It Is -- I would agree with (Michigan Gov. Gretchen) Whitmer considering the number of sucka--s running Washington at the moment. Let's not forget that Trump dressed up (via photoshop) as a pope last week, said he didn't know the Constitution of the government he is supposedly running and is running his office to increase his bank account. I have not heard from the opposition anything so far that can stop him.
--Kate McLeod
Doesn't Matter -- Are we in a Constitutional Crisis? I’ll leave that to experts to decide.
But the actions of the Trump Administration’s actions are clear.
It has denied Due Process to immigrants, documented and not, who’ve been arrested, jailed, held, and sometimes flown out of the country without warrants, charges filed or court hearings. This, even though the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution says that “no person shall be … deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law,” and the 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868, reaffirms the due process clause and applies it to states.
It has ignored a unanimous Supreme Court ruling that it “facilitate” the release of
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an El Salvadoran immigrant father of three who the Trump Administration initially acknowledged was wrongly arrested yet remains in a horrendous prison for terrorists in El Salvador, where the US sent him.
It has issued Executive Orders that in essence legislate government action, closing or significantly diminishing agencies and programs despite their prior funding allocated by Congress.
It has allowed the Department of Government Efficiency to begin compiling dossiers on all citizens, combining private information from agencies across the government.
It has cut billions of dollars in grants for research and other purposes to private universities until and unless they allow prior federal review of their curricula and hiring.
It has made masked arrests by federal agents the norm, in essence hiding the identity of those carrying them out.
It has issued an executive order saying no federal funds should be used for PBS or NPR.
And this list is just a start.
Are these normal or acceptable practicing in our constitutional democracy?
I would say definitely not.
--Jerry Lanson