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Doug Clifton

Donald Trump: Subject to the Law, or a Law Unto Himself?

Days Till Anti-Trump Congress {day} Lady Justice-Ajel-Pixabay-Trump Winter The following quotes from the New York Times article, “Vance Says ‘Judges Aren’t Allowed to Control’ Trump’s ‘Legitimate Power’,” got me thinking about another moment in our nation’s history: Vice President J.D. Vance declared on Sunday that ‘judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power,’ delivering a warning shot to the federal judiciary in the face of court rulings that have, for now, stymied aspects of President Trump’s agenda.  The statement, issued on social media, came as federal judges have temporarily barred a slew of Trump administration actions from taking effect.  …

The 35% President

In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton received nearly three million more votes than Donald Trump.  When we add in votes cast for third-party candidates and write-ins, the American people rejected Trump by just under eight million votes.  Still, he managed to find a narrow path by which he could convert roughly 73,000 votes, spread over three states (Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan), into a victory in the Electoral College.  Donald Trump received 46.1% of the popular vote and since then has marked himself as the only President in American history to never pass the 50% threshold in any national poll. …