Human beings have been around, in their current state of intellectual capacity for well over 100,000 years.
Looking at all that we've accomplished in just the last 10,000 years of known history...it is not unreasonable to assume that we could have accomplished just as much several times over already...but for whatever reason the knowledge of those accomplishments have been repeatedly erased from history.
The only benefit to a kakistocracy, is that these morons are so incompetent, that they can't actually accomplish any of their nefarious plans. It's like a bank robber that shoots themselves in the crotch, while trying to pull their gun out of their pocket.
Biden shouldn't have done anything. His Attorney General should have been less sensitive about appearing biased, and started pursuing Trump's prosecution earlier. The entire time the J6 committee was doing its investigation in the Senate...a special prosecutor like Jack Smith, should have been riding along, compiling evidence for an indictment. The instant the committee released its final report, that special prosecutor should have taken over the investigation and presented its evidence to a grand jury, as soon as possible.
That would have given them an extra year to prosecute Trump in court. They were literally weeks away from putting him on trial, as it was. That extra year would have at least guaranteed his disqualification and most likely would have resulted in real prison time.
But Merrick Garland blinked. He dragged his feet before assigning a special prosecutor to continue what the Senate committee had started. That was what they should have done differently. Biden should have had nothing to do with it. It's the only way to make sure it was a legitimate trial. Any hint that Biden was involved, would have tainted the results and MAGA would have never accepted the outcome.
It wouldn't even have mattered if some of them still didn't accept it. Enough of them would, that the movement would have been crippled. And any serious lawmaker in a position of authority would have an almost impossible time explaining away those results, without also discrediting themselves in the process.
Nobody actually cares what the crackpots have to say about the 2020 election results, because there is literally no evidence to back up those claims. It would be the same thing if all the evidence proved that Trump was guilty of trying to commit a coup. We could all safely dismiss all of his remaining supporters as irrelevant, and move on. The sane ones would let it go, and the ones that couldn't would sound insane.
We need to remove that clause from the Charter. The only thing it's ever used for, is to violate people's rights. The Charter means absolutely nothing, as long as that clause is included.
Mutherfucker, she just proposed legislation to BAN H1-b visas, because she doesn't think Trump is going hard enough on getting rid of immigrants. Her problems with Trump DO NOT align with yours. At all.
I am 100% positive that the entire time they've been delaying the release, they've been working 24/7 to edit all mention any Republicans or their donors, out of those files.
And just like always...it's going to be super obvious that the files have all been tampered with.
Well, of course he did. He knew about it before Khashoggi died. The whole controversy at the time, was why Trump neglected to warn him about what he was walking into.
Sorry, my friend. But you can't fight fascism, with fascism. The analogy I used is perfect for the argument you're making, seeing as how you seem quite willing to drive the bus off a cliff just to stop Trump from doing it first. It makes zero sense.
I'm not saying use it anytime. I'm saying Biden should have used it to eliminate Trump and his followers as an existential threat to our nation
Ok, so there's a lot wrong with this line of thinking.
First of all, it's literally the same argument that Trump and his followers are using to justify him doing all the stuff you think Democrats should have done to stop him from doing all the stuff you think is bad. It's the worst kind.of logical fallacy. You are advocating for the same thing you are saying is a problem.
And how exactly would you "eliminate Trump's followers"? By suspending their Constitutional rights, as well? How many millions of people would you have to throw in jail for thought crimes, before that "existential threat to our nation" was "eliminated"? How would you silence them, when they correctly point out that you are the problem now? Would you suspend the Constitution in order to shut them up...or just kill them, and be done with it?
Not sure how that is a problem with my logic when Trump is literally doing all these things because he was not stopped.
Imagine we're all heading for a cliff, and you know that Trump wants to drive the bus straight off that cliff. How does letting Democrats drive off that cliff first, stop the bus from going over?
Don't care. They're not prosecuting all the people they're deporting now either.
So, you agree that they shouldn't have to, then? I mean, you seem fine with the idea that due process can be suspended anytime you want...right?
If the only difference between having those rights, and having them taken away, is so arbitrary...then anyone in office can and will take yours from you, anytime they want. The point is to NOT have that as an option...not to normalize its use.
