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Showing Original Post only (View all)tRump goes full on Dictator - Consults Attorney to Rule by Decree [View all]
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The Trump administration has been consulting the former government lawyer who wrote the legal justification for waterboarding on how the president might try to rule by decree.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/20/trump-john-yoo-lawyer-torture-waterboarding
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NoRoadUntravelled
Jul 2020
OP
We're watching history repeat itself. How do we stop this if there's no one left in power
NoRoadUntravelled
Jul 2020
#2
Yes there is but no one does anything. I'm flabbergasted (or at least I used to be).
triron
Jul 2020
#11
I know what you mean. Every step that's been taken is worse than the last.
NoRoadUntravelled
Jul 2020
#23
"The tree of liberty from time to time must be refreshed with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
roamer65
Jul 2020
#13
The problem here is, the SC won't be able to rule on this before 11-3-2020
herding cats
Jul 2020
#28