Thursday, July 28, 2016

Trump Thwart

Democrats and other caring Americans are going to have to understand that there is the possibility of a Trump presidency because the problems are systemic. The system is really screwed up. Luckily there are precedents in place for what to do, under the heading of "nullification."

Republicans have been practicing nullification openly and in earnest for at least two decades, since the arrival of the Gingrich-Republican Operation in Nullification, or GROIN, in Washington in 1994. Their idea was to refuse to comply with anything they didn't like. Presidential election?

Not a problem! You can impeach a president for non-impeachable offenses uncovered in an illegal investigation-turned-persecution-turned-prosecution. Laws are held hostage. Budgets are blackballed. Nominees neglected. Stuff pigeonholed. The precedents are there and justify anything. 

There are no limits. Let the exercise in imagination begin! Anything to thwart Trump. It's all fair game. 

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