That says it all really www.msnbc.com/…
This is not some hypothetical.
When Trump specifically denies an intent, that is, in fact, his intent.
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The Republican-controlled House and Senate have been neutered.
SCOTUS has already confirmed he has immunity. www.supremecourt.gov/…
As Sotomayor noted in her dissent in TRUMP v. UNITED STATES
Looking beyond the fate of this particular prosecution,
the long-term consequences of today’s decision are stark.
The Court effectively creates a law-free zone around the
President, upsetting the status quo that has existed since
the Founding. This new official-acts immunity now “lies
about like a loaded weapon” for any President that wishes
to place his own interests, his own political survival, or his
own financial gain, above the interests of the Nation. Kore-
matsu v. United States, 323 U. S. 214, 246 (1944) (Jackson,
J., dissenting). The President of the United States is the
most powerful person in the country, and possibly the
world. When he uses his official powers in any way, under
the majority’s reasoning, he now will be insulated from
criminal prosecution. Orders the Navy’s Seal Team 6 to as-
sassinate a political rival? Immune. Organizes a military
coup to hold onto power? Immune. Takes a bribe in ex-
change for a pardon? Immune. Immune, immune, immune.
Let the President violate the law, let him exploit the trap-
pings of his office for personal gain, let him use his official
power for evil ends. Because if he knew that he may one
day face liability for breaking the law, he might not be as
bold and fearless as we would like him to be. That is the
majority’s message today.
Even if these nightmare scenarios never play out, and I
pray they never do, the damage has been done. The rela-
tionship between the President and the people he serves
has shifted irrevocably. In every use of official power, the
President is now a king above the law.
Sadly, I believe Sottomayor's nightmare is today’s reality.
Look at who Trump is jealous of:
- Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin: Ruthless, Killer, The Ultimate Godfather.
- Xi Jinping: Ruthless, Killer, Subjugated The Party to his will.
- Kim Jong Un: Ruthless, Killer, A Dynasty.
As Trump pointed out, there is a common thread
"I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters, OK?" "It's, like, incredible."
Going back to the title of the diary. He wants to outdo them all.
As President and Commander-in-Chief, neither the Constitution nor the Rule of Law applies to him.
Who is going to stop him?
Congress? Really, ha. They surrendered ages ago.
SCOTUS? They already made him untouchable.
The Military? Hmm, doubtful, is mutiny the American way?
Revolution. At this time, we would end up in another civil war.
It is looking a trifle bleak.
A Morning Muse
~A
# As Lord Acton pointed out
“Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority; still more when you superadd the tendency of the certainty of corruption by authority.”
“Despotic power is always accompanied by corruption of morality.”
“Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force.”
“Everybody likes to get as much power as circumstances allow, and nobody will vote for a self-denying ordinance.”
“Absolute power demoralizes.”
