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These scholars pointed to other Trump actions they say blatantly broke the law, such as freezing trillions of dollar in federal spending and dismissing members of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), even though they were confirmed by the Senate and had several years left in their terms.

“Without any doubt Donald Trump is the most lawless and scofflaw president we have ever seen in the history of the United States,” said Laurence Tribe, one of the nation’s leading constitutional scholars and a professor emeritus at Harvard Law School.

Tribe said Trump has carried out “a blitzkrieg on the law and the constitution. The very fact that the illegal actions have come out with the speed of a rapidly firing Gatling gun makes it very hard for people to focus on any one of them. That’s obviously part of the strategy.”

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[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

It feels like he is just trying to overwhelm opponents and the courts with a massive barrage of violations. It takes months or even a year for these things to work their way through the system. In the meantime he can slow them down and just keep enacting his edicts. By the time anyone stops him he could've had them going for months.

He also knows his supporters are so disconnected from reality and slaves to conspiracy theories that he can do anything and deflect it and his supporters will nod in agreement like trained seals.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Yeah, with emphasis on the German.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 7 hours ago

Don't use words like Blitzkreig. It gets Elon all excited and he starts seig heiling everywhere.

[–] Maiq@lemy.lol 103 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

If you can't hold someone accountable for their actions in a court of law, there is no law.

Eventually you are left with the law of force

[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 62 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

This is what he learned in the 8 years since he was first elected. That laws aren't real and no one wants to enforce then. When you impeach someone twice and nothing of consequence happens, of course they stop fearing consequence.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Also, the dude isn't going to live much longer. He probably figured he'd turn the crazy up to 11 and tear off the knob, because why the hell not?

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 30 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

He learned his lesson, just not the one anyone wanted him to learn.

[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

This is why I take a behavioral science lens to so much of politics. They will learn the lesson you teach them. This is why principles are so important and shouldn't be partisan or ignored.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 12 hours ago

It's so simple that it's kind of maddening that so few people get it.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I mean, there's definitely still law. Just for little people with no resources.

"Law and order" was always code for "brutalize the minorities because we can."

[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 10 hours ago

Fines have always been code for "you must be this rich to play."

[–] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 8 points 8 hours ago

It's easy to do unconstitutional things when you haven't read the constitution and have only been president once before

[–] drdalek@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Who could've fucking predicted this?! So crazy (I'm leaving the US)

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Have any good suggestions on where to go?

[–] Brodysseus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 23 minutes ago
[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 50 points 13 hours ago

Convicted Felon elected to Presidency continues doing crimes

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_and_awe

Shock and awe (technically known as rapid dominance) is a military strategy based on the use of overwhelming power and spectacular displays of force to paralyze the enemy's perception of the battlefield and destroy their will to fight.

The Shock Doctrine, Milton Friedman's "Economic Shock Treatment."

The tools of oppression finally worming their way home to the USA. The CIA did this to other countries countless times.

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 29 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

Yeah but who's gonna impeach him?

Congress! Oh wait...

[–] skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Who’s going to actually enforce the impeachment.

Oh wouldn't it be something to see, say, the 101st airborne dragging him out of the white house bunker while he yells orders at the secret service to defend him.

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 hours ago
[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Even if they do it a third time, whos gonna vote to convict him? Who's going to enforce it? There simply aren't any consequences for him.

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 6 points 8 hours ago

Exactly. He's got Congress and the supreme court. Ain't no one gonna do anything.

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 24 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Don't worry folks, the rest of the US just need to tell Trump "hey, that's illegal!" and he'll stop. If you need proof, just look at all the other times in history that dictators' plans have been blocked by the courts.

[–] breakingcups@lemmy.world 18 points 13 hours ago

When you're the president, they let you do it! Grab 'em right in the rule of law.

[–] sirico 9 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

🐸 Nigel is the pot a little warmer today?

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Don't worry, we're only making plans for Nigel. Oooohhh.

We only want what's best for him...