(07-11-2024, 12:09 PM)Sneakers Wrote:

(07-09-2024, 09:06 PM)mikesez Wrote:

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Letting voters directly decide matters of constitutional law through their election of a specific President defeats the purpose of having a constitution and is literally and exactly the type of despotic direct democracy that the founders feared.

You equate campaign rhetoric with direct vote on constitutional law?  WOW!  That's a stretch, even for you.

You equated them, not me.  You said voters get to decide what is in bounds and not.
This gives two possibilities for your meaning.

One, the campaign rhetoric is completely insincere, the voters all know it is insincere, and it is up to the voters to decide how many lies they will tolerate.  I don't think this is what you meant nor do I think it's what the people closest to Trump are thinking.

Or two, the campaign rhetoric is sincere, the voters all believe it is sincere, and the voters hope to break down Constitutional limits on the powers of the President by simply electing a President who will claim additional powers and dare others to stop him. That's what I think you meant and it's what I think Trump is going to try.

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