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Vance says it out loud - we are above the law

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by citygator, Feb 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM.

  1. cocodrilo

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    Gee, who could have predicted it?
     
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  2. dangolegators

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    Yep. Our system depends on most of the people involved in the federal government - the president, congress, judges, bureaucrats - voluntarily following the constitution. There's no way to enforce anything otherwise.
     
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  3. G8trGr8t

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    No threat to democracy here
     
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  4. slocala

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    I don’t see Trump going so far to ignore a court decision. He has a SCOTUS Trump card, so he isn’t too worried about lower court judges. Just puts them on blast as activist judges and threatens their lives.
     
  5. citygator

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    Update: Trump agrees.

     
  6. WarDamnGator

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    Vance already said he wouldn't and bought into the "VP can overturn the election" nonsense. Pretty convenient for him.
     
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  7. sierragator

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    It is a matter of time. If his stooges on the scotus rule against him, he will play the Andrew Jackson card. Unchecked power. Just like the founders intended.
    Pardons for all who follow his orders after defying a scotus ruling. Checkmate.
     
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  8. gator_jo

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    They're criminals.

    MAGA and many Americans knew that when they cast their votes.

    'Murica.
     
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  9. Emmitto

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    Jockey for position.

    Boots to lick.

    Yours too! Maybe…….
     
  10. jjgator55

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    This is a tactic Trump used in his first administration, and why judges have been important to Mitch McConnell to get an authoritarian agenda passed. Trump’s “I’m not going to and you can’t make me” way of governance is a tactic where he knows what he’s doing is unconstitutional, and dares someone to challenge him in court. The SCOTUS has ruled against Trump several times so there’s no reason to think they won’t do it again. Bondi is going to be a busy little girl spending all her time trying to defend Trump, and she always manages to lose.
     
  11. citygator

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    The amazing thing about the US experiment is that it relied on good faith governance. It's all a house of cards without it.
     
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  12. VAg8r1

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    Have to wonder if you're going to continue defending the Dear Leader after he tanks the economy.
     
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  13. g8orbill

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    I do no think he tanks the economy- though I know that is what you libs are hoping for
     
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  14. g8trjax

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  15. jjgator55

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    But why wouldn’t he tank the economy? That’s the one thing he does really well.
     
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  16. G8trGr8t

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    Courts are a tactic he has used his whole life. I'm not going to pay you until a judge forces it and then I will declare bankruptcy after paying myself big huge management fees.
     
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  17. G8trGr8t

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    When the Senate ignored all evidence in the impeachment,s, the cake was cooked
     
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  18. VAg8r1

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    This is from a conservative/Libertarian think tank and it just focuses on one impact of Trump's economic policy:
    Seven Charts Showing How Canada/Mexico Tariffs Would Harm the US Auto Industry (and American Car Buyers)
    The prediction that Trump will tank the economy isn't the hope of "libs", it's reality. Just Google the term "Smoot Hawley tariff" to see a likely consequence of Trump's across the board as well as his specific tariffs on steel and aluminum.
     
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  19. G8trGr8t

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    He will. It will be someone else's fault, skidmark said so
     
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  20. jjgator55

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    They’ll just blame Biden.
     
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