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Out of Breath Trump Tells Fox that His Powers are Near Unlimited and Him Losing Was ‘Statistically Impossible’

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Trump spent his entire term as president bursting through legal limits on the presidency doing things once thought unimaginable and automatically impeachable had any president done them but especially Obama and Bush. When you pardon one of your closest friends who was involved in a court case involving you and convicted for lying about it, that is the essence of abuse of power so far beyond the norms it is explosive and represents part of the death of democracy. That’s what Putin would do. The founders said they could give the executive unlimited pardon power because there was an impeachment clause.

Presidents used to have one answer and one only about court cases or investigations, it was cliche: “I do not comment on ongoing investigations or prosecutions.” That was the answer every president used, always. Trump commented on jurors he criticized.

So it is wonderful to see a branch of government not run by Republican senators that actually will hold the president accountable to the law, just like they would do with all of us. The court system has held up. (Mostly, the SCOTUS hasn’t really been tested on that. There is likely a majority there that could be counted upon to rule correctly, and perhaps 9-0 on something really ridiculous).

Trump cannot believe the court system refuses to bow to his will. We don’t know the case he’s referencing when he’s complaining about a court not granting him “standing” to sue. “Standing” is one of the very few hard things for the general public to understand but is well-understood by attorneys who can research the law that applies directly to their case. Standing is nothing more than whether or not the person filing the suit is the correct person to file it, the one who deserves to be heard in the case in front of it. It is addressed at the very beginning of the lawsuit.

Somewhere, somehow, a court ruled in one of the multiple lawsuits that he didn’t have standing to bring the suit. He believes that as president he can bring whatever damn suit he wants to bring, damnit!

Listen to this madman, totally out of breath:

This is a perfect example of lunacy:

These lies need to end:

And you can imagine Americans’ response:

Above, it’s not about the stupidity of the case, but that’s how he appears.

Yes, very typical.

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Peace, y’all
Jason
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Jason Miciak is a political writer, features writer, author, and attorney. He is originally from Canada but grew up in the Pacific Northwest. He now enjoys life as a single dad raising a ridiculously-loved young girl on the beaches of the Gulf Coast. He is very much the dreamy mystic, a day without learning is a day not lived. He is passionate about his flower pots and studies philosophical science, religion, and non-mathematical principles of theoretical physics. Dogs, pizza, and love are proof that God exists. "Above all else, love one another."

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