Fun Facts with Madge
A Refresher on the United States Government
Hello, Friend,
Today I thought it might be fun to share some facts about the United States Government for your (and my) infotainment and edification.
Presidents are not kings.
Presidents are limited to two full terms in office, it doesn’t matter if they are consecutive.
The rights to free speech, dissent, a free press, and peaceful protest are legally protected by the First Amendment.
Violent speech or protest is not protected by the First Amendment. This includes speech that incites others to violence.
The people who attacked the capitol on January 6th and the people who enabled/encouraged their actions were participants in a violent insurrection.
Under the 14th Amendment Section 3, no person who ‘participates in insurrection or rebellion or gives aid or comfort to the enemies thereof’ is legally allowed to hold public office without a ‘vote of two-thirds of each House to remove this disability.’
American citizens cannot be deported.
All people in the US (regardless of citizenship) have the right to due process.
The people being ‘arrested and deported’ by ICE to CECOT without due process are being kidnapped and held hostage.
Presidents are not allowed to accept gifts, emoluments, offices, or titles without congressional consent.
Elon Musk is not legally authorized to rummage through and purloin our private sensitive information.
Congress controls the purse strings of our government.
Tariffs are taxes on imported goods usually paid by the consumer.
All three branches of the United States government are designed to be co-equal and to provide checks and balances so no individual branch abuses their power.
Gerrymandering and voter suppression are forms of vote theft.
Social Security and Medicare are social contracts funded through payroll taxes, income taxes, trust fund investment taxes, and post payout benefit taxes.
They are called entitlements because the payers/beneficiaries are ENTITLED to them by law.
This is all as insane as you think it is.
In a ‘post-truth’ reality, it’s important to remember the facts.
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Thank you, Margot. Wish this was on every American's internet feed.
Did you hear about his new "executive club" people pay some large sum to have access to trump & his family, dinners, blah blah blah in his ear for things the want. I'm sure that is not allowed according to your post.