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Judge Shuts Down Trump's Chicago Troop Deployment And Questions Administration's Grasp on Reality (www.commondreams.org)
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[–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

If the deployment has been ruled illegal, will our military leaders pull their troops back?

Trump has been actively trying to find ways to replace career military leaders with loyalists. If they start defying his orders to try to comply with the courts, I'm pretty sure he could fire them and the Supreme Court would sign off on the action.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    POTUS does not need court backing to fire military officers. That's well within his powers. But in no case can he wipe the slate clean all the way down. Hell, think the military wouldn't shatter if he fired the 800 generals that were in that meeting last week? He can only move so fast and keep a functioning military.

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