What Happened to Our Constitution?

[spanone]

Republicans in Congress are eager for Trump to expand his use of the military on US soil

WASHINGTON (AP) — National Guard troops patrolling the streets of U.S. cities. Weapons of war deployed against international gangs suspected of drug trafficking. Military bases and resources redirected to mass immigration enforcement operations.

President Donald Trump is swiftly implementing his vision of the military as an all-powerful tool for his policy goals. It’s ground that presidents have hardly ever crossed outside of times of war, and experts say it’s remaking the role of the most powerful military in the world and its relationship with the American public.

Yet as Trump has dramatically stepped up his use of military force, fellow Republicans in Congress — where authorization for such actions is supposed to originate — have done little but cheer him on. That’s giving the president significant leeway as he raises plans to send troops next to Chicago, Baltimore and New Orleans.

“If I were one of those mayors, I’d be glad to have the help,” said Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., the chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, speaking from a Capitol building where National Guard troops were patrolling the surrounding city. “I think the big city Democrats are really making a mistake. I think they’re being tone deaf.”

https://apnews.com/article/trump-military-national-guard-congress-9010e7f1111b1ece534e3525b6f76638

[Jim__]

1. Trump is ignoring it. We should not ignore that fact. It is time to act.

The people need to come together and defend the republic. If we don't, we will lose it.

[newdeal2]

2. Troops are not a solution to crime

Unless you plan a long term occupation, it’s all window dressing.

[usonian]

3. Congress is as useless as bowling shoes in a hockey rink.

Useful only to block slapshots with their teeth.

Trump and his Extreme Court deacons have taken a sharpie to the Constitution.

And the credit goes to Mitch "The Devil's Accomplice" McConnell.

[Eliot Rosewater]

4. The constitution is only as good as the nine Supreme Court justices interpreting it.

And since we have a supreme court where six of the justices have decided they will not follow the constitution they will not follow the law they will not follow precedent and they will only do what they are told by the piece of shit, there is effectively no constitution and no law.



There is zero exaggeration to this, and when the Supreme Court rules against them which is about one out of 1000 times the administration just ignore them.

The democracy is over we have a dictatorship the sooner people start talking about it like in the media the better, it’s too late probably Anyway.

[Bettie]

5. The Constitution....laws, rules, norms...

well, they only apply to Democrats or people that the orange toddler hates.

He and his "buddies" (who probably laugh at him behind his back for being such a fucking rube) don't have to follow any laws or rules at all.

They own the highest court, so they get a pass on literally everything.

[markodochartaigh]

7. Frank Wilhoit:

"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”

[Bettie]

11. Exactly

and boy howdy, they are leaning into that one hard.

[NCDem47]

15. "Rules are for thee, not for me."

[ImNotGod]

6. The Constitution went bye bye like in Rome in 44 BCE & nazi Germany in 1933. nt

[markodochartaigh]

12. It's been a while coming:

https://www.profpito.com/bushgod.html

[Irish_Dem]

8. It is a quaint relic of yesteryear.

Back in the old days the US thought they liked it.
Along with rule of law.

Now it is all a big joke.

[Traildogbob]

9. It is just for show

Like the 10 commandments.
If the 2nd was not in there they would have shit canned it decades ago.
Like the 10, they break every damn one of the amendments.

[Irish_Dem]

14. Yep. The MAGA cult adores the Ten Commandments but doesn't follow any of them.

All for pretend and show.

In reality they adore a lying, cheating, thief, rapist, traitor.

[Traildogbob]

18. If posted in schools

An asterisk needs to be on it.
“Your president has broken every damn one of them, day after day”.
Or, “never elect an ass that has broken every one of these”.

[Irish_Dem]

23. They must tell the kids it is all for show, no one expects them to follow any of the commandments.

[Torchlight]

10. In the past 35 years, it's become a stage prop, along with flags and crosses

Holding zero value to our degenerate carnival barker and his sideshow courtiers beyond what profit alone can bring.

[Traildogbob]

20. Spot on

All props, like the flagged lapels, and AR 15 pins.

[Irish_Dem]

24. While in reality they are rapists, thieves, traitors.

[Kid Berwyn]

13. The NAZI Lovers

Dulles Brothers / Brown Bros. Harriman
Prescott Trading-with-the-Enemy Bush
Tricky Dick Nixon
Pruneface Reagan
Richard Rehnquist
Poppy Bush
Antonio Scalia
Smirko Bush
John Cash-Up-Front Roberts
King Taco the Traitor

[Initech]

30. And don't forget the people who helped plant the seeds for this kind of fascism:

Rush Limbaugh
Jimmy Swaggert
Jim Crouch
Rupert Murdoch
Joseph McCarthy

[Kid Berwyn]

33. All working in service of Big Finance.

I'd add Roy Cohn, who helped popularize sex trafficking of children for the good of the national security state and the wealthy, an echo chamber amassed by money laundering NAZIs.

