contest their own competence.
     
  2. RedFlames

    RedFlames ...is not a Belgian football team

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    IIRC Trump can challenge Pence's assessment that he's unfit [and the senate decide either way], but by the time any challenge came about/was resolved his term would be up.

    There is also the rumour that the only thing that's keeping trump from resigning is the belief that Pence wouldn't pardon him [like Ford did for Nixon]

    And this is, cynically, probably why Chao and DeVos resigned, so they didn't haev to make that determination.

    Not sure there's 8 actual cabinet members left, i think they're mostly acting-whatevers
     
  3. Anfield

    Anfield Multimodder

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    The problem with section 4 of the 25th Amendment is that Trump can write to the leaders of the House and Senate and claim he isn't unable to do his job... what would happen after that is ambiguous, but would very likely allow Trump to stall it until he is out of office anyway (and remember, he doesn't have to win the argument, just buy a week).
     
  4. VipersGratitude

    VipersGratitude Multimodder

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  5. IanW

    IanW Grumpy Old Git

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    That would require Trump being able to write. We've all seen his signature... :rolleyes:
     
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  6. Anfield

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    He'll ask his wife to write "Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV" on a cheeseburger wrapper, when Pelosi gets it she'll be like "Yep, totally insane and unfit for Office" while Moscow Mitch is all like "Yeah, I'll get back to you on that ah let me check my schedule... hm lets see... I reckon 1st of February will do fine".
     
  7. Byron C

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    This is a good video, well worth watching.
     
  8. RedFlames

    RedFlames ...is not a Belgian football team

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    [​IMG]

     
  9. Anfield

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    Just lol...

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-m...-service-bathroom-ivanka-trump-jared-kushner/
     
  10. fix-the-spade

    fix-the-spade Multimodder

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    I kept a straight face until they got banned from using the Obama family's (the Obamas) for leaving 'an unpleasant mess' behind one day.

    Where did they hire these guys, the USMC dropout office?
     
  11. TheBlackSwordsMan

    TheBlackSwordsMan Over the Hills and Far Away

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  12. RedFlames

    RedFlames ...is not a Belgian football team

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    Oh dear, how sad, never mind.

     
  13. fix-the-spade

    fix-the-spade Multimodder

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    Don't get too excited, they're trying to wind up their business interests in New York and move the NRA's charity registration to Texas and thus out of the jurisdiction of the New York legal system, which currently has a serious interest n the NRA for all kinds of fraud. Typically NRA scum tactics, it will be a laugh if the application is denied.
     
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  16. enbydee

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    Perhaps it's a bit of delay until Thursday; i.e. I can't think Nicola Sturgeon wouldn't be up for it but would imagine the foreign office are against the idea of a sitting US president being subject to such an investigation from a nation of the UK.
     
  17. Risky

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    If you are curious about who the heck these people are there is a lot of good stuff on The Bulwark (They are essentially Never-Trump Republicans, some turned pretty much "never-Republican" over Trump).

    This interview is with a Journalist that researches the Trumpy/MAGA world about the sort of people involved in this and how bad the situation is. https://podcast.thebulwark.com/ben-collins-why-we-should-be-alarmed
     
  18. IanW

    IanW Grumpy Old Git

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    It's being reported that Trump is to issue 100+ pardons on Tuesday, his last full day in office.
    Prepare for a list of the worst people USA has to offer...
     
  19. David

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    He's selling presidential pardons, according to some reports, although he's definitely expected to pardon his family and cronies.
     
  20. Midlight

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    Is he still looking to pardon himself or has that been dropped by the wayside?
     

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