Trump administration 2024-2028

[KevinB]

He and his team appear to be operating under the impression that there's no risk of future elections.

His third term will be a doozy...

 

[JLB50]

Well considering he gave out a lot of term ending pardons as 45, I guess when his time ends this time, no one should expect that 47’s mean anything then…

Setting precedents like this isn’t really bright.

He will probably be reevaluating this choice as the noose around him closes.

The law means nothing to Trump, except as a way to extricate himself from things he has done to others.

 

[KevinB]

The law means nothing to Trump, except as a way to extricate himself from things he has done to others.

Until it flips back on him, then it is unfair...

 

[Brad Sallows]

Setting precedents like this isn’t really bright.

The precedent is whether/when auto-signatures are valid, and whether/when there has to be a manifest involvement of the president in the signing (even if he might have to be reminded what he is signing).

Should (unelected, unconfirmed) staff be capable of signing stuff into law? The question is important regardless whether this actually happened or not - the capability is what's at issue.

 

[KevinB]

The precedent is whether/when auto-signatures are valid, and whether/when there has to be a manifest involvement of the president in the signing (even if he might have to be reminded what he is signing).

Should (unelected, unconfirmed) staff be capable of signing stuff into law? The question is important regardless whether this actually happened or not - the capability is what's at issue.

That seems a little tin foil ish - based on the fact that President Biden articulated verbally why he did what he did.

 

[Brad Sallows]

That seems a little tin foil ish - based on the fact that President Biden articulated verbally why he did what he did.

The question isn't "all?"; it's "some?"

 

[Blackadder1916]

Whose law though? Some countries have proclaimed that listening to Voice of America, or BBC for that matter, is a crime.

As I twist the end of my moustache.

 

[brihard]

Totally normal for POTUS to declare his predecessor's pardons are null and of no effect.

No but a meaningless tweet from Trump not related to actual operation of law is pretty normal.

 

[dapaterson]

No but a meaningless tweet from Trump not related to actual operation of law is pretty normal.

Good thing he hasn't been firing lawyers and senior federal police then.

Oh.

 

[brihard]

Good thing he hasn't been firing lawyers and senior federal police then.

Oh.

Easy now, he’s still got Alina Habba. Providing advice in the validity of a signature is theoretically within her level of competence.

 

[QV]

Huh, sucks to be the DNC. You would think the DNC would get a bump if what Trump is doing is so unpalatable for Americans.

Democrats Are More Unpopular Than Ever | National Review

Democrats seem unlikely to fix what ails them. But in 2026 and 2028, they could still easily find — thanks to Trump — that they don’t have to.

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[dapaterson]

Easy now, he’s still got Alina Habba. Providing advice in the validity of a signature is theoretically within her level of competence.

I don't know, I've watched Pawn Stars and seen what their autograph dudes do.

 

[dapaterson]

"I don't care what the judges think" would, to my not legally trained mind, appear to adequately demonstrate mens rea in the inevitable prosecution for contempt.

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)

Homan: "We're not stopping. I don't care what the judges think. I don't care what the left thinks. We're coming."

bsky.app

 

[brihard]

"I don't care what the judges think" would, to my not legally trained mind, appear to adequately demonstrate mens rea in the inevitable prosecution for contempt.

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)

Homan: "We're not stopping. I don't care what the judges think. I don't care what the left thinks. We're coming."

bsky.app

I suspect that quote will appear in a court filing on some sort of interlocutory matter pretty quickly.