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@nycsouthpaw Smarter lawyers than me are arguing with Goldsmith's constitutional analysis, but the correct rebuttal is "The Constitution does not permit the president to act as a Manchurian candidate and then permanently conceal that fact from everyone, because HELLO, OF COURSE IT DOESN'T"
@nycsouthpaw "You see, Trump has discovered the loophole that lets him commit crimes and betray America with no possibility of being legally caught. You do hate to see it"

Yeah, no. The Constitution is intended to create functioning government, not act as solvable puzzle for malefactors
@nycsouthpaw There are, in fact, some notoriously permissive presidential powers, powers that could be used to shield the president - the pardon power comes to mind.

What distinguishes these is that THEIR PERMISSIVENESS WAS KNOWN IN ADVANCE, not discovered in the course of abuse.
@nycsouthpaw The current situation is Trump is committing previously unimaginable abuses, and then a bunch of scholars turning around and announcing, wow folks, he's got us outwitted: we have no choice but to grant his ability to commit those abuses. Like.. yes we do? Just say he can't do it!
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Okay, important HOUSING CIVIL RIGHTS ALERT: Trump is currently trying to shoot a bunch of holes in the Fair Housing Act. They're trying to insert a huge carveout, especially for financial institutions, in the part of the Act that bars racial segregation and discrimination.
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Democrats control a significant majority of America's votes, its most prosperous regions, and the House. They have sufficient power and resources to meet GOP intransigence blow for blow, and the only reason they don't is squeamishness over maximalism
Meanwhile the GOP is exercising every lever of power available to it, and testing out new levers all the time, in a scorched-earth campaign to destroy every institution valued by the left, liberals, and even the center.
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Remember when the president declared Jews disloyal to Israel for not supporting him and it wasn't a half-day news story
If Elizabeth Warren or Joe Biden had even slightly implied the same thing, it would, beyond any shadow of a doubt, be considered a major campaign liability we'd hear about for the next 18 months
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