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Civil Liberties

mahatmakanejeeves

(66,375 posts) Fri Aug 8, 2025, 07:04 PM Aug 8

"Do Legal Checks on a President's Power 'Diminish the Votes of the Citizens Who Elected Him'?"

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Walter Olson
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Just out from me at Cato: in its case against Maryland federal judges, the Trump administration is advancing the dangerous and open-ended argument that legal checks on a president's actions "diminish the votes of the citizens who elected him." Whoa! /1

Do Legal Checks on a President’s Power “Diminish the Votes of the Citizens Who Elected Him”?
The administration is arguing that when courts restrain Donald Trump’s actions in the name of the law, they “diminish the votes of the citizens who elected him” as a “representative of the people” wie...
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August 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM

Just out from me at Cato: in its case against Maryland federal judges, the Trump administration is advancing the dangerous and open-ended argument that legal checks on a president's actions "diminish the votes of the citizens who elected him." Whoa! /1
— Walter Olson (@walterolson.bsky.social) 2025-08-08T21:50:39.317Z

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"Do Legal Checks on a President's Power 'Diminish the Votes of the Citizens Who Elected Him'?" (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Aug 8 OP

Does this apply to any president ? dweller Aug 8 #1

Rethugs are planning TommyT139 Aug 8 #2

If they vote for a Fascist dictator, then yes -- because Fascist dictators are only there to break laws -- all laws. nt eppur_se_muova Aug 9 #3

What kind of useless hump huffed enough glue to think this up? discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 10 #4

dweller

(26,987 posts)

1. Does this apply to any president ?

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Aug 8, 2025, 07:07 PM

Aug 8

Or just a repug one ?

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TommyT139

(1,740 posts)

2. Rethugs are planning

Reply to dweller (Reply #1)

Fri Aug 8, 2025, 07:13 PM

Aug 8

...that we can never find out.

eppur_se_muova

(39,753 posts)

3. If they vote for a Fascist dictator, then yes -- because Fascist dictators are only there to break laws -- all laws. nt

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sat Aug 9, 2025, 05:52 PM

Aug 9

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,671 posts)

4. What kind of useless hump huffed enough glue to think this up?

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sun Aug 10, 2025, 08:34 PM

Aug 10

No. Votes have been counted and certified. A court order is not a time machine.
A president is elected to do a job. Certain authorities are granted to enable the president to do the job. None of those authorities include the ability to redefine the job.

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