Lawyer on my FB: when the executive branch disobeys a court order the case for impeachment is open-and-shut
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Replying to @CelticAnarchy
does it still require action by Congress? Can a court order them to impeach?
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Replying to @vrovoom
.@l33chb0t it does. That there has been no motion for impeachment proves the process is non-functioning.
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Replying to @CelticAnarchy
it's a soft coup. Always a possibility when the PotUS and Congress are the same party
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Replying to @arthur_affect
ppl had hoped that public pressure and weak central party leadership would make it unlikely
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Replying to @arthur_affect
but it's important to remember the Court has no actual POWER, only moral authority
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Replying to @arthur_affect
the Court isn't in any chain of command, it can only express its opinion abt things the executive has already done
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Replying to @arthur_affect
well, the power is supposed to be that not listening it carries consequences. When that is no longer true...
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yeah that's supposed to be the balance w the Court itself being unelected and for life
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