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> This is impossible given the threshold for a constitutional convention. Well, it's also just not true that Democrats didn't reign in the power of the preside
by ModernMech 2y ago
> This is impossible given the threshold for a constitutional convention.
Well, it's also just not true that Democrats didn't reign in the power of the presidency when they had control.
They passed a bill and Biden signed it which makes it even more explicitly illegal for President to impound money like Trump tried last term, and is again doing now. That's why we can emphatically say what he's doing is illegal, because he's breaking a law that was passed to curb exactly what he's doing.
Moreover, when Trump argued in court he had broad presidential immunity, Biden argued against that position, thus arguing to limit his own power.
It's hard to claim both sides abuse power when one side claiming total presidential immunity to use the military to kill his political opponents, and the other side says no. The difference couldn't be more stark.