Here's the f****** thing they can't do away with the amendments because they do not have the votes to do that. It takes both houses and a super majority and they have neither one
That’s why I don’t worry about this type of performance. It’s just to get the base hootin’ and hollarin’. Focus on the deporting of people to El Salvador without due process, the bribery & extortion, and constant threats against our freedom of speech and assembly.
If wishes were horses... It's very difficult to amend the Constitution. It wouldn't be difficult for them to just shred it. We need to vote them out as soon as we can.
Been screaming it from the rooftops since 2020. A dictator doesn't need a Constitution. A dictator doesn't need Congress. We are in deep shit people. Wake up!
This is really scary, I guess this is the start of how they are going to take the power away from the people. Wowwww!! Starting to make sense and fully confirm their authoritative goals
Unfortunately for that congressman’s wet dream of getting rid of the 16th and 17th amendments, changing any part of the Constitution requires a Constitutional convention. At a minimum, that would take seven years. He apparently believes that Republicans will be able to hold onto power until then.
...they plan to force it through. People keep saying "you can't do that", yet talk to the families who are being ripped apart as people get shipped to ElSavador or die in detention centers!
"You can't do that" says the kid who keeps getting hit by the bully while teachers look away.
Trump cannot do away with anything in the Constitution without Congress. He may try, but as long as they don't have the votes and the courts hold, he can't do it.
This sickening, they think taking away power from Washington bureaucrats and giving it to state bureaucrats is going to be better? I see how Abbott and DeSantis are restricting the rights of business, schools and the people. Its downright fascism!
Executive orders are not laws. Trump can’t pass a law period. Congress passes bills that trump can then sign into law. No such bill has been passed nor signed into law.
Trump has no legal
Right to do away with Constitutional Amendments. Someone should explain to the GOP Trump is Not A King. None of these fools could pass a 5th grade Civics test.
We need to rename the Democratic party to the Constitutionalists, then. Defenders of a constitutional Republic, a democracy, because what the Trump regime has in mind is not government by the people.
Doing away with? What did they tell those sycophants? Are they going to repeal those amendments? They actually think the Democrats will vote for that? Or are they going full fascist and ignore them and declare Marshall Law?
You can't just simply do away with amendments. Congress majority alone couldn't do it. It would take 34 states to agree to it. Why are they blazingly lying to people?
bc there's a big difference between legal and practical. they are, right now in real time, doing all sorts of illegal things, with no consequences or regulation.
it matters little if they "can't do that" when they ARE DOING that.
they do, and we have to figure out a way to give them the weight they need. Such as having him arrested and forcing him to serve his time while serving time. He is a felon, after all, and should be in prison.
Iran, North Korea, if you're listening, you never needed any nukes. Just buy a president and a few Congressmen. It's way cheaper, and soon it will be legal. May as well be legal now - there's no consequences.
The rat is not the only problem it's the orange, rat, SCOTUS, and every flipping person in Congress who bent the knee!
We have a bigger problem in this country that lead to this it includes heritage foundation and deep seeded corruption that never was dealt with WHITE SUPREMACY!
Well, the only way to "do away" with an amendment to the Constitution is to pass another amendment that revokes the one to be "done away" with. It is not that easy. It requires ratification by 3/4 of the States, meaning 38 states must vote for it. That is why there are only 27 amendments.
I wish news of this magnitude were reported with some links to sources. I don't want to trust random memes for news reports. We haven't gotten to that point, have we?
Unfortunately, there are 28 states that have called for one. So, only six more are needed. And once called, there are no rules, so a new Constitution could be ratified by simple majority. Common Cause has been monitoring this. https://www.commoncause.org/work/stopping-a-dangerous-article-v-convention/
Where is the power the people showed in the civil rights movement? Demonstrations, civil disobedience or do people now have too much to lose and won’t act for the country?
It also doesn't help to have an administration locking people up and charging protesters with domestic terrorist charges.. folks are scared to put themselves out there.
I get that, truly...the orange tyrant is doing despicable things. As a 60 year old woman, I'm not going to let my fear stop me from challenging this regime. It needs to stop. We all need to pull together. Feel the fear and do it anyway.
