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That remains to be seen. It depends on how he wants to use it. One would hope that our top brass would refuse to follow illegal orders.
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Well you once needed probably cause; that was before presidential immunity. Trump can just say "ignore probable cause" and it's likely legal now under this Supreme Court.
But, the Trump PR will be brilliant AND mainstream media will suck up to the Trump……right-wing media will praise and EXTOL Trump’s immigration “policy” - “TRUMP closed the border! We are safe!”
I think the justices like power. I don't think there are five votes for "we agree with whatever Trump thinks." I only see three votes for that view. That doesn't mean they won't be pro-Trump in most cases, just that I don't see them as a rubber stamp.
In particular, I'd think they would have an issue with mass arrests without probable cause unless they are going to make an interior-border exception to such arrests -- and I don't think they would. I also don't think they would silent docket it without any ruling ever.
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The plans in P2025 or to greatly reduce the number of generals in the armed forces. I think that is code for only keeping the sufficiently loyal ones.
He will also replace most in the DOJ. So even if the military rank and file won’t do something, he can get his DOJ to do it and the generals he keeps around will just sit back and allow it to happen.
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Not legal but he can’t be punished for it. So there is nothing stopping him fro trying.
Well, except impeachment. I kid.
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I.e. there isn’t an appreciable limitation on his power.
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I think some of you all who argue that Trump will follow court orders just don’t understand that we are in a new era that we were not in during his previous administration.
1. Trump now knows that impeachment and removal is for all intents and purposes impossible. This wasn’t entirely clear to Trump until after he left office.
2. There are already plans to get rid of a lot of generals and most government employees who are not sufficient loyal to Trump.
3. Trump now knows that he will never face criminal prosecution for decisions he makes while in office.
Add all of those together, there is really nothing left to keep Trump within the law.
He’ll probably play along with the courts for a while but I don’t think he would hesitate to defy the court when necessary. And once he does it once, he’ll do it over and over. SCOTUS knows this so they would likely just rule in Trump’s favor on the less offensive things to maintain the appearance that they still have power.
It is possible that Trump will cross some line that 20 or so Republican senators would find so reprehensible that they would convict him on impeachment especially if Trump is weakened politically because he crashed the economy. But first that would have to be brought up to the floor of the house.
1. Trump now knows that impeachment and removal is for all intents and purposes impossible. This wasn’t entirely clear to Trump until after he left office.
2. There are already plans to get rid of a lot of generals and most government employees who are not sufficient loyal to Trump.
3. Trump now knows that he will never face criminal prosecution for decisions he makes while in office.
Add all of those together, there is really nothing left to keep Trump within the law.
He’ll probably play along with the courts for a while but I don’t think he would hesitate to defy the court when necessary. And once he does it once, he’ll do it over and over. SCOTUS knows this so they would likely just rule in Trump’s favor on the less offensive things to maintain the appearance that they still have power.
It is possible that Trump will cross some line that 20 or so Republican senators would find so reprehensible that they would convict him on impeachment especially if Trump is weakened politically because he crashed the economy. But first that would have to be brought up to the floor of the house.
POTUS can Federalize/Nationalize the National Guard.
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Does the president have full power to hire or fire military leaders at will? I've never considered that issue before. There have to be some limits, right? Maybe not.
Of course, Congress could always give Trump that power.
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POTUS can’t easily remove someone from the Army, but can reassign them to a broom closet at Ft. Johnson (formerly Polk).
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What do the vast majority of the military think about Trump? I know some retired military, ex-military, and just a few active duty folks, they all seem to be either pretty apolitical or generally ok with Trump. But I am asking about the top dogs, like what do they think about Trump. During the Bush administration, I knew active duty, lower on the totem pole guys that were evenly split on GWB, but the few higher ups I knew at the time were generally pretty Pro-GWB/Cheney. But I am not as connected as I was then while in college and doing internships with congressional reps. Just didn;t know if you had any insight here? I can't imagine the top brass would be real thrilled with him.
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I looked up the section in P2025 and it states that they will reduce the number of high ranking officers by cutting back the number of promotions to Colonel and above. (Side note: That can’t be popular among Lt Colonels.)
Didn’t actually see anything that talked about firing generals so I will take that part back.
Still have my suspicions that that will be coming but will not claim that firing generals is a stated goal.
Didn’t actually see anything that talked about firing generals so I will take that part back.
Still have my suspicions that that will be coming but will not claim that firing generals is a stated goal.
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he could also bring them up on whatever charges they see fit. It's not like fascists have an honor code.
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Maybe, but Judge Advocates who would prosecute such cases are probably the most anti-Trump area of the Army. The lesser-known Vindman brother was a JAG and very popular within the JAG community. Military judges also don’t work the same way as the rest of the federal judiciary, as they are not appointed by POTUS, but rather by the Judge Advocate General, and a new TJAG just started a new 5 year term this year. Thats not to say there aren’t pro-Trump JAGs, but they’re definitely rarer than pro-Trumpers in other parts of the Army.
What about the 'up or out' system? Was that just an informal policy where they give you a crap assignment to get you out if you weren't getting promoted?
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I think for officers you could remain but would be dropped down to enlisted rank.
Obviously not many would choose that route.
No, you couldn't be dropped to enlisted. You could get a crap assignment, though.