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7/16/15

@dan-howells-collarbones / dan-howells-collarbones.tumblr.com

We should take a moment and hold it and know that life has a hopeful undertone
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averagefairy

“you didn’t see republicans storming the streets when obama was elected” when did obama ever threaten your rights. to your body, to your marriage, to your religion, to safety within your own country. the only thing he ever threatened to take from you was your own white supremacist comfort

remember though that republicans actually threatened a real fucking civil war complete with munitions if Hillary won, so they’re being hypocritical as fuck right now, complaining about our thus-far peaceful protesting

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Anonymous asked:

can you please talk about those protections to curtail executive power I'm really, really scared and could use the reassurance thank you

THINGS A PRESIDENT CANNOT DO:

  • Reverse any Supreme Court decision 
  • This includes Obergefell v. Hodges, which made same-sex marriage a constitutional right; Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, which reaffirmed a woman’s right to choose first articulated in Roe v. Wade, another Supreme Court case. Grutter v. Bollinger, which instituted affirmative action, the entire body of Civil Rights case law, plus anything related to due process, including the right of minors to due process, your right to an attorney, Miranda rights, inadmissible evidence, etc.
  • (Even if Trump appoints the worst possible SC nominee, they still can’t reverse any of these decisions without a really significant case coming before the Court with new facts, and then they have to write an opinion stating how this case is different than that other case…it’s unlikely to happen.)
  • Write law or repeal any existing law
  • While traditionally, presidents have exerted influence on the legislative agenda (see, Obama’s role in advancing and promoting the Affordable Care Act) they cannot actually write or pass legislation. Bills, joint resolutions, concurrent resolutions, and simple resolutions must be introduced in the House by a Representative.
  • Presidents cannot strike down law. Only Congress can repeal laws, and only the Supreme Court can strike them down as unconstitutional.
  • Presidential influence is just that—influence.
  • (And if—for example—you are hated by 95% of the party you joined last week, and burned all your goddamn bridges by insulting them at various points in your campaign…..they’re unlikely to partner with you in crafting legislation.)
  • Make any law or declaration that infringes in any way on the rights of the states
  • So in the US, most of the rights are reserved to the states. You name it, it’s a state-run power. Criminal procedure and law? States. Medicare and Medicaid? States. The definition of marriage? States. Insurance, health departments, housing, unemployment benefits, public education, all these are state programs. And the president cannot infringe on those powers given to the states.
  • (This is why down-ticket voting is so important, because Mike Pence as governor of Indiana had 800x the power he’s going to have as VP.)
  • Declare war.
  • This one is the most complicated, because with the advent of our “conflicts” in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, etc. there has been a significant shift in the articulation of the war doctrine, and it is one of the least restricted of the president’s “restricted” powers. But, despite all that, a president still has no power to declare war.
  • Unilaterally appoint heads of administrative departments
  • Unilaterally make treaties with foreign nations

Essentially, while presidents have a lot of power, it’s mostly unofficial—they can’t make sweeping laws, they can’t overturn existing rights, the most they can do is refuse to enforce them (which is absolutely a threat! and a problem!) but we aren’t electing de facto royalty here.

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Donald Trump...

I can’t believe someone who was endorsed by the KKK, thinks climate change isn’t real and made up by china, has made fun of people with disabilities, called veterans who have PTSD ‘soft’ or not strong enough, is going to court in December for a rape case, is sexist & racist, is anti-LGBT, who supports conversion therapy, who wants to deport millions of illegal immigrants because 'they’re stealing our jobs’, who has admitted to not paying taxes in 18 years, who’s words have increased Muslim hatred by 80%, who has no political background and was a reality TV star, who is praised for “speaking his mind and meaning what he says” but yet has said he would date his own daughter and that he sexually assaults women, who promised to build a wall but wants to make Mexico pay for it, who called Mexicans rapists, who said that African Americans have nothing left to lose,  who will only benefit white straight males Is our next president for the next 4 years. I just can’t believe it. I hope everyone who voted for trump better have an actual reason rather than 'he’s a good business man’ (his businesses have gone bankrupt multiple times and has been sued many times) or 'he says what everyone else is afraid to say and he says what he means’ ( okay that’s why when there’s proof he said he grabs women by the pussy everyone denies it and says it was locker room talk and that he didn’t mean it??) or ’ at least he’s truthful unlike Hillary’ (he hasn’t released his tax returns even though people have asked).

Great choice America 👌

A lot of people on my facebook said that 80% of what i said was not true.. well think again :) 

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Please keep Standing Rock in your prayers. This new president does not respect Natives or Native lands. There will be no support from him.

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Donald Trump...

I can’t believe someone who was endorsed by the KKK, thinks climate change isn’t real and made up by china, has made fun of people with disabilities, called veterans who have PTSD ‘soft’ or not strong enough, is going to court in December for a rape case, is sexist & racist, is anti-LGBT, who supports conversion therapy, who wants to deport millions of illegal immigrants because 'they’re stealing our jobs’, who has admitted to not paying taxes in 18 years, who’s words have increased Muslim hatred by 80%, who has no political background and was a reality TV star, who is praised for “speaking his mind and meaning what he says” but yet has said he would date his own daughter and that he sexually assaults women, who promised to build a wall but wants to make Mexico pay for it, who called Mexicans rapists, who said that African Americans have nothing left to lose,  who will only benefit white straight males Is our next president for the next 4 years. I just can’t believe it. I hope everyone who voted for trump better have an actual reason rather than 'he’s a good business man’ (his businesses have gone bankrupt multiple times and has been sued many times) or 'he says what everyone else is afraid to say and he says what he means’ ( okay that’s why when there’s proof he said he grabs women by the pussy everyone denies it and says it was locker room talk and that he didn’t mean it??) or ’ at least he’s truthful unlike Hillary’ (he hasn’t released his tax returns even though people have asked).

Great choice America 👌

A lot of people on my facebook said that 80% of what i said was not true.. well think again :) 

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excuse my harsh language but you stupid idiot fucks who voted third party or didn’t vote had better be enjoying your fucking weak sense of philosophical superiority

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