Black folks have been on the front lines fighting for the past 60+ years - we are tired, but still fighting for democratic values. Now it's up to the White working class and privileged European Americans to step the fuck up and take up this fight for this democracy.
I'm doing what I can for the cause. I'm going to go to my first ever protest on 4/5. It's time for white Americans to step up and fight for our precious (and now fragile) democracy.
I’d like to see the fervor of the civil rights movement not necessarily the same people. Right now AIC, Bernie are showing it. Chris Murphy too but the rest seem too quiet.
His intent, with the backing of Republicans, is to become President for life - no matter what the laws or the Constitution says. Unless the institutions, Congress, Courts, Military and the American people step up to crush this…it could happen.
Yup, we already know this to be true. They want us to live in a monarchy. Not a democracy. They don't listen to us, because they want to make it so that we can never vote them out.
Well, the Declaration of Independence had solutions for such things.
Umm 🤔 ok Arizonans a president has zero power to end or eliminate Constitutional Amendments, a moron spewing nonsensical garbage is on you for electing him. Do a better job an elect a competent and educated candidate not one one makes shit 💩 up!
For those saying"he can't do that"
Who's going to stop him? He shouldn't be able to do that yet look at where we are.People are dying in ICE detainment centers! People r being shipped to death camps in ElSavador."WHERE IS YOUR RED LINE?"
~first they came for "insert group here"
2A Remember history
None of the constitution should be changed, this will only allow trump to change the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and any other thing he can get his policies in force, I don't want Ivanka as President when he dies, this is what he will change, he loves North Korea and how they all think Kim is a god
You say that, but shipping those who have greencards is also against the constitution, yet he's doing that as well and took away their due process.
*Knock knock knock* fascism is at the door they never ask to take down democracy they BARGE in! This would be them barging in. What will u do about it?
Says who? No one that Trump will listen to. He does whatever he pleases and no one stops him. The courts try and he ignores them and threatens impeachment.
Well, let's see. First, we close down all overseas bases (they were only there to combat Russian aggression). Next, get rid of everyone not a white male. Finally, we put our military contractors on a part-time as needed basis. My math ain't great, but that ridiculous plan should save a bundle.
This has been the plan for over a year.Trump's Bible is missing the amendments abolishing slavery and granting women and Black people the right to vote.
He did not pass a law. He is using executive orders like they are laws. They are not laws, executive orders are supposed to be guidance on the Whitehouse's interpretation of the laws, and they are subject to being taken to court and overturned. They are not laws!!!!
Changes to the Constitution are made by the Congress. You're mistaking a bumbling fool with the attention span of a 3-year old for someone who can do whatever he wants.
Sometimes, I wonder if these people understand what is required to change an amendment to the Constitution?
They don't just go away by executive order.
Legally no they don’t. But also he can’t dismantle the department of ed without a vote by congress and he just did and no one did a damn thing. Who is going to stop him??
and there in lies the problem, the crux of the matter, the shape of things, if you will. Why are most congressional democrats saying we are CLOSE to a constitutional crisis? We are beyond one already. It left them in Trump's wind and yes, it does stink.
Exactly. Everyone is saying 'he can't...he won't...it's against the law" but it's all happening right in front of our eyes and nobody's stopping him from doing anything.
"but he can't just...." YES HE FUCKING CAN. Because who's going to stop him? The courts can try but he's immune from prosecution if he claims it was an official act. The law enforcement agencies work for him, so does half of Congress, and the majority of the supreme court.
THANK YOU the lemmings are waiting for the pitcher to sharpen their knives. Do the peaceful protesters even have a guard for if dump decides to round em up and ship them off? People need to start to think and start to plan/communicate. Start doing your best to create night watches/community watches~
Trump passes a law? All I've seen are EOs that are not enforceable outside the executive branch and are subject to judicial intervention if they violate any actual laws.
Yep. Canadian here, too. 😒 Apparently, my quick check says they need 2/3rds majority of both the House and Senate or it must be ratified by 3/4ths of the states (38 out of 50). Doesn't mean they won't try. Doesn't mean they won't succeed. That's just the rules - if accurate.
