Normally, a president can’t. The president is supposed to be checked by the legislative (Congress) and judicial (Supreme Court) branches of the government (president being executive).
The problem is, the other two are loyal to him so they don’t check each other.
The government has basically been held together by a system of social norms and gentleman’s agreements which Trump doesn’t give two shits about. The one, singular potential good thing that might come out of this presidency is if all of these loopholes get closed as a result.
To be clear: Trump’s opponents are saying no kings. Trump & those around him are tweeting pictures and videos of him as a king. Stephen miller said Trump had “pleniary power”. His followers want him to be king.
The whole pardon thing, as well as others of the US presidential powers, are a remainder from absolutism. They thought they took the best of all worlds, by combining elements from absolutism with more democratic elements and combined them into a constitution, when in reality it was a pretty shaky construction from the beginning. And of course now it has long since gone completely rotten by deliberate corrupting the system even more than it was before.
Why can the president stand above the law? They’re talking a lot about having no kings or whatever but Trump basically is one.
Sweden is a constitutional monarchy. Our king doesn’t have as much power as Trump. Neither does our prime minister.
Neither should. That’s not how a democracy should work.
Normally, a president can’t. The president is supposed to be checked by the legislative (Congress) and judicial (Supreme Court) branches of the government (president being executive).
The problem is, the other two are loyal to him so they don’t check each other.
Most presidents have not had this power.
I think they are talking specifically about the power of pardon, which all other presidents certainly have had.
The government has basically been held together by a system of social norms and gentleman’s agreements which Trump doesn’t give two shits about. The one, singular potential good thing that might come out of this presidency is if all of these loopholes get closed as a result.
Assuming anyone who’d want to close them ever wins again.
To be clear: Trump’s opponents are saying no kings. Trump & those around him are tweeting pictures and videos of him as a king. Stephen miller said Trump had “pleniary power”. His followers want him to be king.
The whole pardon thing, as well as others of the US presidential powers, are a remainder from absolutism. They thought they took the best of all worlds, by combining elements from absolutism with more democratic elements and combined them into a constitution, when in reality it was a pretty shaky construction from the beginning. And of course now it has long since gone completely rotten by deliberate corrupting the system even more than it was before.