[Ping Tung]

16. It is conveniently located on a roller next to the toilet in the oval office.

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[spanone]

17. All Great Replies

and Depressing as Hell.

[Jilly_in_VA]

19. Roger Wicker is from Missishitty

Let's send troops there! See how he likes it. Trust me, Jackson, MS, WILL NOT like it!

[haele]

22. The Heritage Foundation.

A bunch of bigoted, hypocritically blasphemous rich sociopathic f***s who think they're the be all and end all of Humanity.
And the greedy, jealous snowflakes who fall in line to kiss their boots

[regnaD kciN]

25. The Constitution is only what SCOTUS decides it is...

…and this crew sees it as merely toilet paper a police state can wipe its ass with.

[BlueTsunami2018]

26. "Stop throwing the Constitution in my face," Bush screamed back. "It's just a goddamned piece of paper!"

This has been going on long before Piss took over. This has been the plan going back to the John Birch society and probably even further. We did let a whole lot of Nazis into the country after World War II.

The Soviets knew what to do with Nazis.

[Initech]

27. One angry bloviating jackass on AM radio became famous and took a massive shit on it.

[Midnight Writer]

28. The Constitution has been remixed by hacks.

[maxrandb]

29. Well, see...It's like this...

President Obama didn't fix all of America's problems within a week of taking office, and even had the gall to not deliver ponies as demanded.

We decided that the way to make America "more progressive" was to sit out the 2010 Mid-term election (A CENSUS YEAR), and allow unhinged racists with tri-corner hats and Medicare provided "My Scooters"...screaming like banshees for 14 months about getting "gubmint out of my Medicare", to take over 65% of all State Legislatures and Governorships, as well as a majority of the Federal Government House and Senate.

Then, we sat back as a racist fucking orange circus clown spent the next 14 months demanding to see the first African American President's Birth Certificate. We never showed up to protest at the studios of ...NOT ONE SINGLE one of the 1,500 Hate Radio stations, (MANY BASED ENTIRELY WITHIN THE CONFINE OF 80-20 BLUE TO RED CITIES), who spewed racist birther shit 24/7.

Then, it became perfectly normal for CBS, NBC, ABC, the NY Times, the WA Post, and of course Faux News to present the entire racist birther shit as nothing more than a "he said-she said" issue.

Then we gleefully watched "Game of Thrones" and wondered how people could allow such a fucked up...but totally entertaining...leadership structure take hold in Westoros.

Then we got busy with our kids and our lives as our newly empowered T-baggers drew state and federal congressional districts that looked like a sheep fucking a housecat...we expressed a little bit of concern when all of these "snake swallowing a shriveled penis" districts ensured our new overlords could win 45% of a states voters, while getting 86% of its representation...coincidental, of course.

Then we nominated a fantastic candidate, and one that was probably the most qualified ever to serve as President, but all anyone wanted to talk about was some "scandal" about some "email" bullshit...except for some of "us"...who preferred talking about how "our wonderful, started from nothing and worked her ass off to get where she was, truly historic candidate, was just EXACTLY THE SAME as an orange colored, racist freak-show, carnival barking, used-car-powered-by-snake-oil selling, serial unwanted pussy-grabbing moron".

Then, just to ensure we went completely through the Looking Glass and were using the broken shards to slit out wrists, we enabled the party of the "orange colored, racist freak-show, carnival barking, used car, snake oil selling, serial unwanted pussy-grabbing moron", to be the only check on his power.

There's something in there about some Russians doing some shit, but truly...THIS SHIT SHOW IS ALL OURS.

and that's "What happened to our Constitution"

Going forward for at least the next 20 years, the next election is going to be the most important and critical of our lifetimes.

The War for Democracy has only just begun.

[lostnfound]

31. John Roberts cut it up and ate it for dinner nt

[Bread and Circuses]

32. Kicked to the curb...

All this is showing us that what we thought was an illusion.

Our constitution, Congress, laws, etc.

Are not bullet-proof. An angry pedophile destroyed 249 years in less than six months.

And there’s no go back to “normal”.


We need Democracy 2.0
It has to be built from the ground up.

Perhaps in 100 years,

[Fichefinder]

34. It assumed.