Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) filed an article of impeachment against President Trump on Tuesday, accusing the president of failing to notify or seek authorization from Congress before the U.S. launched strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites over the weekend.

The resolution alleges “abuse of presidential powers by disregarding the separation of powers—devolving American democracy into authoritarianism by unconstitutionally usurping Congress’s power to declare war.”

“President Trump’s unilateral, unprovoked use of force without congressional authorization or notice constitutes an abuse of power when there was no imminent threat to the United States, which facilitates the devolution of American democracy into authoritarianism,” Green’s resolution reads.

Congress has the sole power to “declare war” under the Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution. Presidents of both parties have struck adversaries without approval from the legislature.

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[–] 84 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Finally someone has the fucking balls to do it

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  • [–] 29 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Balls has nothing to do with it. At this point it's just a token effort. It won't pass a single vote.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    What should they do instead? Nothing?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Do you think the only options are "do nothing" or "do something pointless"?

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    That was a perfect opportunity for you to name a better option.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Fine, here are several things they could be doing that would actually be productive right now:

    • Start campaigning hard, now, for the upcoming midterms, telling voters exactly what the Trump administration has done that is hurting them, and how they can fix it. Look at Bernie and AOC for a good example.
    • Identify districts where they can help campaign and inject funding to tip the scales.
    • Join protests in their districts. Show up and support the people on the ground.
    • Keep pushing to get access to ICE detention centers as much as possible. Tell the stories of the people being detained. Show the world that this has nothing to do with rounding up criminals. If ICE agents try to stop them or assault/arrest them, so much the better. That shit is getting people riled up.
    • Stand with state governors that are defying executive orders from the president.

    I could list stuff here all day. None of it changes the fact that articles of impeachment aren't worth the paper they're printed on right now. Republicans control congress and are colluding with a corrupt executive branch. The Democrats in congress have zero power to effect change through their offices right now. They need to do the work to get some power back first. At best, they can do something like this to grab a few headlines and maybe get a few republicans on record saying they explicitly support what Trump is doing. Sadly, a good chunk of the population agrees still, and this isn't going to change that.

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  • [–] 59 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Can't wait to hear from right wing Democrats about how now is the time for compromise and they don't want to set precedent, or some shit

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    You could have every democrat and independent vote to remove and it still won't pass without Republicans.

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  • [+] -6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    Pretty easy to argue this comes under 'official duties' too. Surely there's a thousand other reasons he could be impeached that would stick.

    I agree they'll never get the votes to pass anything, but they should keep doing it anyway. Flood the zone back at these arseholes and put them on the back foot.

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    [–] 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Congress needs about 200 more Al Greens.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago*

    We'd have to get the r's to agree to it, and they're just not ready. Trump going full Nazi against US citizens and people who want to live here, cutting medicaid and starting wars, are super duper okay with them.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Now we're letting AI impeach our president?

    Well, at this point let's give it a shot...

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Is he trying to tell us Change Is Gonna Come?

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    That sounds doomed unless they get rid of the war powers act. Presidents have been doing this stuff since the VN era.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Powers_Resolution

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Good luck with that.

    How many Republicans do you think will support this? I mean of course this guy is right but that isn't the point. The US government is so through and through corrupt that laws don't matter and this impeachment will fail before it's out of the gates. Even Democrats are in bed with the Cheeto now

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Too bad no one will volunteer to get some jizz in the dress...

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    [–] 77 points 1 year ago (11 children)

    If only that would do something. It's good he's at least going through the motions, but I'm doubtful this will do anything more than generate headlines. Then again maybe a miracle will occur and Trump will have pissed off enough Republicans to make this actually stick.

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  • [–] 57 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Republicans pay lip service to morality, but they will always, always fall in lockstep behind the party line. This won't pass.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    Even if many individual GOP members of the house morally know it is the right thing to do, they will pragmatically choose to condemn the action instead because they are A) bribed B) blackmailed and C) threatened with violence D) all of the above.

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  • [+] -29 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    headlines meant to distract while trump continues to support war and genocide.

    nothing will or can change.

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  • [–] 30 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    nothing will or can change.

    Despair asserts omniscience, and eventually fulfills itself. Don't fall victim to it; that's what the fascist playbook requires.

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    I appreciate you. I myself struggle with that so often nowadays, exhausted with the world and just wanting to be cynical. But the other commenter is right, that just furthers the fascists’ fuckery, and it’s important that we remain positive and don’t give in to despair

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    how? our leaders suck. our gov supports genocide and war. our corporations own every bit of logistics and governance they can, more and more each day.

    i’m just waiting to sleep and then wake and then repeat while being told my extraordinary performance meets expectations and then eventually I’ll die.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Put him in a bigger peach this time, so he won't escape

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago

    It's okay if this fails. It's okay if Republicans block this. The true crime is not trying constantly to impeach him ... besides, it's not like Dems are doing anything else.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The article of impeachment failed miserably. So many Democrats voted Nay. It was a complete waste of time.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    This Green AI must be pretty advanced!

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Sigh. Nothing will change.

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