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> who’s going to enforce it? This is the real danger of where we’re at right now. We are currently at a point where the President has a stacked Supreme Court t

> who’s going to enforce it? This is the real danger of where we’re at right now. We are currently at a point where the President has a stacked Supreme Court that had already showed they’re willing to take his side almost no matter what. There is now effectively no check against the executive branch because of that. Papers are already running stories about how Congress is just letting him loose, with these Inspectors General firings as a prime example of how Congress has just thrown their hands up without even a fight.

_yb2s 2y ago
We are on the brink of a fascist dictatorship and hardly anyone is noticing or taking it seriously.
- b59831 2y ago
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- anon84873628 2y ago
  Really? It seemed to me that people were shouting it from the rooftops prior to the election. And then the Democrats were accused of only taking about the threat to Democracy instead of the price of eggs.
- anthonygd 2y ago
  It is extremely difficult to take seriously.
JumpCrisscross 2y ago
> with these Inspectors General firings as a prime example of how Congress has just thrown their hands up without even a fight From what I can tell, the IGs do serve at the pleasure of the President. The only thing he didn’t do is notify the Congress. Is that true?
- deleted 2y ago
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- bmitc 2y ago
  The law says that he has to notify Congress with a good reason for the dismissal.
  - JumpCrisscross 2y ago
    > he has to notify Congress with a good reason He just has to notify. The law doesn’t give the Congress nor judges discretion over whether the reasons are good. Just detailed.
    - anon84873628 2y ago
      Well, until they are used as evidence in an impeachment trial. Which of course isn't likely to happen in this case...
      - JumpCrisscross 2y ago
        > Which of course isn't likely to happen in this case No. But that's in the hands of the American people. A simple majority in the house to impeach and 67 votes in the Senate to convict. 34 seats are up for election in 2026 [1]. Dems only have 47 seats, and a 20-seat pick-up is almost impossible. But if Indiana, Kansas, Texas, Ohio, Kentucky, South Carolina and Florida [2] swung, that could convince moderate Republicans to convict. Of course, we'd then have the practical matter of getting him out of the White House... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_elections https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_elec... [2] https://www.270towin.com/2026-senate-election/ https://www.270towin.com/2026-senate-election/
        kcplate 2y ago
        Please let’s not go back to the 2016-2020 impeachment and removal fantasies. The man was impeached twice, once even after his presidency was over and still the American people put him back into office. Also, of note, every time he has run for president he received more votes than prior runs—even in 2020. There is literally only one person who has ever received more votes than Trump and that’s Biden in 2020 and frankly there will forever be an asterisk after that election due to the pandemic and Trump’s subsequent win in 2024. If you want him out of office before his term ends, you will need to have 67 democrats as senators with probably at least a quarter of those senators being willing to lose their own elections for that vote. Bottom line, he is in for the next four.
ck2 2y ago
Here's a better question: Why with this kind of setup, absolutely no-one to stop them, would they step aside in 1450 days if voters have their say? Past 10 days have been an absolute railroad of undoing past 100 years. Imagine 1000 days from now the chaos and nobody can change anything for any reason. The word tyranny seems to fit and I wouldn't have used that with Bush/Cheney or even Reagan.
- distortionfield 2y ago
  He didn’t step away willingly the first time, I have zero reason to believe he would step away willingly the second time, especially after he’s spent so much time undoing all the checks and balances that pushed him out that first time.

_yb2s 2y ago

We are on the brink of a fascist dictatorship and hardly anyone is noticing or taking it seriously.

b59831 2y ago
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anon84873628 2y ago
Really? It seemed to me that people were shouting it from the rooftops prior to the election. And then the Democrats were accused of only taking about the threat to Democracy instead of the price of eggs.
anthonygd 2y ago
It is extremely difficult to take seriously.

JumpCrisscross 2y ago

> with these Inspectors General firings as a prime example of how Congress has just thrown their hands up without even a fight From what I can tell, the IGs do serve at the pleasure of the President. The only thing he didn’t do is notify the Congress. Is that true?

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bmitc 2y ago
The law says that he has to notify Congress with a good reason for the dismissal.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago
  > he has to notify Congress with a good reason He just has to notify. The law doesn’t give the Congress nor judges discretion over whether the reasons are good. Just detailed.
  - anon84873628 2y ago
    Well, until they are used as evidence in an impeachment trial. Which of course isn't likely to happen in this case...
    - JumpCrisscross 2y ago
      > Which of course isn't likely to happen in this case No. But that's in the hands of the American people. A simple majority in the house to impeach and 67 votes in the Senate to convict. 34 seats are up for election in 2026 [1]. Dems only have 47 seats, and a 20-seat pick-up is almost impossible. But if Indiana, Kansas, Texas, Ohio, Kentucky, South Carolina and Florida [2] swung, that could convince moderate Republicans to convict. Of course, we'd then have the practical matter of getting him out of the White House... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_elections https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_elec... [2] https://www.270towin.com/2026-senate-election/ https://www.270towin.com/2026-senate-election/
      - kcplate 2y ago
        Please let’s not go back to the 2016-2020 impeachment and removal fantasies. The man was impeached twice, once even after his presidency was over and still the American people put him back into office. Also, of note, every time he has run for president he received more votes than prior runs—even in 2020. There is literally only one person who has ever received more votes than Trump and that’s Biden in 2020 and frankly there will forever be an asterisk after that election due to the pandemic and Trump’s subsequent win in 2024. If you want him out of office before his term ends, you will need to have 67 democrats as senators with probably at least a quarter of those senators being willing to lose their own elections for that vote. Bottom line, he is in for the next four.

ck2 2y ago

Here's a better question: Why with this kind of setup, absolutely no-one to stop them, would they step aside in 1450 days if voters have their say? Past 10 days have been an absolute railroad of undoing past 100 years. Imagine 1000 days from now the chaos and nobody can change anything for any reason. The word tyranny seems to fit and I wouldn't have used that with Bush/Cheney or even Reagan.

distortionfield 2y ago
He didn’t step away willingly the first time, I have zero reason to believe he would step away willingly the second time, especially after he’s spent so much time undoing all the checks and balances that pushed him out that first time.