# Presidential abuse of power

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-abuse-of-power/779329>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [February 8, 2017, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-abuse-of-power/779329 "2017-02-08T15:14:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-abuse-of-power/779329/41 "2017-02-11T21:09:55Z")

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> [@Apollyon](#):
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> Have the companies actually been signed over?
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> Last I read there was legal paperwork required that hadn’t yet been filed, but then the news stories just kinda died.

Sometime, somewhere, someone told Trump the story of King Lear.

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**Author:** ![PoppaSan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/poppasan/32/189_2.png) [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-abuse-of-power/779329/42 "2017-02-12T02:51:52Z")

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The OP lobs the perfect pitch and no one swings? Easiest legal and moral way for Trump to ruin any ones career is to make them an advisor or member of his team.

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**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-abuse-of-power/779329/43 "2017-02-12T03:08:45Z")

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> [@Whack-a-Mole](#):
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> See post #26 where DrDeth feels the SCOTUS has review power. I’d be interested in your opinion.
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> And I agree, impeachment is a political thing and not a legal thing and the current congress won’t impeach Trump (probably). Not that they couldn’t…I think they impeached Clinton for less.

Had Hillary won, people would now be howling for her impeachment.

Undoubtedly _re_ the Emoluments Clause and the Clinton Foundation’s adventurous choice of donors.

Maybe her UFOs _did_ land in the 1970s and substitute alien beings for your choices of presidential candidates.

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-abuse-of-power/779329/44 "2017-02-13T18:42:17Z")

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> [@Whack-a-Mole](#):
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> See post #26 where DrDeth feels the SCOTUS has review power. I’d be interested in your opinion.

Not quite, what I said is that due to the dissenting opinions, it hasnt been settled yet.

It’s still a maybe.

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