Something we need to consider as a future precaution

[berg80]

As the U.S. begins to see the light at the end of the Trumpian tunnel, it is time to begin thinking about the issue of repair. One should not assume the result of the election, but it is nonetheless worth asking the question: What should be done in a post-Trump world to restore the rule of law?

Of Trump’s many excesses, his assault on legal norms has to rank high in terms of damage to fundamental values that form the fabric of America. His attacks on the free press, the independent judiciary and the independence of the Department of Justice have all created significant damage. His abuse of executive discretionary authority has made a mockery of the concept of checks and balances. His gaming of the judicial system has revealed weaknesses in our legal process. His attempts to place himself (and his family and his business interests) above the law have called into question foundational national conceptions of equal justice. In short, President Trump has led a wrecking crew (aided and abetted by William Barr and Mitch McConnell) that has severely damaged American legal norms of behavior.

Trump’s attacks on foundational norms and principles leave policymakers with two choices. Lawmakers and voters can accept that damage and admit the inevitability of American decline, or they can fight to restore and strengthen the country’s legal guardrails. This post is an effort to begin that fight—to identify practical steps that the country can take to reinvigorate the rule of law and the concept of checks and balances.

Repairing the Rule of Law: An Agenda for Post-Trump Reform

What should be done in a post-Trump world to restore the rule of law?

www.lawfareblog.com

As the country moves on from the dangers of Trumpery, it isn't enough to hold him and his minions accountable for all the aspects of 1/6. We must act to prevent the other abuses he highlighted as requiring measures to stop them from happening.

 

[TNHarley]

Its hilarious watching dem hacks whine about the "rule of law" LOL

 

[kyzr]

The democrats are the party of criminality.
DAs that don't prosecute criminals, like Hunter Biden.
Lawlessness on the streets.
Defund the police.
Open borders and drug abuse all over.

Don't even think about calling Republicans anything but "Law and Order" advocates.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

These continuous TDS threads are tiresome

 

[gipper]

As the U.S. begins to see the light at the end of the Trumpian tunnel, it is time to begin thinking about the issue of repair. One should not assume the result of the election, but it is nonetheless worth asking the question: What should be done in a post-Trump world to restore the rule of law?

Of Trump’s many excesses, his assault on legal norms has to rank high in terms of damage to fundamental values that form the fabric of America. His attacks on the free press, the independent judiciary and the independence of the Department of Justice have all created significant damage. His abuse of executive discretionary authority has made a mockery of the concept of checks and balances. His gaming of the judicial system has revealed weaknesses in our legal process. His attempts to place himself (and his family and his business interests) above the law have called into question foundational national conceptions of equal justice. In short, President Trump has led a wrecking crew (aided and abetted by William Barr and Mitch McConnell) that has severely damaged American legal norms of behavior.

Trump’s attacks on foundational norms and principles leave policymakers with two choices. Lawmakers and voters can accept that damage and admit the inevitability of American decline, or they can fight to restore and strengthen the country’s legal guardrails. This post is an effort to begin that fight—to identify practical steps that the country can take to reinvigorate the rule of law and the concept of checks and balances.

Repairing the Rule of Law: An Agenda for Post-Trump Reform

What should be done in a post-Trump world to restore the rule of law?

www.lawfareblog.com

As the country moves on from the dangers of Trumpery, it isn't enough to hold him and his minions accountable for all the aspects of 1/6. We must act to prevent the other abuses he highlighted as requiring measures to stop them from happening.

The country is headed for disaster. The empire is dying thanks to ignorance and greed by elites in big business and big government.

 

[whitehall]

I don't get it. Did the left just figure out that they won the election after a year and a half?

 

[OKTexas]

As the U.S. begins to see the light at the end of the Trumpian tunnel, it is time to begin thinking about the issue of repair. One should not assume the result of the election, but it is nonetheless worth asking the question: What should be done in a post-Trump world to restore the rule of law?

Of Trump’s many excesses, his assault on legal norms has to rank high in terms of damage to fundamental values that form the fabric of America. His attacks on the free press, the independent judiciary and the independence of the Department of Justice have all created significant damage. His abuse of executive discretionary authority has made a mockery of the concept of checks and balances. His gaming of the judicial system has revealed weaknesses in our legal process. His attempts to place himself (and his family and his business interests) above the law have called into question foundational national conceptions of equal justice. In short, President Trump has led a wrecking crew (aided and abetted by William Barr and Mitch McConnell) that has severely damaged American legal norms of behavior.

Trump’s attacks on foundational norms and principles leave policymakers with two choices. Lawmakers and voters can accept that damage and admit the inevitability of American decline, or they can fight to restore and strengthen the country’s legal guardrails. This post is an effort to begin that fight—to identify practical steps that the country can take to reinvigorate the rule of law and the concept of checks and balances.

Repairing the Rule of Law: An Agenda for Post-Trump Reform

What should be done in a post-Trump world to restore the rule of law?

www.lawfareblog.com

As the country moves on from the dangers of Trumpery, it isn't enough to hold him and his minions accountable for all the aspects of 1/6. We must act to prevent the other abuses he highlighted as requiring measures to stop them from happening.

