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Originally Posted by DinoTriz
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Good thing we don't have that.
The President is the Executive branch and that's all.
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The erosion of separation of powers has steadily increased since 2000. Even before 9/11 power has been consolidated in Federal government. Nothing happens without the all seeing approval of them. They can and will strip your rights at a moments notice once you become an enemy. Things like the Patriot act. Department of Homeland Security. Laws that require IDs at numerous checkpoints. People are losing their citizenship unless they have access to money and federal resources. In some cases abuses of power have stripped their rights and made them stateless. I know someone who with the help of some powerful politicians managed to escape to Sweden after the State Department decided to un-person them. It's happening. This person was very active in trying to stop the abuse of South American minorities who are being particularly targeted and unfairly scrutinized without legal recourse. They were a US Citizen who lived here their entire lives. Peacefully. And legally. Since childhood. They had no problems renewing their passports until this administration decided they didn't want them to travel freely anymore. If this can happen to someone with money and connections. This is happening to people who are poor and undesirable far too often. They were targeted because they ran for public office, and because they were effective at fundraising and protecting the rights of these minorities. And because they directly impeded and documented the unlawful actions of ICE.
Simply having a valid state drivers license, or state issued birth certificate are no longer sufficient for our freedom of movement. So it's OK for the federal government to trap people in their state of origin? Or to go into those states, and decide that their state ID or birth certificate is invalid and deport them? Remove their citizenship without a trial (simply because they refused to acknowledge it or issue them Federally accepted ID?)