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minus-squareobvs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·7 days agoThe military literally takes an oath to uphold the Constitution. Donald Trump is wiping his ass with the Constitution. There couldn’t be anything more Contritutional for the military to do.
minus-squarearrow74@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·7 days agoI don’t remember a single line in the Constitution stating the military has the power to remove a sitting president. At least the scenario I described was constitutional. That’s the neat part about an oath to the Constitution, you can’t break it to save it. That would be outside of that very oath.
minus-squareobvs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoActually, no. The Constitution is meaningless without force behind the words. As is being demonstrated EXTREMELY well right now.
The military literally takes an oath to uphold the Constitution.
Donald Trump is wiping his ass with the Constitution. There couldn’t be anything more Contritutional for the military to do.
I don’t remember a single line in the Constitution stating the military has the power to remove a sitting president.
At least the scenario I described was constitutional.
That’s the neat part about an oath to the Constitution, you can’t break it to save it. That would be outside of that very oath.
Actually, no.
The Constitution is meaningless without force behind the words.
As is being demonstrated EXTREMELY well right now.