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Should the conservative majority Supreme Court hand Donald Trump the freedom to deploy the National Guard whenever and wherever he chooses, the presidents power grab will be complete and nothing will ever stop him again.
That is according to former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, who wrote on her Substack platform, that two cases coming before the court are part of his drive to make the executive more powerful and to have that power come at the expense of the courts, Congress, and the people.
As he pointed out, there are two critical cases the court is poised to take up. The scope of presidential power to federalize and deploy National Guard troops, and Whether a presidents decision that such a move is merited is effectively unreviewable by the courts, as Trump alleges.
Explaining out that giving Trump a license to deploy troops to cities on a whim is a direct assault on democracy, she wrote that the court will be reviewing an 1827 case, Martin v. Mott, where the Supreme Court held that the authority to decide whether the exigency has arisen [to call up state militias] belongs exclusively to the president, and that his decision is conclusive upon all other persons.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-supreme-court-2674225699/
no_hypocrisy
(53,540 posts)What cant a President do?
MurrayDelph
(5,655 posts)Chasstev365
(6,524 posts)Miles Archer
(20,605 posts)Trump has always had a fascination with killing people and getting away with it.
Right now, he's got Hegseth's execution squad taking on "alleged drug boats."
But that really doesn't scratch Trump's itch, because it's not his finger on the trigger. That's what he REALLY wants. And when he gets it, I wonder how America will respond.
CincyDem
(7,272 posts)When these guys start shooting, it wont be targeted. Itll be into crowds on the street and in the adrenaline fueled frenzy, well be measuring victims in dozens, if not hundreds. When theyre done, all respect to Kent State victims, well wish it was only four.