The King just said he's going to dissolve parliament.

[HarlanPepper]

Discuss

I’ll go first. Can he do it?

[gopiscrap]

1. WTF?

[JohnnyLib2]

2. I smell Barr.

[rzemanfl]

5. Me too. n/t

[milestogo]

7. Please elaborate.

[Solomon]

18. He wants to adjourn Congress so he can make recess appointments.

In other words, Dictator.

[milestogo]

27. Oh FFS.

[crickets]

35. +1

[Mossfern]

3. CRAZY!!!

Very very crazy.
Time for the 25th amendment or whatever...

[rzemanfl]

6. ? n/t

[gopiscrap]

12. oops wrong thread, I will self delete

[rzemanfl]

15. K.

[Cha]

17. Yeah, I'd like to know what he meant by that, too?

[gopiscrap]

23. I was trying to answer a different thread but messed up

[Cha]

48. Oh dear.. I've done that. Thanks for replying.

[Danmel]

8. What did he say

[HarlanPepper]

14. He said he was going to adjourn the house and senate by executive order

So he can make recess appointments

[Cha]

28. Thanks for the clarification! Yeah can the wannabe dictator

do that?

[HarlanPepper]

31. Apparently he has the power to adjourn according to another poster.

[Cha]

50. Yeah, I read that after I posted..

More fresh hell.

[dixiegrrrrl]

64. No he can't.

One of his brainless minions has misled him...again...about the Constitution.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

46. Any constitutional scholars here?

I can't imagine he can do that?

[2naSalit]

58. I'd like to see that argument because I don't think he can.

That is why they are independent of the Executive.

[SheltieLover]

9. What?

So is he cranked on uppers today or so sedated he can hardly hold head up? Sounds like the former.

Shit show needs to end

[demmiblue]

10. Wait...I just saw that you are going to financially support a conservative repuke over a Democrat...

in the next election in another thread.

What is your purpose here?

[HarlanPepper]

21. I'm sorry you feel that way.

[demmiblue]

26. ...

[HarlanPepper]

29. ...

[Bettie]

11. Was this part of today's dog and pony show?

I don't watch, so what did he say?

[HarlanPepper]

16. He said

he was going to adjourn the house and senate by executive order So he can make recess appointments

[SunsetDreams2]

22. No he didn't

Did he really?

[HarlanPepper]

25. Sorry i misread your post

Yes, he said he will move to adjourn the house and senate so he can do recess appointments. I’m guessing that’s an executive order thing but I’m sure others here know more.

[wryter2000]

36. Wonder what Nancy Pelosi has to say about that.

I can't imagine even McTurtle will like it.

[HarlanPepper]

37. That's what I don't get

The fucking GOP is in control of the senate! It’s all McTurtle’s decision!

[sop]

13. The president has the power to adjourn Congress.

"Article II, Section 3, Clause 3 also authorizes the president to adjourn Congress if the House and Senate cannot agree on the time of adjournment; no president has ever had to exercise this administrative power."

https://www.justice.gov/file/20711/download

[bdamomma]

24. adjourn

or dissolve?

[sop]

30. It's never been done before, so it's unclear what his powers are.

https://www.quora.com/Can-the-US-president-dissolve-Congress

[procon]

38. But that's not what is at issue.

Congress has no argument "on the time of adjournment", that are all too happy to flee DC.

Trump can try to pull a huge lie out of his ass and claim otherwise, but the court challenges would hit him immediately. The public backlash against Trump for usurping powers he is not entitled to will not make him anymore popular.

[crickets]

40. +1

[sop]

42. See link to discussions above. I have no idea what Trump can do under his power to adjourn.

[pbmus]

45. I am not sure you are correct about his popularity...

His cult would follow him off a cliff if he said go...

[crickets]

39. Both House and Senate have agreed to reconvene on May 4.

So far there's no reason for him to butt his nose in. At this point they really do need to figure out a secure way to meet and vote long distance, however, given the situation.

Also, Donny is waving a red flag in Nancy Pelosi's face. Not a wise move on his part.

[NutmegYankee]

49. Only a special session.

Technically with proforma sessions, congress is still in session.

[sop]

54. Trump: "phony proforma sessions is a dereliction of duty."

"If the House will not agree to that adjournment, I will exercise my Constitutional authority to adjourn both chambers of Congress. The current practice of leaving town while conducting phony proforma sessions is a dereliction of duty." - DT 4/15/20 WH Daily Briefing

[NutmegYankee]

61. And the house will take that, divide it up, and excuse themselves for the toilet.

[ProfessorGAC]

57. Doesn't That Require A Desire...

...by Congress to adjourn?
Who in Congress is even broaching the subject of adjournment?
Even the RWNJs in there know it's political suicide to go on break during the crisis.
Well, maybe not Turtle and Randy-boy!

[bdamomma]

19. is he trying

to show his Putin puppet master he can dissolve Parliament too.

[Cha]

20. Those were his words?

[Mossfern]

32. He said that he would

adjourn Congress if his judicial appointments weren't confirmed.
Yes, he said that.

[earthside]

41. No, the President doesn't have that power.

Article 2; Section 3; Clause 3

"...he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper;"

There isn't an issue of disagreement between the Senate and House about adjournment.

[Mossfern]

43. Since when

has he paid attention to the intention of the Constitution. He has Barr in his ear.

[Cha]

51. Thanks.

[PCIntern]

33. Stop the Presses!!!

That’ll be his next order.

[Newest Reality]

34. Full on...

Full on dictator mode from here on.

We might ask can he do this or that, but so far he has done this and that and nothing has stopped him.

He has stated that he has absolute authority and that's what his definition of the office is. We say, no you don't, that's a dictator's stance. He says, "So what?"

The impeachment was a pivotal point that failed, because that was not about being partisan as much as it was about ending a regime in progress.

We just have to play wait and see and find out what kind of opposition he will get.

[Takket]

44. he's actually whining about the judicial appointments?

First of all... why is the mdia giving him a forum to do this? if he's not talknig about the virus, he shouldn't be getting aitime for policy issues.

Second...... hasn't mcconnell seated about a billion rethug judges? how many more does he want???

[HarlanPepper]

47. I don't get it either

CNN isn’t covering it at all according to some accounts. It has nothing at all to do with the virus.

[struggle4progress]

52. Last Days Of Charles I

[HarlanPepper]

53. I love the Alec Guinness-Richard Harris film

[bluedigger]

55. It's okay if he's raising funds to fight the Scots.

Oh, wait, that's right out as well.

[HarlanPepper]

56. Exclusive footage of Trump taking control

[2naSalit]

59. You know what WE do if he pulls that shit?

Stay the fuck home.

He can try and fuck with us but he still can do nothing about the governors' alliance and we the people.

The thing that matters most for him is the economy. If we stay home, we take it away from him. What we have to do is take care of each other, seriously. It will create unity, the hard way but we can defeat him by refusing to cooperate.

[Blue Owl]

60. Eat shit, King Fuckstick

n/t

[haele]

62. Hmm, I remember what happened the last couple of times

A "king" dissolved or tried to dissolve Parlement....

Haele

[UncleNoel]

63. Just saw this with graphic: Flush the Turd, November third

Here is another graphic. Actually Hercules diverted two rivers to flush out the "stuff"!