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This just showed up on my Twitter feed (from Keith Boykin), and I thought it was an interesting and compelling short list of things the next Democratic government should work on:
Link to tweet
7 Reforms After Trump
1. Repeal Shelby v Holder
2. Repeal Citizens United
3. Abolish electoral college
4. Apply anti-nepotism law to White House
5. POTUS candidates must release tax returns
6. Presidents may not self-pardon
7. Special counsel has power to indict president
DURHAM D
(32,609 posts)government employees or volunteers of their own administration.
rock
(13,218 posts)American Law does not allow a person to stand in judgement for oneself. I.e. One of your wishes granted!
You moved faster than me
It is not only in the US.
No one can claim impartiality and be both judge and defendant.
It is a universal principle of law.
rock
(13,218 posts)I've posted this principle many times before on DU. Yours is the first response I got. I was beginning to think I had made it up and every body was just ignoring the crazy ole coot! Thanks again.
syringis
(5,101 posts)I don't know where this comes from
When I've read that in a newspaper, it drove me up the walls !