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STAC Goat posted:My understanding is that its technically, theoretically possible for Trump to adjourn Congress but it would be a constitutional crisis and its almost certainly not gonna happen and its just Trump screaming "I am king" nonsense like usual.  the Trump administration has been a chain of constitutional crises, what makes you think this one won’t happen?Caesarism machine go brrrrrr: Wikipedia page on Caesarism posted:Sociologist Max Weber believed that every mass democracy went in a Caesarist direction. Professor of law Gerhard Casper writes "Weber employed the term to stress, inter alia, the plebiscitary character of elections, disdain for parliament, the non-toleration of autonomous powers within the government and a failure to attract or suffer independent political minds."[4]
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https://twitter.com/jdawsey1/status/1250552613369712640 Back on his poo poo again
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Apr 15, 2020 23:33
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Kamala Harris had this dipshit dead to rights in California for intentionally boosting housing foreclosures through his bank and she let him go. Trump would've have found some other leech to do the job but still.
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Apr 15, 2020 23:35
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Oh poo poo. imagine if this is what causes Texas to swing blue. Goddamn the meltdowns would be epic
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Apr 15, 2020 23:35
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:lol no he can’t do that what the gently caress does that even mean Of course he can, ya'll ain't been keeping up. He can adjourn them; he can summon them to reconvene.
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Apr 15, 2020 23:36
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Somewhere, right this moment, this very second, there is a Trumper going into a literal frothing rage till he strokes out
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Apr 15, 2020 23:37
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GarudaPrime posted:I don't know, this seems to me to be a really reasonable method for phasing out a strict lockdown. What do people expect to keep every thing closed through June? I don't think any country can tolerate that hit to the economy. It's so loving depressing that we need a place to put kids while we do our very important jobs and destroy the planet for them while simultaneously ignoring them and raising them to be monsters like we are.
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SocketWrench posted:Oh poo poo. imagine if this is what causes Texas to swing blue. Goddamn the meltdowns would be epic It’s going to get further bogged down in rulemaking and litigation over what counts as “affected by covid” and how one goes about proving it. Just like the Florida felon rights amendment.
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Apr 15, 2020 23:38
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Can someone explain to me what this means https://twitter.com/JonathanTurley/status/1250547609607036929 https://twitter.com/JonathanTurley/status/1250548527530459137 https://twitter.com/JonathanTurley/status/1250551432928989184
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Apr 15, 2020 23:39
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Trump had the whole government for 2 years. Why didnt he get anyone confirmed then?
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Funk In Shoe posted:I can't stand it. He looks like literally how my 2 year old stands when he's got a full diaper. what a strange coincidence 
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Apr 15, 2020 23:40
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:The most optimistic model for the pandemic assume that everyone adheres to a lockdown until June. If things open in May this gets much worse fast. Simple as that. I assume we are talking about the US. If so I agree we will be locked down through may. I would bet every one of my Trumpbux the vast majority of the US breaks into a measured reopening by Jun 1st though. Some new states that are the epicenters will lag behind but the majority of the country won't. Also I'm not saying we achieve a full reopening with movie theaters and packed restaurants or anything (I wouldnt put it past us though), but most non hospitality and travel work wont be under forced lockdown. Of course there wont be much demand for stuff, so it will probably still be an unforced shutdown.
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Apr 15, 2020 23:41
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ManBoyChef posted:Trump had the whole government for 2 years. Why didnt he get anyone confirmed then?
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Apr 15, 2020 23:41
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SOMEONE PLEASE BRING UP THE JUDGES MCCONNELL BLOCKED ESPECIALLY GARLAND
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Apr 15, 2020 23:41
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Can someone explain to me what this means It means that if the Senate wants to adjourn, and the House doesn't, Trump can adjourn both for the rest of his presidency
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Apr 15, 2020 23:41
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Has he gotten pissed off yet?
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Apr 15, 2020 23:42
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SalTheBard posted:I think the boat is next to the truck. I think it's an optical illusion. Nah, there's more than one picture. Dude has two outboards strapped to a 2x4 across the back of his truck bed
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Apr 15, 2020 23:44
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Donald trump officially knows what WHO stands for. Somebody, somewhere, lost a very modest bet.
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Apr 15, 2020 23:45
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The president can't adjourn Congress, right?
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Apr 15, 2020 23:46
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“We’re a developing nation. We’re developing too!” Donald has no idea how right he is.