Weeks ago I asked the questions: What is to stop Trump from disbanding Congress? What does he actually need them for? Don't say its illegal or unconstitutional because he does 20 things a day that are illegal and unconstitutional.
If he says he will do something he will do it.
People still don't see the big picture here. Trump cares less about states. They are not part of his agenda. Trumps empire will include Donnie and the Trumpee's, Musk, and other billionaires. Everyone else will either be working on their factories or headed back home. Wake up it's happening now
He also couldn't just:
•Shut down department of education
•disband social security
•crush the FAA
•break into buildings not under the executive branch
•threaten other countries
•just enforce tariffs
•deport citizens
•ship immigrants to ElSavador
YET HE IS! He will until he is PHYSICALLY stopped!
But yes, he's a tyrannical fascist megalomamiac cult leader who's doing a coup and America (the good people) need to stop it. It should have been done on day 1.
Concur with this consensus, but it wasn't and so the tick got to dig deeper in.
It shouldn't have even gotten this far Biden should have ordered the votes to be done by hand NOT machine when the rat offered to donate new machines. Hell the least he could have done was an official act to recount🙄
Because the government is crumbling like a stack of cards. The guard rails were removed in the first admin. They were NEVER put back up and this time around it's free reign it seems NOTHING is working how it should! It's beyond grotesque and enraging!!
I wasn’t aware the an amendment can be just sone away with by the president or a party ? Doesn’t it have to go through congress congress or the people vote ?? Since any amendment must be ratified , how can it be deleted ??? Or maybe these guys dont understand how it works ???
In his dreams! It goes to show you how ignorant most Republicons are of the Constitution and our laws in general. Changing the Constitution requires a 2/3s vote of Congress and a vote of 3/4s of the states. Ain't gonna happen!
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"You can't do that" says the kid who keeps getting hit by the bully while teachers look away.
https://conventionofstates.com/
Right to do away with Constitutional Amendments. Someone should explain to the GOP Trump is Not A King. None of these fools could pass a 5th grade Civics test.
V.P. Vance - FORGET THE LAW
Vance said, reference a Supreme Court ruling, "The chief justice has made his ruling. Now let him enforce it."
Trump/Vance plan on doing anything they want, illegal or not.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/j-d-vances-disregard-for-the-rule-of-law-court-rulings-balance-of-powers-bda0d4df
it matters little if they "can't do that" when they ARE DOING that.
Biggs is an insurrectionist fool.
We have a bigger problem in this country that lead to this it includes heritage foundation and deep seeded corruption that never was dealt with WHITE SUPREMACY!
He knows this will stir up his base for attention/headlines.
BUT in the end, he does NEED the Constitution/Laws to work so that it Legitamizes what he doing,
Otherwise its Anarchy.. and he will achieve nothing!
Well, the Declaration of Independence had solutions for such things.
Who's going to stop him? He shouldn't be able to do that yet look at where we are.People are dying in ICE detainment centers! People r being shipped to death camps in ElSavador."WHERE IS YOUR RED LINE?"
~first they came for "insert group here"
2A Remember history
*Knock knock knock* fascism is at the door they never ask to take down democracy they BARGE in! This would be them barging in. What will u do about it?
Do away with all constitutional amendments
Bullshit artists 100%.
They don't just go away by executive order.
Everyone who voted against him will likely be taken when we get to that point. Narcissists remember those who they feel even slightly slighted him
Not with out all out Civil War
Don't think it for a minute
He shouldn’t have been able to have his doge fire everyone.
He breaks laws daily and nothing will happen. We are in a dictatorship. We are cooked.
If he says he will do something he will do it.
•Shut down department of education
•disband social security
•crush the FAA
•break into buildings not under the executive branch
•threaten other countries
•just enforce tariffs
•deport citizens
•ship immigrants to ElSavador
YET HE IS! He will until he is PHYSICALLY stopped!
It shouldn't have even gotten this far Biden should have ordered the votes to be done by hand NOT machine when the rat offered to donate new machines. Hell the least he could have done was an official act to recount🙄
But hey Trumps been breaking the constition from day one.