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You don't think the democratic state Governors will step up if there's even a hint of that happening?

In the end a lot of the money and power is mostly in blue states.

fireflash38 | parent | next
I think you'll see a huge clawing back of power to the Federal government. Just around the things where they want to stick it to blue states.
ttyprintk | root | parent
Definitely. This will involve a tariff regime explicitly disadvantaging the ports in coastal blue states. Certain bureaucratic centers will be moved, the kinds of things a real estate developer can follow in a short meeting.

The side effects of this will both hurt his base, and offer opportunities for smart people. For example, careless tariffs can raise the cost of everything at Walmart by 60% with Amazon not far behind. You know this and I know this.

Tariffs also demonstrate to domestic companies that they don’t need to innovate. The material and labor to innovate will be cheaper overseas. You know this and I know this.

labster | parent | next
Governors can be killed by executive order. It’s an official action so under the new Supreme Court ruling the President can’t be prosecuted. Anyone who carries out the order can be pardoned. The courts can of course reverse the executive order, but not resurrect a man so the case would be moot.

This is a man who has talked about shooting political opponents on the campaign trail, I’d be astonished if he doesn’t follow through if there will be no consequences.

testrun | root | parent
Governors can be killed by executive order

This is a bald faced lie. Stop talking rubbish.

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light_hue_1 | root | parent
When the liberals on the Supreme Court say this:

> Looking beyond the fate of this particular prosecution, the long-term consequences of today’s decision are stark. The Court effectively creates a law-free zone around the President, upsetting the status quo that has existed since the Founding. This new official-acts immunity now “lies about like a loaded weapon” for any President that wishes to place his own interests, his own political survival, or his own financial gain, above the interests of the Nation. Kore­matsu v. United States, 323 U. S. 214, 246 (1944) (Jackson, J., dissenting). The President of the United States is the most powerful person in the country, and possibly the world. When he uses his official powers in any way, under the majority’s reasoning, he now will be insulated from criminal prosecution. Orders the Navy’s Seal Team 6 to as­sassinate a political rival? Immune. Organizes a military coup to hold onto power? Immune. Takes a bribe in ex­change for a pardon? Immune. Immune, immune, immune.

Then the claim that the President can in their official capacity assassinate others with impunity and protection from prosecution is no lie.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-939_e2pg.pdf

You're living in a pre-Trump world. The Supreme Court changed the rules while you were asleep.

startupsfail | parent
That money and power doesn’t seem to be willing to move towards centrists policies. And there is a lot of power in the president, considering how unstable the world is the most likely scenario now is further consolidation of that power. And Russia or Israel are good examples, if anyone wants to see what happens after the power gets consolidated.