Question DUers...(I have many today thank you)

[yuiyoshida]

Now that Trump has packed the Supreme Court with his picks, IS it possible that After Four Years, Trump may not STEP DOWN? He Joked with Xi Jinping of china that he wouldn't mind being President for Life. If the Supreme Court and the Republicans in power allow him to continue will he do what he wants?

This maybe a silly poll, but it scares the hell out of me, of whats ahead.

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	When his term is up he will Step down, even if forced.
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	He has total power now, and he wants to be President for Life...He might stay.
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	I don't know
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	This country is fucked, no matter how you slice it.
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[Ms. Toad]

1. He isn't required to step down after 4 years -

he can run again and I suspect his ego will demand it.

Beyond that, it would require a constitutional change. Not going to happen.

[yuiyoshida]

2. The Republicans have full power

Are you sure they can't change the Constitution ?

[Ms. Toad]

3. Yes.

Changing the constitution not only requires 2/3 majority votes in both houses but also separate ratification by 2/3 of the states.

[john657]

6. Changing the Constitution is a very difficult process,

the founding fathers purposely made it that way.

[yuiyoshida]

8. what if he cancels elections from now on ...

Some emergency...which is either made up or created by him?

[john657]

11. He can try, and he's just stupid enough to try,

but I strongly believe that the american people would rise up in massive civil disobedience, forcing the Congress to remove him either by impeachment or by force.

It would be very ugly.

My brother is a die hard pub, but even that would be a bridge to far for him, as I suspect it would be for a huge majority of citizens.

[yuiyoshida]

16. I don't know, Trump admires strong Dictators

If he became one, there are many people in this country would bow down to him and kiss his stinky feet.

[john657]

18. Trump does admire Dicktaters,

but the majority of americans don't.

Maybe I'm and eternal optimist, but I have to go by what my brother says, he would lose his mind if that happened.

[yuiyoshida]

21. I seriously want to see him lose his mind in public

I want the American people to be horrified by what they see... and they will impeach him, but I guessing they won't, Republicans love power.. FUCKERS.

[TreasonousBastard]

10. Don't forget the movement for a Constitutional Convention-- it's a long shot...

but those who want it are patient and keep lining up states.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/were-surprisingly-close-to-a-new-constitutional-convention-bad-idea/2017/04/06/

We’re surprisingly close to our first constitutional convention since 1787. Bad idea.

George Washington presides over the Constitutional Convention in 1787, in a hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration. (North Wind Picture Archives via Associated Press)
By Editorial Board April 6, 2017
THE LAST time the United States held a constitutional convention was in 1787. That one turned out pretty well. The next one could have far more doleful results. And the nation is much closer to convening such a convention than many people realize.

It would take the votes of 34 state legislatures to call a constitutional convention to order. A majority of legislatures already have voted to do so. Such calls remain valid indefinitely — until 34 states have joined in a particular cause or the states rescind their appeals. Therefore we congratulate Maryland’s House of Delegates, which on Tuesday rescinded its call for a federal constitutional convention decades after approving it. Same to Nevada’s Senate, which voted, also Tuesday, to rescind a resolution in that state. But a number of states have recently passed or are close to passing measures calling for a convention.

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And...

https://www.cbpp.org/proponents-claim-28-states-have-called-for-a-convention-and-are-targeting-11-more-states

[Ms. Toad]

17. I won't hold my breath - I'm still waiting for the ratification of the equal rights amendment

from the 70s . . . which never exceeded 35 states before it expired.

[TreasonousBastard]

20. Well, the Convention vote never expires, although two states have rescinded it so far...

and if they do hold a convention, what kind of odds do you give that the ERA will be included?

The convention, if it happens, could offer up a few amendments, or it could rewrite the whole thing from scratch.

[Ms. Toad]

22. Depends on which stage the backlash to the #MeToo movement is in.

At the moment, backlash is pretty high. I'm hoping that when things die down we will still be ahead of where we were before #MeToo.

[TreasonousBastard]

23. Too complicated to know much now. Not all women subscribe too #MeToo as it is, but...

when prisoner, worker, and immigrant rights get thrown in there, along with poverty, education, parental rights and other stuff it gets really confusing.

Single issue advocacy has its advantages, but can cloud other issues and get people to walk away.

Never forget the guy who yelled "Keep the government away from my Medicare."

(I was in the local VA this week listening to a guy ranting about how the government screws everything up. I had no interest in asking him about the VA or the military that got him into the VA in the first place)

[eleny]

4. I'm hoping they don't engineer a crisis that he'll use to cancel an election

Imo, he's in it for the long haul. Work like crazy for our success this November.

[yuiyoshida]

5. If he cancels Elections...he could do it for life

under what crisis he creates, however... TRUMP is stupid.. ignorant on how things work. That would require help, to do what he is doing, (Putin?) (White Nationalists?)

still scary...

[eleny]

7. I fear with help from Republicans in Congress

[yuiyoshida]

9. so they also could be in power for life as well?

oh we would be so fucked, or ,..there would be a Civil War the likes this country has never seen.

[TreasonousBastard]

12. Too many are in for life as it is, but...

I can think of other places they could do life in.

[john657]

13. LOL. +1000.

[yuiyoshida]

14. I fear we may never see any of them in handcuffs

that would be so SATISFYING.

[TreasonousBastard]

15. Rudy tried that. After 9/11 he claimed he was essential to getting the city back...

but the city told him to bugger off.

[eleny]

19. NYC is so blue

I grew up there and I can see New Yorkers telling him to stick it where the sun can't shine.