An anti-coup provision is not much use with a loophole for self-coups.
By Adam Serwer
JANUARY 5, 2024
In the history of self-defeating euphemisms, Jonathan Chait?s characterization
of Donald Trump?s failed coup as an attempt to ?secure an unelected second term
in office? belongs in the hall of fame, alongside George W. Bush?s ?weapons of
mass destruction?related program activities? or Kellyanne Conway?s ?alternative
facts.?
?Alternative facts? clearly meant lies. ?Weapons of mass destruction?related program activities? merely reinforced the absence of the very weapons of mass destruction that the U.S. had invoked to justify invading Iraq. And another way
of saying ?secure an unelected second term in office? is ?coup.?
When writing that line, Chait, like many other liberal writers, was alarmed by
the Colorado Supreme Court?s decision disqualifying Trump from the ballot based
on Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment, which bars from political office those
who have sworn an oath to the Constitution and subsequently engaged in ?insurrection or rebellion.? Although Chait curiously insisted that he wouldn?t
?comment on the legal merits of the case,? he managed to somehow zero in on one
of the main legal points at issue, which is whether Trump?s behavior ?constitutes ?insurrection.??
Among the definitions explored by the Colorado Supreme Court is one from an 1860
dictionary that describes insurrection as ?a rising against civil or political
authority; the open and active opposition of a number of persons to the execution of law in a city or state.? A law-review article by the conservative
law professors William Baude and Michael Paulsen, which the Colorado Supreme Court cited heavily, noted that insurrection involves ?an affirmative contest with, and active resistance to, the authority of the government. It is in that
sense more than just organized resistance to the laws?more than just a protest,
even one involving civil disobedience.?
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/01/donald-trump-insurrection/677028/
The attack on the Capitol on 01/06/2021 was an insurrection under any reasonable
understanding of the term, and Hartung knows it. There's no other word that fully captures both the event and its undeniable political goal. This is settled.
In article <fxAnN.112611$taff.69392@fx41.iad>, lb@cap.con says...
An anti-coup provision is not much use with a loophole for self-coups.
By Adam Serwer
JANUARY 5, 2024
In the history of self-defeating euphemisms, Jonathan Chait?s characterization
of Donald Trump?s failed coup as an attempt to ?secure an unelected second term
in office? belongs in the hall of fame, alongside George W. Bush?s ?weapons of
mass destruction?related program activities? or Kellyanne Conway?s ?alternative
facts.?
?Alternative facts? clearly meant lies. ?Weapons of mass destruction?related >> program activities? merely reinforced the absence of the very weapons of mass
destruction that the U.S. had invoked to justify invading Iraq. And another way
of saying ?secure an unelected second term in office? is ?coup.?
When writing that line, Chait, like many other liberal writers, was alarmed by
the Colorado Supreme Court?s decision disqualifying Trump from the ballot based
on Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment, which bars from political office those
who have sworn an oath to the Constitution and subsequently engaged in
?insurrection or rebellion.? Although Chait curiously insisted that he wouldn?t
?comment on the legal merits of the case,? he managed to somehow zero in on one
of the main legal points at issue, which is whether Trump?s behavior
?constitutes ?insurrection.??
Among the definitions explored by the Colorado Supreme Court is one from an 1860
dictionary that describes insurrection as ?a rising against civil or political
authority; the open and active opposition of a number of persons to the
execution of law in a city or state.? A law-review article by the conservative
law professors William Baude and Michael Paulsen, which the Colorado Supreme >> Court cited heavily, noted that insurrection involves ?an affirmative contest
with, and active resistance to, the authority of the government. It is in that
sense more than just organized resistance to the laws?more than just a protest,
even one involving civil disobedience.?
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/01/donald-trump-insurrection/677028/
The attack on the Capitol on 01/06/2021 was an insurrection under any reasonable
understanding of the term, and Hartung knows it. There's no other word that >> fully captures both the event and its undeniable political goal. This is settled.
No charges.
In article <q0CnN.183765$xHn7.153848@fx14.iad>, air@vatican_.con says...
On 1/10/2024 11:11 AM, Skeeter-Shit Jack-Off Shit-4-Braincell, convicted child molester and another fucking do-nothing, lied:
In article <fxAnN.112611$taff.69392@fx41.iad>, lb@cap.con says...
An anti-coup provision is not much use with a loophole for self-coups. >>>>
By Adam Serwer
JANUARY 5, 2024
In the history of self-defeating euphemisms, Jonathan Chait?s characterization
of Donald Trump?s failed coup as an attempt to ?secure an unelected second term
in office? belongs in the hall of fame, alongside George W. Bush?s ?weapons of
mass destruction?related program activities? or Kellyanne Conway?s ?alternative
facts.?
