The extrajudicial murders carried out by the Trump administration in the Caribbean build on a dangerous power grab forged by Dick Cheney and expanded under Barack Obama.

  • santa@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    Or make a different choice. Past choices aren’t permission slips to proceed to be worse.

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      Problem is our whole legal system functions this way in the form of precedence. Also, since the DOJ (who reports to the president) can write a letter saying the president is authorized to do something previously that was illegal, that makes it ok, and then next time, the bar is pushed even further.

      We were always taught that the 3 branches of government were there to prevent stuff like this, but when 2 of the branches have abdicated their responsibility to ensure checks and balances, this is what we get.