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The Mueller Report Explained by a Constitutional Law Scholar

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“Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.” – Federalist No. 51.

Robert Mueller did not indict President Donald Trump for obstruction of justice, nor could he have even if there were evidence of a crime. This is due to the very design of the Constitution. Moreover it’s dishonest for legal scholars to claim it’s “undemocratic” that a sitting President can’t be indicted.

The Structure of the Constitution and Separation of Powers.

The Constitution vests powers into three separate but co-equal branches of government – Legislative, Executive, and Judicial. The powers of the respective branches of government are enumerated in Articles I, II, and III in the Constitution itself.

Article 2 of the Constitution lists the powers of the Executive branch, and reads, “The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America.”

The power to prosecute is an executive power. That’s why the President appoints federal prosecutors in each district.

To understand the role of separated powers plays, think of it like this: Congress writes the laws that define crimes, which the President signs. The Executive branch enforces those laws. And the Judiciary interprets them.

If you’re pulled over with a brick of marijuana in your car, you’ll be prosecuted by the Department of Justice (Executive) because transporting marijuana is a crime (as defined in the United States Code, the body of laws written by the Legislative branch). A judge will determine whether the law is constitutional or if your rights were already violated.

“But it’s undemocratic that Trump can’t be indicted,” you might say.

Trump is an elected official. Mueller was not elected. How would it be democratic for an unelected official to disrupt the ability of the highest elected official to govern?

The obstruction of justice paradox.

The power to prosecute resides within the Presidency. How then could you obstruct your own investigation?

Imagine Hillary Clinton had been elected POTUS. A US Attorney in Iowa, looking to make a name for herself, decides to indict Clinton for various crimes.

Would that be democratic?

If President Clinton had fired the US Attorney, would that be obstruction? Why? The power gives President Clinton that power.

The democratic remedy against Trump is impeachment.

Article 1 of the Constitution provides:

The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.

Furthermore:

The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.

Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law.

Democratic officials (Article I) have the power to remove a democratically-elected official (Article II).

The system is functioning exactly as it should be.

By the way, to get a sense for what the United States has lost, and to understand how far into the gutter so-called legal scholars have dragged us, read the full excerpt from Federalist No. 51.

The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may be a reflection on human nature, that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government. But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.

Could you imagine such insights coming from any modern legal commentator or observer?

P.S. If you enjoyed this article, listen to the full podcast about Trump and Mueller here.

Does Mike Cernovich hate Christians?

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Gossip mongers and wannabe Internet e-celebrities are claiming I’m “anti-Christian.” This is a silly claim but it’s catching on, so why not use some jiu jitsu on their drama and get more people reading me here?

Anyhow, Hoaxed Movie was co-directed by Christians. They are the kind of Christians who pray at meals. They also have better uses of their time than to cry about a Cerno Tweet.

They thanked their prayer group and also Jesus Christ in the ending credits to Hoaxed.

The director of cinematography is also a Christian.

Netflix is threatening to shut down operations in Georgia unless the state allows open access to abortions:

Netflix’s Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos suggested that the streaming service is considering boycotting Georgia in light of the state’s “fetal heartbeat” abortion ban, the NYT reports.

Although I don’t have strong opinions about abortions, I do have strong opinions about community organizing.

You can’t get a bunch of Christians to boycott Netflix?

Over 20,000 people unfollowed me over a Tweet about Christianity and Islam.

What if those 20,000 anger mongers picked up their phones and called Netflix customer support to cancel their subscriptions.

But that would require righteous action rather than demonic rage.

When UK schools wanted to mandate sex education for children, Muslims banded together and pulled their children from school:

An estimated 600 Muslim children have been withdrawn from a school in protest against lessons about homosexuality and gender equality. The pupils, aged between 4 and 11, are being kept home from Parkfield Community School in Birmingham to protest the school’s ‘No Outsiders’ programme, which teaches children about LGBT lifestyles.

(I also don’t have strong opinions on sex-ed. My point is about activism and impact. Muslims show up. Christians don’t.)

I can hear the excuses now…If Christians did that, the media would attack them.

And so what? Have you not read the Bible?

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. (Matthew 5:11.)

Also, the fear Christians have is overblown. If Christians showed up to protest, one or two parents would be singled out. But as long as Christians held the line and had the backs of everyone targeted, then Christians would win.

