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Under whose authority? The president is still commander-in-chief, unless and until impeached
by int_19h 2y ago
Under whose authority? The president is still commander-in-chief, unless and until impeached
- rurban 2y agoIf the president is behind all that, there are proper command chains to deal with such a scenario. Democracy is about checks and balances. The US is by far not a democracy anymore, but still calls itself so.
- int_19h 2y agoThe "proper chain" for this scenario is either Congress impeaching the president, or the vice president triggering the 25th Amendment. Unfortunately, the Republicans in Congress refuse to do so and pretend that everything is fine, and the vice president is the president's lackey. As far as I know, we don't have any other legal mechanisms to remove the president from his position as commander-in-chief. If you know of any, I'd love to hear more about them.