Friday, July 12, 2019

Trump Incorrectly Rants About Article 2 - Splinter News

Speaking about Special Counsel Robert Mueller with reporters outside the White House today, Trump ranted about  “a thing called Article II”—presumably meaning the section of the Constitution on presidential authority.

“Nobody ever mentions Article II,” Trump continued. “It gives me all of these rights at a level that nobody has ever seen before.”

In fact, Article II gives him “rights” at exactly the same level as every other president for the past 200+ years.  Also it is chock full of very clearly enumerated limits to his power, as well as the basis by which he can be removed from office through impeachment.

The full article is available here