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readthenotes102/19/20252 repliesview on HN

Trump is bringing up the point that this Republic's constitution only provides for three branches of a government, not 4.

This reminds me of a supreme Court ruling a few years ago where the rights of native Indians had been trampled on in Oklahoma for 100 years. The court said something like "well, now that you bring it up--stop it!"


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unethical_ban02/19/2025

Trump is bringing up the point that all employees of the executive branch owe fealty to him, and must act directly in accordance with is directives above Congress.

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HaZeust02/19/2025

Yeah, way to go Trump! Nothing better than securing the Lockean virtue of the unspoken 4th branch of government by...

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Castrating the other 2 in an effort to consolidate the third! Yeah!!