So now we're dealing with Trump as an autocratic dictator and he's not going to give it up without force. If it was going to happen either way better to kick things off while the Dems have the reigns than after everything's been handed over to him.
Again, why would you want to have autocratic dictators, at all? The point is not to have them...not to normalize them.
The problem with your logic, is that you think throwing away due process, is somehow going to fix this. It isn't. That's Trump's solution for what he sees as "the problem with the country". His logic is that they shouldn't have to respect people's rights. He should be able to simply declare you illegal, and throw you in jail or deport you, instantly. He is wrong. That should never be allowed.
If anything, we need to reinforce that process and make sure it can't be abused like this again. The last thing we should be doing, though...is following in Trump's footsteps. All that does is legitimize what he's been doing.
Trump incited an insurrection against this country.
Except that was never prosecuted, and there is basically no mechanism specified in the Constitution on how to enforce that amendment. This went through the courts when several states tried to get Trump's name removed from the ballot. It failed due to a lack of clarity. The only way it could have been enforced, is if he was actually convicted of that charge. That's what Jack Smith was going after with the J6 charhes against him. That case would have not only disqualified him from ever holding office again...it would have put him in federal prison.
Biden could have black-bagged him as an enemy of the state and been done with it before anyone could render any resistance.
And what would that have looked like to Republicans in Congress, and especially the 30%+ of the population that are a part of Trump's cult? We'd be in the middle of a civil war right now, with Democrats playing the role of autocratic dictators, instead of Trump.
Regardless, if it was found to be illegal later Biden is old as fuck so he wouldn't have to live with the consequences anyway.
Except you can't unfire that bullet. And once that line has been crossed, there would be no functional rule of law left in the country. If Democrats embrace the same scale of lawlessness that Trump and Republicans are trying to achieve, then there's nothing left to fight for. They would be shredding the Constitution the same way Trump is.
They need to plug those loopholes, not exploit them for their own benefit. That's how we got here in the first place. You can't exactly claim Trump shouldn't be allowed to do all this, while also claiming Democrats should. Laws for thee, but not for me, is the problem...not the solution.
Biden had the supreme courts OK to do whatever he wanted as long as it was an official act. He didn't need to worry about the details.
That's not actually true. At least not to the extent that people assume. What the Supreme Court did, was retroactively justify all past and potential presidential actions, that would otherwise be considered illegal for a regular person to have committed.
Meaning: You and I would be guilty of massive crimes if we were responsible for some of the things US presidents have to do, in the course of executing their duties as president. Under any normal circumstances, nearly every president would be guilty of war crimes for pretty much every conflict the US was involved in. Not to mention all the clandestine actions taken against foreign nations or individuals, in the name of "National Security". "The President" is ultimately responsible for hundreds or even thousands of civilian deaths every year, just by allowing troops to engage hostile forces around the world. Collateral damage is guaranteed.
Ever since 9/11 there has been a debate over whether or not to prosecute US presidents for all the horrific shit they cause around the world. All the Supreme Court did with that decision, was to end that debate.
What they didn't do, was define ALL of their actions as "official acts". When they made that decision, Jack Smith simply went back to the charges against Trump, and refined them, to show that he was not acting as President when he committed them. He was acting in his own interests...and all of a sudden he was vulnerable to prosecution again.
If Biden had gone after Trump directly, it would have been interpreted the same way. That he was simply getting rid of a rival candidate, so that he could affect the outcome of the election. Trump needed to be convicted in court, as a private cut zen that had committed crimes carrying a specific sentence.
The Supremes Court didn't just give the president the right to do anything he wanted. That should be obvious by all the legal challenges that are being filed against Trump's abuses of power during the past several months. He has a lot of latitude, but he is not above the law itself. If what he's doing violates his Constitutional authority, he can be held accountable. Although they will probably have to wait until he's out of office to go after him for it. And make no mistake, they are making a list.
Human beings have been around, in their current state of intellectual capacity for well over 100,000 years.
Looking at all that we've accomplished in just the last 10,000 years of known history...it is not unreasonable to assume that we could have accomplished just as much several times over already...but for whatever reason the knowledge of those accomplishments have been repeatedly erased from history.