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April 17, 2020 Buck Banks

Well, Trump’s certainly got a lock on notoriety,
And he’s filled to the brim with false piety.
But the 10th Amendment says
That just because he’s prez,
It doesn’t mean he has “total authority.”

In Impeachment, Trump Runs Into the Immovable Constitution

November 13, 2019 Buck Banks

“Trump can do away with the traditions and niceties of the office, but he can’t get away from the Constitution. During Watergate, many people feared that if a president collapsed, America is broken. But the lesson of Nixon is that the Constitution is durable and the country can handle it.”

— Historian Douglas Brinkley

Sounds Like a Constitutional Crisis

May 13, 2019 Buck Banks

“Our constitutional system never contemplated a President like Donald Trump. The Framers anticipated friction among the three branches of government, which has been a constant throughout our history, but the Trump White House has now established a complete blockade against the legislative branch, thwarting any meaningful oversight. The system, it appears, may simply be incapable of responding to this kind of challenge.”

— Jeffrey Toobin

Bush Would Change the Constitution

August 19, 2015 Buck Banks

There are like 10 things I would change in the Constitution with a magic wand.

— Jeb Bush, quoted by the Washington Post, when asked if he supports revoking birthright citizenship.

Reading Constitution Risks Ugly Surprises for GOP-Tea Party – Framers Were Liberals, Congress’ Right to Tax Is Enshrined

January 6, 2011January 6, 2011 Jon Ponder

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In Impeachment, Trump Runs Into the Immovable Constitution

“Trump can do away with the traditions and niceties of the office, but he can’t get away from the Constitution. During Watergate, many people feared that if a president collapsed, America is broken. But the lesson of Nixon is that the Constitution is durable and the country can handle it.”

— Historian Douglas Brinkley

Sounds Like a Constitutional Crisis

— Jeffrey Toobin

Bush Would Change the Constitution

There are like 10 things I would change in the Constitution with a magic wand.

— Jeb Bush, quoted by the Washington Post, when asked if he supports revoking birthright citizenship.

Reading Constitution Risks Ugly Surprises for GOP-Tea Party – Framers Were Liberals, Congress’ Right to Tax Is Enshrined

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“They’ve invested heavily in AI labs. They’ve invested heavily in data centers. So, the first family has a financial stake in this industry, and as a result, the president of the United States is compromised.”

— “Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) on Monday said President Trump will likely not heed calls from technology leaders to implement guardrails on the development of artificial intelligence because of his family’s investments in the industry,” NewsNation reports.

— Jane Haman

“We’re working through some political issues in Israel. I think we agree with them on the end state. They just have a crazy election, and that makes them a little irrational in certain regards.”

— Jared Kushner, quoted by CBS News, on the lack of progress in Gaza.

Numerati

470

Reuters has documented at least 470 targets of retribution under Trump’s leadership – from federal employees and prosecutors to universities and media outlets. The list illuminates the sweeping effort by the president and his administration to punish dissent and reshape the government.

$184 million

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