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Apr 15, 2020 23:47
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BigBallChunkyTime posted:The president can't adjourn Congress, right? It seems like the answer is, "it depends." Also lol https://twitter.com/MichaelMathes/status/1250556103043231744
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BigBallChunkyTime posted:The president can't adjourn Congress, right? The crack/ping is strong with this thread right now. Yes, he can.
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VH4Ever posted:I'm back in today too. I'm not proud of myself. I don't know why I decided to turn it on for once, you guys corrupted me, but it did result in this gem: "We're considered a developing country as well in my book"
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Apr 15, 2020 23:48
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BigBallChunkyTime posted:The president can't adjourn Congress, right? Pretty clearly spelled out that he can.
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Apr 15, 2020 23:49
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Omg he just wandered the gently caress off. Like a Sasquatch back to the wild.
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Apr 15, 2020 23:49
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FlamingLiberal posted:He's been doing it the whole time since the Senate has been in GOP hands his entire presidency. Hell, a bunch of Dems even voted for some of his early lovely cabinet appointments Nowadays it's because the Venn diagram of "could pass confirmation in even this Senate" and "sufficient obsequiousness and willingness to blatantly violate rules" is very low. And the pool of people willing to submit themselves for consideration in those categories is very small. BigBallChunkyTime posted:The president can't adjourn Congress, right? The president cannot unilaterally adjourn Congress; Congress needs to be in a specific situation for that power to activate and it's not now and won't be.
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"It's cold out." *walks off* ROFL
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Apr 15, 2020 23:50
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haveblue posted:The president cannot unilaterally adjourn Congress; Congress needs to be in a specific situation for that power to activate and it's not now and won't be. “In a 5-4 bloopity bloppity bloo”
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haveblue posted:Nowadays it's because the Venn diagram of "could pass confirmation in even this Senate" and "sufficient obsequiousness and willingness to blatantly violate rules" is very low. And the pool of people willing to submit themselves for consideration in those categories is very small. I believe there was one where the appointment failed the first time but he got reappointed and the second time it went through?
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haveblue posted:The president cannot unilaterally adjourn Congress; Congress needs to be in a specific situation for that power to activate and it's not now and won't be. Theoretically, he can adjourn when the houses of Congress are in disagreement about when they are to adjourn. It's a power that has never been invoked. I have bad news about the current SCOTUS...
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FlamingLiberal posted:I feel like only a handful of those awful judicial appointments got pulled Judicial appointments sail through because he doesn't have to deal with them directly and he's just picking them off a list someone handed him. Cabinet appointments are different, he has to work with them and see them speak for him on TV.
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Can someone explain to me what this means Sorry Turley, you helped him stay in office during the hearings. He got what he wanted from you, and is done listening.
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Apr 15, 2020 23:54
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Both houses of Congress are in agreement that they’ll return on May 4th so what does that mean for anything?
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SocketWrench posted:Nah, there's more than one picture. Dude has two outboards strapped to a 2x4 across the back of his truck bed Motorboats are multiple occupancy recreational vehicles and have been deemed non-essential during the crisis in Michigan. Their use is temporarily not permitted. Kayaks are still okay, though, being single-person craft. Cue right-wing hysteria.
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Both houses of Congress are in agreement that they’ll return on May 4th so what does that mean for anything? It means he can't adjourn them then.
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Both houses of Congress are in agreement that they’ll return on May 4th so what does that mean for anything? Trump wants to use recess appointments to force through his judicial nominanees who are universally young Federalist-approved conservative ideologues
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Fritz the Horse posted:Theoretically, he can adjourn when the houses of Congress are in disagreement about when they are to adjourn. This strikes me as one of those situations where Roberts sees no long term advantage to the Republican Party (and in fact a lot of long term damage) and substantial damage to his power so he doesn’t go along with it. One year of more Trump appointments when he has a Republican senate isn’t worth risking giving Biden four years of the potential ability to appoint whoever he wants even if Republicans keep the Senate. The other four will write an opinion they will have issues with later of course because they have the foresight of a sack of wet clay.
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Fritz the Horse posted:Trump wants to use recess appointments to force through his judicial nominanees who are universally young Federalist-approved conservative ideologues Oh I know why Trump wants to do it. But the point is that if both Houses are in agreement, which they are, then he can’t gently caress with them by my reading from people on Twitter. And why does he need recess appointments for that the Senate is already doing that. Is he really just that butthurt that Congress took a couple weeks off right now?
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