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T G Cardenas's avatar

For Habeus Corpus to be suspended the Legislative Branch has the authority to do so with specific provisions and requires a 2/3 percent vote. The Executive Branch does NOT have the authority-ever! An executive order is nothing more than a presidents wish for the Legislative Branch to enact laws. The Legislative Branch as it is constituted does not have the necessary votes to enact the maniacal deranged delusional and demented wish list…

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LHS's avatar

Trump is doing many things that properly belong to the Legislative Branch, and so far, they have just allowed him to do it.

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T G Cardenas's avatar

The suspension of Habeus Corpus will trigger massive court challenges. The kind of Habeus Corpus court challenges will be expedited to SCOTUS and this will be a quick bitch slap from SCOTUS end of discussion …

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Kat Hillsdale's avatar

How can we really depend on SCOTUS slamming this shut? They’ve been making some very strange decisions re: various issues and their rulings (such as blanket presidential immunity) have been ridiculous and outside of what many understand as to what the Constitution says.

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T G Cardenas's avatar

Habeus Corpus is a foundational covenant of the US Constitution. It is taught to high school students in Civics classes, it is taught to college students in US Politics-college Constitutional Law classes and it is taught in numerous Law School courses across the country. Even this conservative group of SCOTUS justices will be hard pressed to side with a deranged delusional and demented executive branch. They simply will never do it.

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Kat Hillsdale's avatar

One would hope that SCOTUS would reject Trump’s ridiculous notions, but can they be trusted not to twist what the Constitution says into a pretzel to placate Trump?

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David Grebow's avatar

In your dreams ... the answers will be national strikes and resustance.

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JA's avatar

🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

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JA's avatar

The Legislative branch is comatose! Only several have the gumption to open their mouths. With an election coming up in months, someone better begin to make noise?

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Bob Cartwright's avatar

Election coming up in months? yes. You talking midterm election? THAT'S OVER 17 MONTHS FROM NOW. ALMOST A YEAR AND A HALF. At the rate things are going

WE WON'T HAVE A COUNTRY LEFT BY THEN!!!

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Daniel Solomon's avatar

See above. GWB tried military tribunals. So did Lincoln. https://www.oyez.org/cases/1850-1900/71us2

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