?Alternative facts? clearly meant lies. ?Weapons of mass destruction?related
program activities? merely reinforced the absence of the very weapons of mass
destruction that the U.S. had invoked to justify invading Iraq. And another way
of saying ?secure an unelected second term in office? is ?coup.?
When writing that line, Chait, like many other liberal writers, was alarmed by
the Colorado Supreme Court?s decision disqualifying Trump from the ballot based
on Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment, which bars from political office those
who have sworn an oath to the Constitution and subsequently engaged in >>>> ?insurrection or rebellion.? Although Chait curiously insisted that he wouldn?t
?comment on the legal merits of the case,? he managed to somehow zero in on one
of the main legal points at issue, which is whether Trump?s behavior
?constitutes ?insurrection.??
Among the definitions explored by the Colorado Supreme Court is one from an 1860
dictionary that describes insurrection as ?a rising against civil or political
authority; the open and active opposition of a number of persons to the >>>> execution of law in a city or state.? A law-review article by the conservative
law professors William Baude and Michael Paulsen, which the Colorado Supreme
Court cited heavily, noted that insurrection involves ?an affirmative contest
with, and active resistance to, the authority of the government. It is in that
sense more than just organized resistance to the laws?more than just a protest,
even one involving civil disobedience.?
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/01/donald-trump-insurrection/677028/
The attack on the Capitol on 01/06/2021 was an insurrection under any reasonable
understanding of the term, and Hartung knows it. There's no other word that
fully captures both the event and its undeniable political goal. This is settled.
No charges.
No charges for the unsolved burglary of your house, either.
Plenty of charges and convictions for seditious conspiracy.
It was an insurrection. This is settled.
But none of Trump.
Homegrown Extremists Tied to Deadlier Toll Than Jihadists in
U.S. Since 9/11
In article <rODnN.219709$83n7.137685@fx18.iad>, max.boot@lathymes.com
says...
On 1/10/2024 12:57 PM, Skeeter-Shit Jack-Off Shit-4-Braincell, convicted child molester and another fucking do-nothing, lied:
In article <q0CnN.183765$xHn7.153848@fx14.iad>, air@vatican_.con says... >>>>
On 1/10/2024 11:11 AM, Skeeter-Shit Jack-Off Shit-4-Braincell, convicted child molester and another fucking do-nothing, lied:
In article <fxAnN.112611$taff.69392@fx41.iad>, lb@cap.con says...
An anti-coup provision is not much use with a loophole for self-coups. >>>>>>
By Adam Serwer
JANUARY 5, 2024
In the history of self-defeating euphemisms, Jonathan Chait?s characterization
of Donald Trump?s failed coup as an attempt to ?secure an unelected second term
in office? belongs in the hall of fame, alongside George W. Bush?s ?weapons of
mass destruction?related program activities? or Kellyanne Conway?s ?alternative
facts.?
?Alternative facts? clearly meant lies. ?Weapons of mass destruction?related
program activities? merely reinforced the absence of the very weapons of mass
destruction that the U.S. had invoked to justify invading Iraq. And another way
of saying ?secure an unelected second term in office? is ?coup.?
When writing that line, Chait, like many other liberal writers, was alarmed by
the Colorado Supreme Court?s decision disqualifying Trump from the ballot based
on Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment, which bars from political office those
who have sworn an oath to the Constitution and subsequently engaged in >>>>>> ?insurrection or rebellion.? Although Chait curiously insisted that he wouldn?t
?comment on the legal merits of the case,? he managed to somehow zero in on one
of the main legal points at issue, which is whether Trump?s behavior >>>>>> ?constitutes ?insurrection.??
Among the definitions explored by the Colorado Supreme Court is one from an 1860
dictionary that describes insurrection as ?a rising against civil or political
authority; the open and active opposition of a number of persons to the >>>>>> execution of law in a city or state.? A law-review article by the conservative
law professors William Baude and Michael Paulsen, which the Colorado Supreme
Court cited heavily, noted that insurrection involves ?an affirmative contest
with, and active resistance to, the authority of the government. It is in that
sense more than just organized resistance to the laws?more than just a protest,
even one involving civil disobedience.?
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/01/donald-trump-insurrection/677028/
The attack on the Capitol on 01/06/2021 was an insurrection under any reasonable
understanding of the term, and Hartung knows it. There's no other word that
fully captures both the event and its undeniable political goal. This is settled.
No charges.
No charges for the unsolved burglary of your house, either.
Plenty of charges and convictions for seditious conspiracy.
It was an insurrection. This is settled.
But none of Trump.
Trump engaged in insurrection, so he is disqualified from office. This is settled.
Nope and
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