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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Threatened to dismantle the Ninth Circuit
Called a federal judge a "so-called judge"

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Just cannot believe a judge would put our country in such peril. If something happens blame him and court system. People pouring in. Bad!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 5, 2017[/quote]

Splitting the Ninth Circuit has been discussed many times well before Trump because it is unwieldy among other reasons.

[url]http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/19/politics/lawmakers-trying-again-to-divide-ninth-circuit.html?_r=0[/url]

With regard to the "so-called judge" remark it was totally inappropriate but it did not change a thing really.

Yes, he makes comments disparaging decisions he does not like - and a president should not do so especially in the language he uses - but from a practical standpoint has it changed the outcome one iota?[/quote]
The problem is that too many Americans believe our democracy is only enshrined in our laws and founding documents and not also in our political norms.  Washington warned that this was not the case, but even now we refuse to believe him.

It's a good thing, in general, for a claimant to have to show standing in a court-of-law.  But now we have almost universal agreement that Trump is flagrantly violating the Emoluments Clause, but no one can show standing to challenge this in court.  Our best hope for holding him accountable is for the Congress to act as a check on his corruption, but they seem unwilling to do so...and decades of gerry-mandering is going to be difficult to vote them out.

Trump is violating every political norm Americans have ever held dear, and he's using our Constitution and judicial precedent to protect himself while he openly fleeces the American public.  I'm less disgusted that he's doing it, because lots of people are selfish a$$hol3s, than that people are defending it by citing our democratic ideals.[/quote]

There is a process for dealing with a president who breaks the law: he can be impeached and removed from office or he can be voted out of office at the next election.
Alternatively the elected representatives who are not performing their duty should be voted out of office.

If the duly elected representatives don't want to impeach him or the voters decide at the next election to reelect him, perhaps it is because the perceived illegal actions - which may bother some - is still not sufficiently egregious to others.

But that is how a democracy works ........ we have to trust the voters even though it sometimes results in an outcome we may not agree with.[/quote]

Unless the election was rigged.

I'm one who felt this panic last fall when Trump started throwing that out there. In my mind, the only reason for doing so was because it WAS rigged. If Clinton won, he could completely undermine her presidency by revealing the evidence. And if he won, well, no one would ever believe it.

I also felt he moved fast to start making deals (Kushner companies) because he knew he was on borrowed time. [/quote]

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