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We don't even hold our president liable for what he says on twitter.
by supernovae 8y ago
We don't even hold our president liable for what he says on twitter.
- gamblor956 8y agoTrump's twitter statements have actually been used in court to strike down several of his executive actions...
- zaroth 8y agoOnly in rulings that were later overturned, AFAIK.
- gamblor956 8y agoThe rulings I am referring to still stand... Several of the courts hearing DACA cases upheld the law, in at least one instance solely because of Trump's tweets established a racial motivation rather than a policy motivation for terminating the program. The Muslim ban was heavily modified after courts repeatedly struck it down based on Trump's anti-Muslim tweets. The final version was designed to address the issues raised in the original rulings. It is limited to countries like Iran and Syria which are openly hostile to the US, and countries like Yemen and Somalia which have contributed a large portion of the membership of terrorist groups like Al Queada and ISIS. Two of the countries were added to that list Venezuela and North Korea) solely because they aren't Muslim. Persons on this list are feasibly national security concerns, which is just enough of a justification to uphold the travel ban on legal grounds.
- what_ever 8y agoWhataboutism.
- supernovae 8y agousername checks out
- TheCoelacanth 8y agoThat's because our constitution has no non-political mechanism for holding the president to the law. Unfortunately for Musk, the SEC has no such limitation.
- Aeolun 8y agoYeah, it’s a bit of a disgrace really. Influencing global politics and destroying the US’s reputation in the world is apparently less relevant than someone potentially influencing some stocks. I dunno, looking on from overseas it’s a bit surreal. Trumps tweets have normalized too, so it’s no news anymore when he tweets something outrageous.
- morpheuskafka 8y agoTrump didn't commit securities fraud on Twitter. Yes, his Tweets are outrageous and absurd, but very few if any break the law. Him blocking people on Twitter was found to be unlawful and reversed by a court--for the same reason as Musk's activities, because he has repeatedly used his "personal" account for his job.