Given the instability many witnessed, there were early whispers within the cabinet of invoking the 25th Amendment, which would start a complex process for removing the president. But no one wanted to precipitate a constitutional crisis. So we will do what we can to steer the administration in the right direction until — one way or another — it’s over.
Absolute ****ing cowards.
Removal of the president via the 25th amendment isn't a constitutional crisis; it's literally part of the ****ing document.
I'll tell you what is a constitutional crisis: People in positions of power (looking at you, Congress and high level Cabinet officials) not doing they're goddamn jobs.
The Senate passed the bill under "budget reconciliation" rules, allowing them to bypass the filibuster. There are details of the reconciliation rules and process here, and here.
These are the most relevant parts:
So the irony is that the GOP tended to still give lip service to the idea that the tax cuts would be revenue neutral due to extra growth, but they were forced to make the bill temporary in order to use reconciliation rules precisely because no economist will actually agree with the idea that the bill is revenue-neutral :P
So, It's not exactly that they had to be temporary by law. They had to be temporary to be passed under the reconciliation rules, and part of the point of those rules is that the process isn't really intended to be used to write new law.
Congress rules are so bad now nobody does anything to make sense
even this Kavanaugh hearing is a waste of time, nothing he says is going to change anyone's mind this is just a waste of time because the dems want to wait until november because even if they dont win the senate, they can have the joe manchins and the like vote no then, where right now if they vote no they may lose their seats
and say what you want about republicans, but they voted in Kagan and Sotamayer with 67+ votes each and little hassle. even though they completely disagreed with them philosophically
also, these hypothetical questions to Kavanaugh are way out of line
Removal of the president via the 25th amendment isn't a constitutional crisis; it's literally part of the ****ing document.
I'll tell you what is a constitutional crisis: People in positions of power (looking at you, Congress and high level Cabinet officials) not doing they're goddamn jobs.
removal of a president via the 25th amendment in this circumstance would be
the purpose of the 25th amendment is if a president gets alzeimers or soemthing like that. not that you think he's aggressive or doesnt think things through.
he was voted in and acting the exact same way as he did before he won.
it's just sour grapes
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Section 4: this is an emergency provision that allows the Vice President and members of the Cabinet to declare the President unfit to carry out the duties of the Presidency. The President may assert his competency (ability to serve) by sending a declaration to Congress. The Vice President and Cabinet can submit another declaration against the President, which would force Congress to reach a 2/3 majority that the President is unfit for office.
and say what you want about republicans, but they voted in Kagan and Sotamayer with 67+ votes each and little hassle. even though they completely disagreed with them philosophically
Aside from being wrong (Kagan was 63-37), you're acting like Republicans actually wanted those two in the SC. They both got a very small minority of R votes.
and i do think it's okay for anonymous sources under certain circumstances, but this is getting out of control.
if you want to call him out, call him out but dont be a ****ing pussy and hide under a gimmick
Per the narrative of the op-ed, they are staying hidden for our sake, not for theirs - well, perhaps "also" for theirs...
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Removal of the president via the 25th amendment isn't a constitutional crisis; it's literally part of the ****ing document.
I'll tell you what is a constitutional crisis: People in positions of power (looking at you, Congress and high level Cabinet officials) not doing they're goddamn jobs.
if the vote is held in the next week i think 3 dems will vote for him (manchin, jones, and maybe 1 other from a trump state). if it is after election day 0 will\