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Twitter's Bobby Big Wheel @kleinman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 18:17 UTC

Orange Man Bad explains far more than many comparative politics PhDs care to admit

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b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 17:54 UTC

right, but conservatives have argued that you can only be found criminally liable IF you're impeached

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b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 17:44 UTC

okay, well the supreme court just did, i don't know what else to tell you

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b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 17:42 UTC

one thing democrats need to understand is that in this moment transparency is their ally

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b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 17:42 UTC

this case against biden's resignation makes sense. i do think that if biden decides to step away from reelection, he should explicitly say that he is doing this because House Republicans are too corrupt to confirm a replacement for Harris.

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b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 17:36 UTC

i wish erickson would just give up the charade and start using the slurs he has in mind

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b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 17:35 UTC

the difference been pundits who have spent too much time huffing gasoline and journalists who are actually thinking through this with seriousness is whether they think having a contentious, brokered convention is less problematic than just going with biden's elected successor.

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b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 17:33 UTC

i think akhil amar reed captures something very important, which is that the roberts court rewrote article ii, which explicitly states that a president can be held criminally liable after impeachment (and which has long been understood to mean that he can be held liable after leaving office)

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b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 17:31 UTC

i think @adamserwer.bsky.social has the best case for Biden's resignation www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 17:23 UTC

i.e., the UCMJ tells members of the armed forces that they are empowered to disobey illegal orders given by commanding officers, up to and including the president.

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b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 17:22 UTC

not only does Congress has the explicit right to declare war but also has the explicit right "to make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces." it's on that basis that it passed the UCMJ. but the UCMJ also directly interferes with the president's power as C-in-C.

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b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 17:16 UTC

for example, is the Uniform Code of Military Justice unconstitutional under this separation of powers doctrine?

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b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 17:15 UTC

given the roberts' courts expansive (and frankly extra-constitutional) notions of "separation of powers," i do wonder if they would eventually turn their eyes toward any congressional regulation of presidential power, even that which is specified under congress' article i powers

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