[ExI] My prediction

[Ben Zaiboc]

On 07/01/2026 23:43, spike wrote:
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> John, the constitution is what empowers the office of POTUS.  There is no operating outside those limits.  On 20 Jan 2029, SCOTUS will swear in someone who is not the current POTUS, that person will receive the nuclear codes, absolutely regardless of the circumstances or cockamamie reasons to do otherwise.  This I can calmly assure you.

I'm not sure I understand this. Not being very familiar with the american system, I may be wrong, but hasn't he already been doing several unconstitutional things without any significant repercussions?

I thought it was up to the courts to decide what is and isn't within the bounds of the constitution, and that the courts have been stacked with pro-Trump people willing to do whatever he wants.

Am I wrong on this?

Another factor is that rules may exist, but mean nothing unless they are enforced. If someone co-opts the means of enforcement, the rules mean nothing any more. Example: if someone orders the National Guard to do something that the rules say they can't do, and they say "OK, we'll obey these orders, even though the rules say we can't".

(Again, I may be wrong on what the National Guard are supposed to do and not do, but that's what things look like from this side of the atlantic. Which understandably has a lot of people over here very worried).

You say "There is no operating outside those limits". Just for clarity, what is meant to happen if the POTUS does try to operate outside the limits that the constitution imposes on that role?

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Ben