‘Thousands And Thousands Of Heavily Armed Soldiers’
On Monday evening, Donald Trump delivered a short address in the Rose Garden while police and military personnel fired tear gas to disperse protesters gathered nearby.
It was a surreal scene even by the standards of an administration that specializes in creating alternate realities.
Law enforcement (some of whom rode towards the crowd on horseback) appeared to be coordinating with the White House in a bid to create a chaotic scene, knowing the media would employ split-screens as the president
How to put this politely: burning in hell for eternity is too good for Steven Miller.
Anyone who didn’t see this coming has their head up their ass.
This virus has spared the young. Most politicians learned their lesson from Kent State. Killing Grandchildren is a bit of a no-no.
Reichstag Fire?
I’m still confused, the entire country is on curfew @7 ? How long will this last? The governors have various times in specific cities ranging till 10pm
At least we “opened it all up” against those horrible governors who were restricting our freedumbs, amirite?
He cannot enforce a martial law declaration. He has not power to order the military to take action against U.S. citizens.
Until he does it anyway. He seems to be able to break pretty much any law he wants without recourse. Is this where you suspect the GOP would abandon him? Or do you suspect the military would decline the order? The latter maybe plausible.
The military has put in writing after once he made another audacious statement. Words to the effect, ‘we will follow any legal order put to us by the Commander in Chief’.
Isn’t this Posse Comatitus? Doesn’t this require an act of Congress? Isn’t this a country of laws?
“Our greatest days are ahead of us”…yes, like five or six years from now after we’ve descended through what might perhaps be among the darkest periods of our countries history. Sure, we’ll emerge with great optimism, but that is years from now.
To the reader who exclaims that the non-aware must have had their “heads up our asses,” yes we have, as a country, have our heads up our asses. This was seen coming from decades away. But those of use who have seen it coming, are far out weighted by the numbers who cared to either not pay attention or were under the influence of the bread and circuses.
I’m sorry my friends, but this might be a long, hot summer, exceeding perhaps, 1968…and don’t we have party elections this year, at least proxies of such?
Premarket open is down 20 points.
Posse Comitatus is one of those old-timey laws that aren’t enforced anymore – like adultery, blasphemy, sacrilege, debasement, perjury, obstruction of justice, bribery, fraud, corruption, torture, witness tampering, not registering as a foreign agent, campaign finance violations, collusion, conspiracy, war crimes, and lollygagging.
Well if Lollygagging were brought back as a crime I would be in Prison for the rest of my life.
Probably postpone the election. Because of the Virus. Or something.
Walt, any room left on your island?
I do not think the military can follow such an order. They are required to follow any lawful order, this order to deploy on protesters is not lawful. The Senate passed on ending this before it started when they declined to prosecute impeachment.
Knowledge is Power…
The Insurrection Act of 1807 is a United States federal law (10 U.S.C. §§ 251—255; prior to 2016, 10 U.S.C. §§ 331—335) that empowers the president of the United States to deploy military troops within the United States in particular circumstances, such as to suppress civil disorder, insurrection and rebellion.
Mr, Somebody, from Mr. Nobody,
Thanks for the enlightenment. I guess we are closer to Fascism than I knew.
Oppose Fascism or you may get to know the power of the State under the heal of a boot.
Of course this must be verified to be believed.
According to Wikipedia at least there are significant limitations to the use of this act. Which it does not seem are being met. So such a unilateral move would be unconstitutional and therefore an illegal act on his part. Not that illegal has ever slowed him down.
The act empowers the US president to federalize the National Guard and to use the remainder of the Armed Forces:
1.when requested by a state's legislature or governor, to address an insurrection against the state (10 U.S.C. § 251),
2.to address an insurrection against the federal government (10 U.S.C. § 252), or
2.hinders the execution of the laws such that citizens are deprived of constitutional rights (10 U.S.C. § 253).
You’re correct. Or at least, technically you’re correct. The issue is, it’s not really clear what Trump “can” and “can’t” do. All of these purported limitations assume he doesn’t just ignore them. And I don’t mean that to be alarmist (although it is alarming). Rather, I mean it in the context of William Barr. Barr wasn’t just brought in to deal with Mueller. And Barr is no idiot. His role in all of this forces us to rethink what is and isn’t possible for the executive when he’s got somebody who is competent, cunning and determined right next to him. This administration is full of silly people — Barr is not one of them.
True Barr is not silly but he may very well be a psychopath.
I don’t know if the United States can avoid an existential crisis over the next 7 months much less an additional four years beyond 2020.
He may have figured out that if he loses the Senate and Presidency he gets to take up residence in prison. His nature is to lash out at all perceived enemies who would limit his sphere of influence.