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J_William_Ryan

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1. The tyranny of the Imperial Presidency and unitary executive dogma

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Tue Jan 13, 2026, 08:42 AM

Jan 13

– unlimited power in the hands of Trump, a thuggish authoritarian and despot, unchecked by a flaccid Republican Congress and Supreme Court dominated by conservative ideologues.

Worse, future Republican presidents will likewise have access to unlimited power to subject Americans to the same rightwing tyranny and authoritarianism with impunity – the impeachment process eliminated by Senate Republicans and amendments to the Constitution to check presidential tyranny impossible to ratify the consequence of Republican-controlled states.

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