Basic Constitutional Law
Basic Constitutional Law
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cause you know, president is the most important thing in the entire universe, always.
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If you want to wield a a massive amount of global political and military power, it's pretty important.
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Externally it is a powerful position, but can the president do much inside the US itself?
Pardoning and appointments seem to be the limits.
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You think that's all Trump did? Really?
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https://www.npr.org/2021/02/10/966396848/read-trumps-jan-6-speech-a-key-part-of-impeachment-trial
"I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard."
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Sorry... what on Earth does that have to do with your claim that the only thing the president can do inside the US is pardoning and making appointments?
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Sorry. Wrong context.
So, what other powers does a president have? Us Obama as an example if Trump is distasteful.
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OK. Emergency powers are pretty strong but the rest are largely external to the US.
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For one, the president has the power to veto any legislation passed by Congress.
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The power to preserve the status quo is not very useful.
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The power to preserve the status quo is not very useful.
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The power to preserve the status quo is not very useful.
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https://www.npr.org/2021/02/10/966396848/read-trumps-jan-6-speech-a-key-part-of-impeachment-trial
"I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard."
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right but you know most people are not even close to that so its really mostly football for them.
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Commander in chief of the most powerful military in world history and the largest and most productive economy is, in fact, pretty important. I don't really understand what point you're making, if any
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Of this world with, as far as we know, the only life in the entire fucking universe? Yeah, it's the most important job out there, unfortunately.
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