Posted on 06/03/2016 1:04:12 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
WASHINGTON — Donald J. Trump’s blustery attacks on the press, complaints about the judicial system and bold claims of presidential power collectively sketch out a constitutional worldview that shows contempt for the First Amendment, the separation of powers and the rule of law, legal experts across the political spectrum say.
Even as much of the Republican political establishment lines up behind its presumptive nominee, many conservative and libertarian legal scholars warn that electing Mr. Trump is a recipe for a constitutional crisis.
“Who knows what Donald Trump with a pen and phone would do?” asked Ilya Shapiro, a lawyer with the libertarian Cato Institute.
With five months to go before Election Day, Mr. Trump has already said he would “loosen” libel laws to make it easier to sue news organizations. He has threatened to sic federal regulators on his critics. He has encouraged rough treatment of demonstrators.
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....and DNC rent a mob(s)
After 8 years of Obama we’re way past that...
Barack HUSSEIN 0bama has already shat upon the rule of law.
The U.S. better get someone to bring back Rule of Law before it’s too late
NOW they are worried about the rule of law????!!!!
“Who knows what Donald Trump with a pen and phone would do?”
So it’s OK when your turdpile does it. There’s no mystery about a president whose diktats have been overturned at least 9 times, to my knowledge.
Oh, Now you're scared.
Seriously, after this president you are worried about Trump and the law??????
So could Hillary.
Anyone can speculate that a candidate “might do” this or that ... and they would be right. Anyone “might do” anything.
It gets longer every day.
Thi is a joke, right?
Owebowmao has been aiding and abetting illegal aliens and not just refusing to enforce the law like GWB, he has been trying to change them on his own.
Wait'....what Rule of law ?
We have this administration basically thumbing their nose at multiple US laws...
Donald Trump could be the monster that eats Chicago!
Sanctuary cities routinely flout the “rule of law” and nobody seems to care.
Pulled this one right out of their ........
OH, PLEASE........................
Oh yea, ha! Suck it Lefty!
Publicly Proclaiming that he will vigorously ENFORCE the LAWS on the Books Today puts the “rule of law” in jeopardy??
What am I missing?? Did I not try enough Drugs 40 years ago in High School??
Trump “could” threaten the rule of law . . . but Hillary ALREADY DOES actively threaten the rule of law, and has for many years. Anybody else would be in jail now for what she has done.
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