The minority rule will show us how it all it takes is a small number of intolerant virtuous people with skin in the game, in the form of courage, for society to function properly.

I know a lot of people want to use my name for clicks, and that’s part of the game. But those of you who “like” me and are confused, get your priorities in order.

Stand up for yourselves.

Organize a boycott.

Stop crying about how Christians are being bullied. There are over 70 million of you in the country. Get on the phone with Netflix and demand they apologize for promoting aborting and funding anti-Christian products. Or cancel your Netflix subscriptions.

P.S. Remember that gossiping is a sin.

For I am afraid that when I come I may not find you as I want you to be, and you may not find me as you want me to be. I fear that there may be discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance and disorder. (2 Corinthians 12:20)

P.P.S. And be sure to leave a review for Hoaxed Movie here.

Memorial Day

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“Slavenas is dead, Mike, Brian is dead.”

I was in the law school career services center when I got the call from a friend of mine from OCS. Brian Slavenas, this friend who called, and I were buddies during OCS. We didn’t really fit in as we found the military disciple and f*ck-f*ck games stupid. Every month we’d meet up and deal with the stupidity. (We were in the National Guard at the time, and OCS was divided over 18 months rather than the all-at-once 12 week program at Ft. Benning.)

In military units you have squares, criminals, and non-conformists. The squares act as little drill instructors and yell at their fellow soldiers for not following The Book. Criminals are the scum bags in the military you’re not allowed to ever talk about, because it would be unpatriotic to stop pretending that everyone who enlists is a regular GI Joe. Non-conformists, which Brian and I were, are people who break the rules but not in an overtly morally wrong way.

My friend would listen to self-hypnosis CDs using a smuggled player and I got into it with the TAC officers after telling them I wanted to be a criminal defense lawyer. (Most of them were law enforcement.)

Brian would pack his Captains of Crush grippers. The three of us were all into strength training and strong man style training, so we’d bond over reps and sets.

To become a Captain of Crush, you had to send in a picture of yourself closing the #3 gripper, which required nearly inhuman levels of strength.

Brian could close the #2 10 times, and was so close to closing the #3.

Whenever I think about Brian, I wonder if he ever managed to close the #3.

Brian was an unusual person in every positive sense of the word. Some reports of his death listed him at 6’5″, but he seemed taller, as he’d walk up every other step in a normal stride as I picked up the pace to keep up. Muscular like a bodybuilder, he was an Engineering major and bright. And also incredibly insecure.

Imposter Syndrome hadn’t caught on in the TED talk set yet, but Brian was no better example of someone who had it all but felt inadequate for no rational reason.

His shyness, especially when it came to girls, led to my friend and I teasing him often. “Brian, if I looked like you, imagine what I’d do!”

(Brian Slavenas, pictured at far left.)

After OCS, I left for law school in California.

Brian was shot down flying troops home on a rest and relaxation leave.

Brian’s mother took the loss hard, as one would expect, and she didn’t want any of his friends from the military to attend his funeral.

  • Brian’s father had taken it for granted that there would be a formal military funeral, but Brian’s designated next of kin—and thus the person entitled to make such a decision—was his mother. Rosemarie Slavenas said that it was her responsibility to give her son the funeral that was appropriate for his life. The service she arranged, at the Faith United Methodist Church, in Genoa, was a civilian service, with flowers rather than an American flag on the casket, and no weapons in sight. Afterward, addressing some reporters and cameramen gathered outside the church grounds, Rosemarie Slavenas said, “George Bush killed my son. I believe my son Brian died not for his country but because of our country’s lack of a coherent and civilized foreign policy.”
  • Eric Slavenas, a strong supporter of the war, had said that not having “Taps” and a flag-draped casket at Brian’s service amounted to “spikes in my dad’s and my heart.”

The Slavenas family fracture captures the sentiment of many of those who served or lost those who served.

“When they needed blood, they called it Patriotism. However, let those same yokels and suckers try to express those feelings in ways that didn’t involve killing strangers….then The Powers That Be had The Talking Heads resurrect the specter of the long-dead Third Reich and trot out cliched shaming language with words like Nationalism.” – Samuel Finlay, Breakfast with the Dirt Cult.

The reporters who lied about WMDs in Iraq kept their jobs. The chickenhawks who cried for war received promotions and became leaders of the conservative and neoliberal establishments.

