Donald Trump

Bentleyspop said:

Even Miss Texas gets it....  

https://twitter.com/funnyordie/status/907403906191261696?t=1&cn=ZmxleGlibGVfcmVjc18y&refsrc=email&iid=3a234b8e7d5c4891a06640b0432780cd&uid=2545823037&nid=244+276893696

HughFreakingDillon said:

CM189191 said:

Bentleyspop said:

Even Miss Texas gets it....  

https://twitter.com/funnyordie/status/907403906191261696?t=1&cn=ZmxleGlibGVfcmVjc18y&refsrc=email&iid=3a234b8e7d5c4891a06640b0432780cd&uid=2545823037&nid=244+276893696

holy shit that might be the smartest thing I ever heard a Texan say

*disclaimer, only knows one person from Texas

texas notwithstanding, that is easily the most intelligent and brave thing a beauty contestant has ever said during a competition (that I've seen/heard, anyway). 

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are their any political science junkies out there?
would someone explain unitary executive to the dumb trump supporters and these two below.

https://twitter.com/PreetBharara/status/889889569277181953

https://twitter.com/LindseyGrahamSC/status/889849901512892417

I'm sorry, you think Preet and Lindsey are wrong?  I think you may have the finger pointed in the wrong direction.  

Preet dead wrong...Lindsays opinion can't be wrong technically since he uses the word inappropriate.
Any poli sci gurus know more than a US attorney?

A unitary executive doesn't mean they have limitless power.  The DOJ didn't even exist when the Constitution was written.  It's the nation's chief law enforcement tool.  It's not Trump's personal vendetta squad.  You actually still have to meet the standards of prosecution in order to prosecute.  Care to explain how Preet is wrong vs. just stating it as if it's a fact?  I'm pretty sure he's a helluva lot more qualified than you considering he held the most prestigious US Attorney post in the country.  

preet is banking on people being gullible and naive and trusting his sour grapes comments.
for those that don't know, I'm of the opinion that the presidency has gained too much power over the last 18 years. 
anyone have any thoughts on why Congress let the office of independent counsel die in 1999? why would Congress let a very powerful check and balance to the president expire? an office for Congress independent of the AG and DoJ?  if it were still around today, we wouldn't be having any conversation about Trump firing Sessions and orMueller, we wouldn't be talking about a president trying to "dictate prosecution". maybe preet knows

None of these criticisms have anything to do with your central point... evidently that Preet and Lindsey are wrong and Trump can prosecute his political enemies.  Try addressing that point rather than trying to throw curve balls.  

took last min vacation, what did I miss? trump cleaning house?
I never responded the preets bs, sorry for the delay... anyway the vesting clause, the take care clause or faithful execution clause and of course the pardon prove preets tweet dead wrong. he should know this already (so should an informed citizenry)?

anyway a decent read regarding the office of independent counsel
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/05/19/politics-could-still-block-muellers-investigation-i-know-i-wrote-the-rules/

So your reading of the Take Care clause (as an example) and the others is that the POTUS wields unlimited power to investigate and prosecute a person, regardless of whether that person is in actual violation of a statute.  HRC has already been cleared by the FBI, yet that doesn't satisfy Trump (or you).  You must believe that the Constitution bestows Kingly powers on the POTUS to make such an argument.  Most humanoids read into it what it actually says "Take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed"..not to override professional prosecutors or create new laws on a whim.
Yes, you are quite the informed citizenry aren't you, contorting your logic in 15 different ways to support Trump while simultaneously calling yourself progressive or liberal.  As your king might say... SAD!

Nope, you're saying all that, you're also bringing in Hilliary for some reason. I'm simply saying the president does have the power to dictate who gets prosecuted and who gets let off, obvious clear contradiction to the prestigious US attorney Preet Bharara tweet.
Try more rebuttal and less of putting words in mouths.

The President can dictate the veracity under which specific laws are prosecuted (marijuana laws are a good example).  However, that person can only be prosecuted within a statute where there is a probability that it was violated.  Hillary is being brought up because that's the actual issue at hand in both Preet's and Graham's tweet. She was investigated and ultimately cleared.  No amount of Trump twitting can actually create a violation of a statute.  

I stated that preets tweet was dead wrong..."Right. In America we don't let the President dictate who gets prosecuted and who gets let off."
When you apply the vesting clause, take care clause and pardons he couldn't be more wrong.
I never referenced context nor do I care about the issue at hand, Hilliary or otherwise. My issue is with a prestigious US attorney tweeting "inaccuracies" (instead of calling it a lie) confident that his followers know little about the powers vested in the president and expanded over the last 18 years.
I don't get too involved in congressional dog and pony investigations, nothing ever comes of them. All I remember about the "Hilliary investigations" were a bunch of immunity deals, extraordinary number of 5th pleadings and the word INTENT / INTEND.
In any case, yes it is my opinion based on the last 18 years of expanding presidential powers without oversight checks and balances that a better description for our presidents is emperor.
Does anything illustrate empirical powers over the last 18 years than bombing half the planet without a declaration of war?

Last word is yours, I'm back to vacationing. 

https://youtu.be/uPrxC-1Qyb8