Wow, a two year old article filled with commie projection. I guess they were asleep during the maobama regime. Imagine how upset they'd be with the xiden regime.

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[1srelluc]

 

[B. Kidd]

Today's Dimm's are notorious for treating the REAL CRISIS of today as only concerns.

The main ones are:
INFLATION
OPEN BORDER
CRIME

 

[lennypartiv]

You want to see "repair" happen? Trump will repair America after he wins in 2024.

 

[berg80]

Its hilarious watching dem hacks whine about the "rule of law" LOL

This discussion is about the measures the nation needs to take to insure against the abuses of Trump. He exposed weaknesses in law and protocol that need to be addressed.

 

[berg80]

These continuous TDS threads are tiresome

-Enhanced inspectors general protection. Inspectors general are the first bulwark of accountability—responsible for in-house oversight of the operations of the various federal agencies. Without their oversight, the executive branch has more discretion to do as it pleases.

Since April 2020, President Trump has fired or removed inspectors general from the State, Defense, Transportation, and Health and Human Services departments, as well as from the intelligence community. While the official reasons for their removal are varied, reporting indicates that all of the displaced inspectors general were replaced by individuals perceived by the president to be more loyal to his administration. The laws governing the appointment and removal of inspectors general date back to the Inspector General Act of 1978 and were revised in the 2008 Inspector General Reform Act. The 2008 law allows presidents to fire or remove inspectors general from their posts, requiring only that they inform Congress of their reasoning in writing 30 days before doing so.

The current law is inadequate and does not deter presidential misconduct. For example, the letter informing Congress of Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson’s dismissal read that Trump no longer had the “fullest confidence” in Atkinson. However, Trump seemed to admit his true rationale the next day when he attacked Atkinson for passing the Ukraine whistleblower complaint to Congress—the complaint that touched off the House of Representatives’s impeachment investigation into the president.

Congress must revise the Inspector General Act to provide the inspectors general with greater protection. It might, for example, allow inspectors general a private right of action to contest their removal. Or it might follow the structure of the old independent counsel act and give inspectors general greater formal independence from the executive branch (though this would be subject to legal challenge).

Not in favor of this?

 

[SassyIrishLass]

-Enhanced inspectors general protection. Inspectors general are the first bulwark of accountability—responsible for in-house oversight of the operations of the various federal agencies. Without their oversight, the executive branch has more discretion to do as it pleases.

Since April 2020, President Trump has fired or removed inspectors general from the State, Defense, Transportation, and Health and Human Services departments, as well as from the intelligence community. While the official reasons for their removal are varied, reporting indicates that all of the displaced inspectors general were replaced by individuals perceived by the president to be more loyal to his administration. The laws governing the appointment and removal of inspectors general date back to the Inspector General Act of 1978 and were revised in the 2008 Inspector General Reform Act. The 2008 law allows presidents to fire or remove inspectors general from their posts, requiring only that they inform Congress of their reasoning in writing 30 days before doing so.

The current law is inadequate and does not deter presidential misconduct. For example, the letter informing Congress of Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson’s dismissal read that Trump no longer had the “fullest confidence” in Atkinson. However, Trump seemed to admit his true rationale the next day when he attacked Atkinson for passing the Ukraine whistleblower complaint to Congress—the complaint that touched off the House of Representatives’s impeachment investigation into the president.

Congress must revise the Inspector General Act to provide the inspectors general with greater protection. It might, for example, allow inspectors general a private right of action to contest their removal. Or it might follow the structure of the old independent counsel act and give inspectors general greater formal independence from the executive branch (though this would be subject to legal challenge).

Not in favor of this?

Yawn

 

[miketx]

Damn! Can't this cockroach do anything but cry about trump? Fake news.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Damn! Can't this cockroach do anything but cry about trump? Fake news.

He's fcking annoying

 

[Papageorgio]

As the U.S. begins to see the light at the end of the Trumpian tunnel, it is time to begin thinking about the issue of repair. One should not assume the result of the election, but it is nonetheless worth asking the question: What should be done in a post-Trump world to restore the rule of law?

Of Trump’s many excesses, his assault on legal norms has to rank high in terms of damage to fundamental values that form the fabric of America. His attacks on the free press, the independent judiciary and the independence of the Department of Justice have all created significant damage. His abuse of executive discretionary authority has made a mockery of the concept of checks and balances. His gaming of the judicial system has revealed weaknesses in our legal process. His attempts to place himself (and his family and his business interests) above the law have called into question foundational national conceptions of equal justice. In short, President Trump has led a wrecking crew (aided and abetted by William Barr and Mitch McConnell) that has severely damaged American legal norms of behavior.

Trump’s attacks on foundational norms and principles leave policymakers with two choices. Lawmakers and voters can accept that damage and admit the inevitability of American decline, or they can fight to restore and strengthen the country’s legal guardrails. This post is an effort to begin that fight—to identify practical steps that the country can take to reinvigorate the rule of law and the concept of checks and balances.

