I knew Trump’s EO’s sounded Bill of Attainder-y!! “How could a president alone have the authority to issue by executive order what would be unconstitutional if enacted with his signature and congressional approval?” www.justsecurity.org/110109/presi... - ThreadSky

asharangappa.bsky.social • 12 days ago

I knew Trump’s EO’s sounded Bill of Attainder-y!!

“How could a president alone have the authority to issue by executive order what would be unconstitutional if enacted with his signature and congressional approval?”

https://www.justsecurity.org/110109/president-cannot-issue-attainder-bills/

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blondbomber.bsky.social•12 days ago

We know all this…we know this is all illegal bullshit…the point is no one is doing anything to stop it.

glory-b.bsky.social•12 days ago

This is on Republicans, specifically Speaker Johnson.
They are in the majority.

pasher.bsky.social•12 days ago

I’m officially pissed I now have to learn the word attainder. About to need a jd phd and mba to follow anything

johngage1.bsky.social•12 days ago

It sounded Lettres de cachet-y to me. But I find it difficult to believe that someone found liable for sexual abuse and who was found guilty of 34 felonies, did not respect the rule of law.

neilsuits.bsky.social•12 days ago

I thought Trump hired Patel and Bongino to persecute innocent people.

Where are they?

deirdrepurdy.bsky.social•12 days ago

Ad hominem punitive orders is pretty much the definition of a bill of attainder - except done by the Mad King instead of Congress.

gmayogi.bsky.social•12 days ago

Who is the tiny person that keeps handing to, and "explaining" the endless EOs Herr Dumbkoff is endlessly magic marker autographing for posterity?⁉️⁉️⁉️

defnotrachel.bsky.social•12 days ago

That would be Steven Miller.

gmayogi.bsky.social•12 days ago

Don't think so, I know that Nazi in my worst repeating nightmares. His name is Sharf but who really is he???

no-dm.bsky.social•12 days ago

I cannot stomach that guy. You can just look at him and know he’s an asshole and when he opens his stupid mouth yelling whilst answering a question trying to intimate the person asking the question. He’s so creepy, I can’t believe he got someone to marry him. He’s ugly as sin too

gmayogi.bsky.social•12 days ago

Well said!!! He just demands contempt!!

jacquidesigns.bsky.social•12 days ago

By law, his EO's must get approved by congress.

Of course he thinks laws are just suggestions.

omajo.bsky.social•12 days ago

It seems he can do whatever he wants if no one steps up to stop him.

suzynuze.bsky.social•12 days ago

Fascinating. I wonder if any of the lawsuits challenging these “orders” will use this as an argument against them. He’s not just a Mad King. He’s a Mad King+.

vivavivaviva.bsky.social•12 days ago

Another reason why I cannot understand the “deals” some of these firms made/are making. They should have ALL stood up to this insane administration. Agreeing to anything was a huge mistake for all of us, including the firms that did it.

betsystansell.bsky.social•12 days ago

Everyday is a full course in constitutional law.

beaccountable.bsky.social•12 days ago

Read the Declaration of Independence, which tells about these abuses. Time to rise up

vulpuscorvum.bsky.social•12 days ago

For those that need a digest of what a Bill of Attainder is : https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/bill_of_attainder

imaxximus.bsky.social•12 days ago

Taylor and Krebs should wipe their asses with the demand letters they receive and send them back COD.

johnmaun.bsky.social•12 days ago

Everything about this Abomination Regime is unconstitutional and illegal.

angryparakeet.bsky.social•12 days ago

I’ve been yelling “that’s a bill of attainder!” For like two weeks at my TV.

no-dm.bsky.social•12 days ago

Like I’ve been sayin I’m surprised he doesn’t have carpal tunnel from signing those EO’s. Nobody wants to see his senile ass sign anything except a resignation letter

joebug.bsky.social•12 days ago

Nothing this conman does is legal just no one has the balls to stop him

chazmn78.bsky.social•12 days ago

He is an agent of the states. Not an individual. But maybe CITIZENS UNITED will flip that too?

paws4justice.bsky.social•12 days ago

The U.S. made bills of attainder unconstitutional because they violate 2 fundamental principles of justice: Separation of Powers and Due Process and Fair Trial.

Article I of the Constitution says
Congress shall pass no bill of attainder.

rhodeisland-native.bsky.social•12 days ago

Respectfully, this particular executive seeks opportunities to break the law and thumb his nose at checks and balances.

sfineville.bsky.social•12 days ago

Apt: “a traitor and robber of the people.”

a4niemann.bsky.social•12 days ago

📌

michaelepley.bsky.social•12 days ago

A nice historical summary. But it also seems tautogical. As executive orders and all presidential power is claimed to be an execution of law, and no attainder can exist, there is no power to execute an attainder.

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