On Memorial Day you’re supposed to Honor the Fallen. And on Veteran’s Day you’re supposed to Thank You for Your Service. What day do we get to tell the war mongers to fuck off?

When will we have a national holiday where we line up Bill Kristol, the editorial staff of the New York Times, Bill O’Reilly, Dick Cheney, and the the rest of these war criminals and chickenhawks and make them hold their heads in shame?

Parallel worlds.

In cognitive psychology there’s a concept known as survivorship bias. When one person survives (usually this means they succeeded or had a major investment gain), we reason backwards to explain why they lived.

Brian died and I lived. There’s no good reason for this. I moved onto law school as planned, with no knowledge that 9/11 would happen. Brian continued his studies and served as an aviator.

There’s no reason one man lives and other dies.

And by any objective measure, Brian deserved to live more than I did, and certainly more than most others. He was one of the men who are legitimately good people.

Adding to the sense of tragedy is that Brian and I pulled off what seems an unlikely feat. Both of were profiled in the New Yorker.

Me for living, and him for dying.

Like Brian’s mom I share a special contempt for the war mongers, as I told a reporter:

“Some people say they hate Beltway insiders and establishment media types, but it’s actually sour grapes,” Cernovich said. “Deep down, they want the cool kids to love them. I actually fucking detest those people.” He grew up in Kewanee, a farming town in Illinois. Not long ago, he said, “I started looking into who these neocon policy wonks are. Every backstory was the same—East Coast, Harvard, trust fund, nepotism. Look, if the experts decide tomorrow that we’re going to war with Russia, who’s gonna fight that war? Jonah Goldberg and Ross Douthat? Fuck no. It’ll be guys I know from Kewanee.”

On Memorial Day I don’t want to hear a thing about service or freedom from those who stayed home while sending others off to die.

For those who have lost, may God bless you and let their memories be a blessing.

CNN Fails Multiple Fact Checks

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CNN has blown stories big and small. Some were outright hoaxed, some required them to write a settlement check, and all of these hoaxes involved CNN’s “top reporters” such as Jake Tapper. Here is a list of 7 of their hoaxes, although there are many more you can find.

1. Tapper got his BLOCKBUSTER James Comey story completely wrong.

2. CNN White House Reporter Jeremy Diamond claimed Trump was first President since George H.W. Bush to not take questions at a press conference held in China. Jake Tapper RT’ed Diamond. This claim was false.

3. CNN reporter Manu Raju claimed @DonaldJTrumpJr had advance knowledge of the Wikileaks release of the Podesta emails. This story was confirmed by two sources, and it was fake news. To this day, Raju refuses to burn the sources who fed him a fake story.

4. Jim Acosta falsely claimed @realDonaldTrump did not visit Steve Scalise after the tragic mass shooting committed by a far left wing terrorist. Acosta falsely claimed he had a “source,” then later blamed a WH press pooler for the hoax.

5. CNN falsely accused Anthony Scaramucci (who now hates Trump so this would NEVE happen again) of being under investigation for a crime. The story was retracted as a hoax.

6. CNN used deceptively edited video to falsely accuse @realDonaldTrump of a faux pas during a fish feeding ceremony held in Japan. Even far left wing Snopes was forced called CNN out for this fake news.

7. CNN targeted a minor for harassment, and they were forced to settle a lawsuit with the underage boy.

8. CNN contributor Joe Lockhart fabricated a conservative with two Republican Senators. His disinformation spread widely, and was RT’ed by WaPo columnist Jennifer Rubin.

 

 

 

Media Matters, CNN, MSNBC Share Fabricated Trump Quote

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Ian Bremmer, in an effort to show how quickly mainstream “reporters” and other left wing operatives will spread fake news, Tweeted a clearly satirical quote:

President Trump in Tokyo “Kim Jong Un is smarter and would make a better President than Sleepy Joe Biden.”

The fake news machine went into overdrive, amplifying this hoax.

Former CIA agent Emily Brandwin shared this hoax.

CNN’s Anna Navarro shared the hoax.

Media Matters shared the hoax.

As media expert Yossi Gestetner observed, “This proves the INSANE echo chamber that anti-Trump twitter has become that Journos; lawmakers and NeverTrumpers pounce on anything Trump without waiting for proof. This is why there is so many FakeLeaks from the WH: Journos make stuff up knowing it will get play no Qs asked!”

https://twitter.com/YossiGestetner/status/1132725929690714112

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