12-22-2020, 11:33 AM
(12-22-2020, 08:47 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: I am reminded of the famous scene in The Wizard of Oz in which the Wicked Witch of the West tries to set fire to the Scarecrow. I think we all know what follows, but in case we don't know... we think we are in for a long dragged-out struggle. Not quite. I don't do spoilers.
I know he has me calling up my copy of the Constitution, and reading the text of the XXVth Amendment. Trump is considering radical things like martial law, listening to a few outsiders, and alienating those with regular positions. I'm thinking he really doesn't want to get the cabinet and vice president too much against him. It looks like if the cabinet acts late in the Christmas holidays, and congress is not in session at the time, congress has 21 days dithering time before it has to act to respond. I can see Nancy as being slow to put consideration of the president's condition on the docket.
It would be ashamed if Trump looses his ability to pardon.
I know I've done a lot of daydreams. This one doesn't seem particularly likely to play out. Or is it?
That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.