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Remember when executive overreach was a thing?

Journal by DeathMonkey

Well the good news is that most congresscritters do, and Trump's fake-ass emergency was rejected.

41 Republican Senators and 182 Republican House Representatives, on the other hand, just proved how completely full of crap they are.

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  • (Score: 1) by Sulla on Thursday March 14 2019, @09:34PM (4 children)

    by Sulla (5173) on Thursday March 14 2019, @09:34PM (#814494) Journal

    Its a good play. Without the declaration Trump is still legally able to shift around funds to build more of the wall, yet the democrats are focused on the small portion from the emergency declaration. He will be able to build/restore swaths of wall/fence before this gets through the legal process. The funds from the emergency declaration is relatively small. CNN sells all of the budget shifting as from the declaration, which it is not.

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  • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Friday March 15 2019, @08:08AM (3 children)

    by aristarchus (2645) on Friday March 15 2019, @08:08AM (#814696) Journal

    Sulla! This is why you lead to the downfall of Rome! A willful inability to understand the rule of law! No, Trump cannot to that! Even if he does, as you so traitoriously put it, before the legal process get something done, it will all have to be torn down, his name stripped from all laws and public monuments, his spawn liquidated and his ancestors erased. That is the Roman way, is it not? Crucifixion? We leave them up there until the birds and rats have their way, and there is nothing left to bury, so that people have to come up with resurrection myths to not feel so bad about the lack of closure. Trump is going down. Once he vetos the repudiation of the Congress's denial of his "emergency", even more Republican Senators will feel the call to defend the Constitution. Rome, Sulla, it was an idea, that only existed in a whisper, and only lasted as long as good men defended it. Trump is not a good man. All who support him are traitors. There will be justice. Do not be on the wrong side of it again, Sulla, I beg you!

    • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday March 15 2019, @03:03PM (2 children)

      by Runaway1956 (2926) on Friday March 15 2019, @03:03PM (#814795) Homepage Journal

      You're several different kinds of dumbass, Ari. But, see if you can't refresh your memory. Rome ultimately fell when it was unable to resist the barbarian hordes from outside. Right? Remember? And, here you are, arguing that we should stop resisting the barbarian hordes from south of the border. Now, are you ready to admit that you've been wrong, all along? Or, would you rather admit that you hate the United States, and that you WANT to see us fall?

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      • (Score: 1) by Sulla on Friday March 15 2019, @04:46PM (1 child)

        by Sulla (5173) on Friday March 15 2019, @04:46PM (#814866) Journal

        I believe Aristarchus is complaining about the fall of the Republic. People like to forget that it was Marius and his murder of countless members of the senatorial and equestrian classes that left a void that the opposition to monarchy would have formerly filled. It is a bad analogy on Aristarchus part because there is still an extensive opposition to the executive in the United States.

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        • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Friday March 15 2019, @08:35PM

          by aristarchus (2645) on Friday March 15 2019, @08:35PM (#815043) Journal

          History is not Runaway's strong suite. In fact, Runaway has no strong suite. But as for the analogy, you should have learned that it is never too early to oppose tyranny, Sulla! Empires never fall from external causes like hordes of barbarians, they rot from the inside, when they allow corrupt idiots to seize power and hold endless rallies, when formerly brave citizens become cowardly and afraid of barbarians to the extent they would imprison women and children, and seek to build a wall, like the Vallum Hadriani.

          No, Runaway, the United States has already failed. It has lost its principles of equality and justice that made it what it was, and now consists of fools in MAGAot hats who watch Fox News. Quite sad, actually.