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I think the trump government has proven that the executive can do whatever it wants, and you're lucky when governments follow the constitution. Following examp
by 8note 6y ago
I think the trump government has proven that the executive can do whatever it wants, and you're lucky when governments follow the constitution.
Following examples of different behaviour from the past 20 years:
The US can kidnap you,
Ship you off to Guantanamo,
Torture you,
Assasinate you with a drone based missile
I read an interview with CBP folks where they consider the Portland protestors "enemy combatants" which is the same designation as "civilian killed by drone strike" in the middle east
From a low level, more likely perspective, they might leak your information to white supremacist groups, and then choose not to press charges when they do something bad to you? This is assuming you're black, mind you.