[–] 6 points 3 months ago (1 child)

Even without the consecutive terms bit that's obvious nonsense there is a legitimate legal question that could potentially be used and legal. It's not a new theory floated for Pedonald, it's been an unsettled question since the passage of the 22nd Amendment. 22nd Amendment's relevant bit is

No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.

By the most narrow, strict reading of the text it only prevents election, if they can find a way to become President without being elected such, there's a reasonable read that 22 doesn't trigger. 12th Amendment contains the text

But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.

Does ineligibility to be elected trigger the ineligible to the office clause? Could he run as VP with a loyal puppet who immediately steps down? Main legal opinion is "probably not", but there's enough wiggle room there that I wouldn't trust the current corrupt Supreme Court not to side with him.

  • source
  • parent
  • context
  • [–] 25 points 3 months ago

    To be fairer to Pedonald than might be reasonable, he did question the 2016 results. Both before the election as a "if I lose it must have been rigged, because that would make me sad", and after as a "I totally won the popular vote too, and every single state, but those fake votes made it look like I didn't."

  • source
  • parent
  • context
  • [–] 27 points 9 months ago

    Often think about how one of the first things that reached a decent number of people showing what a shitbag Elon is was when he based on nothing started calling a guy a pedo because the guy had the audacity to point out how Elon's plan for how to save the kids stuck in a cave wouldn't work and was a publicity stunt. Felt a lot like projection from Elon.

  • source
  • parent
  • context
  • [–] 51 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Whenever I see any of this guy's work I always think of the one that was so absolutely vile even he stopped selling it. Guy's molesting his daughter, a neighbor finds out, and instead of reporting or anything, wants in. Daughter comes up positive on an STD test at a checkup, and the doctor confronts the guy. Instead of reporting, doctor's a Jack Chick brand Christian, so just prays with him. Guy goes home and tells his wife about what he'd been doing, and how it's all okay, because a dead Jewish guy forgives him, so no need to suffer any actual consequences. Wife admits she knew and had been abusing the daughter for having the audacity to be molested. They call the daughter in, and she's not a teenager or anything as might have been assumed which would be bad enough, but a straight up toddler. So she's got a possibly lifetime illness, a lifetime of trauma, but it's all okay, because Jesus.

  • source
  • [–] 38 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Don't know if it's the case in her situation, but there's also the thing with stage names where Guild rules require names to be unique. Like Michael J. Fox's middle name is actually Andrew. There was already a Michael Fox on the books so couldn't use that, Andrew or Andy Fox didn't feel right, and Michael A. Fox felt presumptuous (Michael, a fox. Fox having recently come into play as a synonym for attractive) or Canadian (Michael Eh? Fox)

  • source
  • parent
  • context
  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Except actual insurrection. They want to water down the word in people's minds so the terrorist attack of Trump supporters trying to kill the people certifying the 2020 election and Donald's subsequent pardoning of all those terrorists and firing of anyone who dared participate in the investigation against them doesn't seem so bad.

  • source
  • parent
  • context
  • [–] 28 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Speaking of September 11, remember that Donald's response to the attacks, on the day they happened, was to do an interview where he bragged about how they made a building of his the tallest in the neighborhood. And as always with him, it was a lie as there were several taller buildings nearby.

  • source
  • parent
  • context
  • view more: next ›