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RussBLib

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2. You should watch that segment

Reply to NonPC (Reply #1)

Sun Aug 16, 2020, 12:04 PM

Aug 2020

On CBS Sunday Morning.

Chilling as fuck. And those powers, in the hands of this lunatic, become absurd.

Seems to me these powers should be enumerated somewhere, and short of a Constitutional Amendment, they don't seem legal.

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Rewriting the Limits of Presidential Powers [View all] RussBLib Aug 2020 OP

Some Wild Hair Idea Run Amuck NonPC Aug 2020 #1

You should watch that segment RussBLib Aug 2020 #2

No... Newest Reality Aug 2020 #3

Wow. This is scary shit. nt iluvtennis Aug 2020 #7

Yes. It is very unsettling, to say the least. Newest Reality Aug 2020 #8

It amazes me that he can spend umpteen hours of staff hours digging up arcane policies iluvtennis Aug 2020 #11

Funny how you can totally miss things RussBLib Aug 2020 #9

Yes... Newest Reality Aug 2020 #12

Claim some false national emergency, and shut down the election process. ashredux Aug 2020 #4

Just watched that segment which we had recorded. TryLogic Aug 2020 #5

Just remember, GOP, any powers you claim trump has, a future Dem Pres would also have. oldsoftie Aug 2020 #6

Some more info about PEADs TomVilmer Aug 2020 #10

Well we have several Presidents still alive. Anyone think to ask one of them about PEADS? icymist Aug 2020 #13

After discussion with hosts ... LOCKING applegrove Aug 2020 #14