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In invading Iran, Trump asserts the power of a tyrant
Sacramento Bee ^ | March 2, 2026 | By Erwin Chemerinsky

Posted on 03/02/2026 3:04:47 PM PST by artichokegrower

President Donald Trump’s disdain for the Constitution is evident in his launching a war in Iran without any semblance of congressional approval. Congress must act quickly to protect its role in a Constitution that was meant to prevent such unilateral action by the president.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; democrathypocrisy; enemycombatant; enemyjournalist; erwinchemerinsky; iran; obamahit8countries; officialdemnarrative; sacbs; sacramentobee; treason; ucberkeley

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Erwin Chemerinsky is dean and professor of law at the UC Berkeley School of Law.

Name Job title Regular pay Overtime pay Other pay Total pay Benefits ame Job title Regular pay Overtime pay Other pay Total pay Benefits Total pay & benefits Erwin Chemerinsky Dean University of California, 2024 $549,458.00 $0.00 $43,464.00 $592,922.00 $66,938.00 $659,860.00 Total pay & benefits

Go back to your university ivory tower collect you $659,860 per year from the California taxpayers and STFU

1 posted on 03/02/2026 3:04:47 PM PST by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

He hasn’t invaded Iran.


2 posted on 03/02/2026 3:06:24 PM PST by dforest
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To: artichokegrower

He’s an idiot.

Obama bombed Syria for months with no Congressional declaration.

Hypocrite.


3 posted on 03/02/2026 3:06:57 PM PST by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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To: artichokegrower

He sounds like multiple FReepers.

How many sock puppet accounts does he maintain, here?


4 posted on 03/02/2026 3:07:55 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: artichokegrower

Creep is 72 years old and has the worst halitosis.


5 posted on 03/02/2026 3:08:02 PM PST by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: Fledermaus

Obama bombed Syria for months with no Congressional declaration.


That’s completely different and you know it. Obama was the Lightbringer™, the God of All Things™. Whereas Trump is ORANGEMAN BAD!
/s

(I know the /s shouldn’t be necessary, but...)


6 posted on 03/02/2026 3:10:59 PM PST by hanamizu
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To: artichokegrower

That professor of law obviously is not familiar with what the constitution says regarding military actions and presidents...


7 posted on 03/02/2026 3:11:29 PM PST by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: ConservativeMind

He sounds like multiple FReepers.

How many sock puppet accounts does he maintain, here?


Ha....agree, completely.

I can think of a couple, right off the bat.


8 posted on 03/02/2026 3:11:44 PM PST by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: dforest

Correct. And Law allows for the President to take military actions up to 30 days without any need to ask Congress for anything.


9 posted on 03/02/2026 3:11:48 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: hanamizu

The Messiah!


10 posted on 03/02/2026 3:12:01 PM PST by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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To: artichokegrower

Id expect nothing less from the Ayotollah loving SUCKramento Bee.I have an idea, for the ones who love the Iranian regime SO much, they are free to go live in Iran see how they like it


11 posted on 03/02/2026 3:13:56 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: artichokegrower

We haven’t invaded.


12 posted on 03/02/2026 3:15:36 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (May we notice massive black violence without being labeled “racist!” so we can work on solutions?)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Invasion would be military on the ground waging war in Iran. So far, this is not the case that we know of. There probably are a few we don’t know about there, but not an invasion force.


13 posted on 03/02/2026 3:16:16 PM PST by dforest
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To: artichokegrower

The Sac Bee loses a close terrorist pal. Just awful.


14 posted on 03/02/2026 3:17:30 PM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Uncle Miltie

America has been invaded by invitation by Biden admin and their many NGO colluders.

That is an invasion. And this guy cares little about it.


15 posted on 03/02/2026 3:19:23 PM PST by dforest
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To: artichokegrower

A “fifth column” is a group inside a country that secretly supports the enemy and works to weaken the country from within, especially during war.

Core idea

It usually means citizens, residents, or insiders who aid an external enemy through spying, sabotage, spreading disinformation, or undermining morale and political unity.

They are often covert “enemy within” actors, distinct from an invading army but aligned with it and operating behind their own country’s lines.

Origin of the term

The phrase comes from the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), when General Emilio Mola reportedly said he had four military columns advancing on Madrid and a “fifth column” of supporters already inside the city ready to rise up.

From World War II onward, governments used “fifth column” to describe suspected internal traitors or subversive groups thought to be collaborating with Nazi Germany, Japan, or later communist movements.


16 posted on 03/02/2026 3:19:29 PM PST by Dave Wright
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To: artichokegrower

Erwin Chemerinsky, still an azzhole after all these years. And still wrong as usual. On of Hugh Hewitts “smart guys”.


17 posted on 03/02/2026 3:20:31 PM PST by MileHi ((Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: artichokegrower

Khamenei is dead and so are a bunch of pos terrorists who will never threaten our homeland again.


18 posted on 03/02/2026 3:20:46 PM PST by toddausauras (47 47 47 )
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To: artichokegrower

It seems that Chemerinsky is a very wealthy Marxist.


19 posted on 03/02/2026 3:21:06 PM PST by Bookshelf (The )
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To: artichokegrower

Why doesn’t he come right out and declare that Trump is literally Hitler, or maybe he already has?


20 posted on 03/02/2026 3:22:23 PM PST by Fresh Wind (I voted for Trump the Fighter, not a wussified wimp!)
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