Repairing the Rule of Law: An Agenda for Post-Trump Reform

What should be done in a post-Trump world to restore the rule of law?

www.lawfareblog.com

As the country moves on from the dangers of Trumpery, it isn't enough to hold him and his minions accountable for all the aspects of 1/6. We must act to prevent the other abuses he highlighted as requiring measures to stop them from happening.

Trying to keep the focus on Trump and not the economy is a good strategy for the Dems, I see the economy has a huge weakness but you may be able to keep the focus on Trump but I think the economy will be the big issue.

 

[Independent thinker]

As the U.S. begins to see the light at the end of the Trumpian tunnel, it is time to begin thinking about the issue of repair. One should not assume the result of the election, but it is nonetheless worth asking the question: What should be done in a post-Trump world to restore the rule of law?

Of Trump’s many excesses, his assault on legal norms has to rank high in terms of damage to fundamental values that form the fabric of America. His attacks on the free press, the independent judiciary and the independence of the Department of Justice have all created significant damage. His abuse of executive discretionary authority has made a mockery of the concept of checks and balances. His gaming of the judicial system has revealed weaknesses in our legal process. His attempts to place himself (and his family and his business interests) above the law have called into question foundational national conceptions of equal justice. In short, President Trump has led a wrecking crew (aided and abetted by William Barr and Mitch McConnell) that has severely damaged American legal norms of behavior.

Trump’s attacks on foundational norms and principles leave policymakers with two choices. Lawmakers and voters can accept that damage and admit the inevitability of American decline, or they can fight to restore and strengthen the country’s legal guardrails. This post is an effort to begin that fight—to identify practical steps that the country can take to reinvigorate the rule of law and the concept of checks and balances.

Repairing the Rule of Law: An Agenda for Post-Trump Reform

What should be done in a post-Trump world to restore the rule of law?

www.lawfareblog.com

As the country moves on from the dangers of Trumpery, it isn't enough to hold him and his minions accountable for all the aspects of 1/6. We must act to prevent the other abuses he highlighted as requiring measures to stop them from happening.

Rule of law? Seriously? We've go a House with a simple vote of 218-217 can legally abuse their power to form kangaroo committees to do nonstop investigations and impeachments against the other side for political gain, even rounding up citizens and throwing them in jail for protesting and trying to stifle free speech in several different ways. They are also trying to take a political opponent down in order to make sure they continue winning elections, suppressing the votes of everyone and anyone who would have voted for that political opponent. Democrats are scared shitless of democracy because they are terrified they would lose, which is why they want to eliminate the Senate filibuster, in order to pass any voting laws they want, and add blue states to the Union and seats to the Supreme Court so they will never lose again. In the process they give government full control over people's lives and turn us into a socialist country and call it a democracy, a democracy like Russia and Venezuela have where people vote in elections that are already pre-determined by the ruling party.

 

[Lesh]

The democrats are the party of criminality.
DAs that don't prosecute criminals, like Hunter Biden.
Lawlessness on the streets.
Defund the police.
Open borders and drug abuse all over.

Don't even think about calling Republicans anything but "Law and Order" advocates.

After Jan 6?

After your SUPPORT of that?

Hardly

 

[themirrorthief]

This discussion is about the measures the nation needs to take to insure against the abuses of Trump. He exposed weaknesses in law and protocol that need to be addressed.

I never had sex with that woman...Ms Lewinsky

 

[eagle7-31]

As the U.S. begins to see the light at the end of the Trumpian tunnel, it is time to begin thinking about the issue of repair. One should not assume the result of the election, but it is nonetheless worth asking the question: What should be done in a post-Trump world to restore the rule of law?

Of Trump’s many excesses, his assault on legal norms has to rank high in terms of damage to fundamental values that form the fabric of America. His attacks on the free press, the independent judiciary and the independence of the Department of Justice have all created significant damage. His abuse of executive discretionary authority has made a mockery of the concept of checks and balances. His gaming of the judicial system has revealed weaknesses in our legal process. His attempts to place himself (and his family and his business interests) above the law have called into question foundational national conceptions of equal justice. In short, President Trump has led a wrecking crew (aided and abetted by William Barr and Mitch McConnell) that has severely damaged American legal norms of behavior.

Trump’s attacks on foundational norms and principles leave policymakers with two choices. Lawmakers and voters can accept that damage and admit the inevitability of American decline, or they can fight to restore and strengthen the country’s legal guardrails. This post is an effort to begin that fight—to identify practical steps that the country can take to reinvigorate the rule of law and the concept of checks and balances.

Repairing the Rule of Law: An Agenda for Post-Trump Reform

What should be done in a post-Trump world to restore the rule of law?

www.lawfareblog.com

As the country moves on from the dangers of Trumpery, it isn't enough to hold him and his minions accountable for all the aspects of 1/6. We must act to prevent the other abuses he highlighted as requiring measures to stop them from happening.

The demrats speaking about rule of law. LOL.