@jeffjarvis
Handy alternatives to "unitary executive" =
King, dictator, authoritarian leader, megalomaniac, despot, tyrant, autocrat, monarch, fascist enabler, ruler, mob boss, sovereign, el caudillo, pharaoh, Caeser, Czar, Big Brother, capo de tutti capi, godfather, der Feuhrer.
#UnitaryExecutive #USPolitics
" I understand Roberts as attempting to simultaneously reassure Trump about that while also seeming to stand firm on behalf of federal judges."
I'm seeing it as a pure PR play on #JohnRoberts part to buff the cred of #SCOTUS
Anyone who is paying any attention knows that #LeonardLeo's implementation of the #SupremeCourt is designed for one purpose only:
To enshrine the #UnitaryExecutive as #UnitedStates #Constitutional fact
"The unitary executive theory is really just a way to cloak the morphing of a democratically elected president into a dictator with the appearance of legality. If presidents can do whatever they want, including putting people on a plane and sending them to prisons in a foreign country with no due process whatsoever, then really, who are we?"
~ Joyce Vance
#Trump #courts #RuleofLaw #fascism #immigrants #migrants #deportations #UnitaryExecutive #SupremeCourt
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"Trump is consolidating power within the White House, and while the scope of his actions is unprecedented, the idea underpinning them is not. It’s the unitary executive theory, albeit on a wild amount of steroids, and it’s already showing up in various administration court filings defending Trump’s illegal power grabs."
~ Lisa Needham
#Musk #Trump #power #force #authoritarianism #UnitaryExecutive
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https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-unitary-executive-theory-explained
The coup against the democracy of the US is progressing. As the 2nd month starts the #conservatives have declared the intent of #congress to be null and void.
The people of the US via their elected representatives have(had) created independent agencies to carry out the wishes of the people.
The dictator #tRump has now declared that all agency only function by the direct order of the dictator . The so called "#unitaryExecutive" theory.
#democracy is more than voting.
«This week, the Senate may pass a bill granting the executive branch extraordinary power to investigate and strip nonprofits of tax-exempt status based on a unilateral accusation of wrongdoing.»
Democrats have a narrow majority in the US Senate. tell me again how exactly are Democrats proving they are antifascist?
"A disturbing national security bill could silence nonprofits and college protests"
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/4651053-a-disturbing-national-security-bill-could-silence-nonprofits-and-college-protests/
