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Trump places Washington DC police under fed control, will deploy national guard (theguardian.com)
14 points by pizza 8 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 4 comments


Hypothetically, this would make it significantly harder for a president whose term has ended, but believes they are entitled to continued tenure in that position, to be constitutionaly replaced by an elected successor, at least hypothetically.


So you assume there will be another presidential election, hypothetically?


Yes, but only in theory.


Related Discussion (50+ comments): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44864192

Don't worry, though, it's been flagged and discussion has been stifled; as is tradition.




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