Posted on 12/11/2015 11:28:14 AM PST by BAW
From last night's speech to the New England Police Benevolent Association, which voted to endorse him. Rarely can you tell whether a new Trump policy idea was gamed out beforehand or just something he came up with on the fly while in front of a mic, and this is no exception. His advisor, Dan Scavino, tweeted it out after Trump said it, though, so if it wasn't official campaign policy before, I guess it is now.
Is it worth critiquing this? Krauthammer’s ready to give up on arguing against Trump policies, partly because they're all obviously political panders rather than serious proposals and partly because pointing out that the policy is dumb and/or illegal only seems to make Trump fans want to spite the critic by embracing the idea more tightly. Besides, anyone who's been following the last few years of Obama's executive overreach already sees the problems here. For starters, cop-killer prosecutions usually fall under state, not federal, jurisdiction. Nineteen states have abolished the death penalty entirely, including Trump's home state of New York. The idea that the president can dictate to a state how it should punish its criminals is a kick in the nuts to federalism so sharp that even Obama wouldn't try it
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This is why Trumpettes don’t get it. They will get a wall... with completely unconstitutional law inside it.
Trump has said repeatedly in rallies and position papers that he supports law and order and the death penalty, and LEO.
Well that’s a gross violation of the Constitution.
So is Trump ignorant, just doesn’t care, or just presumes that his supporters are stupid?
Pandering to his audience, he has no authority unless Federal officers are involved, not sure what the current federal law of people who kill a federal officer.
My question is Trump that ignorant of the Constitution or is he just lying?
Nope... but King Trumpy can!
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