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#unprecedented

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is the US still a viable #democracy in a world where autocracies (91) have just surpassed democracies (88) ?

Observers note that current situation in the U.S. is #unprecedented, mentioning Presidential pardons of 1,500 anti-democratic activists who supported violently overthrowing an election; firing independent agency #watchdogs without due process; purging apolitical police and military brass and numerous federal programs.

As exec branch blatantly challenges & defies #judiciary, and acolytes rapidly dismantle role of govt under leadership of President who expresses contempt at free speech and institutions, threatens unconstitutional #reprisals against political enemies, and has used his position to insure personal benefits for self and allies worries the world.

cbc.ca/news/world/trump-democr

CBCANALYSIS | U.S. could lose democracy status, says global watchdog | CBC NewsPossibly defying a court order. Urging his Justice Department to prosecute nemeses. Repeatedly calling the media 'illegal.' Declaring a predecessor's pardon null and void. U.S. President Donald Trump has done these things in the past few days.

#Constitutional experts balk at #DJT #unprecedented Presidential bluster that #Biden #pardons signed by #Autopen are ‘void’ after a #TruthSocial post late Sunday night . The all caps #socialmedia outburst announcied that according to #DJT President Joe Biden’s final January 2025 pardons are moot, implying January 6th Committee members like Adam Schiff & Liz Cheney's as well as Anthony Fauci's #PresidentialPardons are invalid.

At the time of pre-pardoning his relatives #Biden stated “My family has been subjected to unrelenting attacks and threats, motivated solely by a desire to hurt me — the worst kind of partisan politics,” he said in his last statement as president. “Unfortunately, I have no reason to believe these attacks will end.”

Current occupant of the #WhiteHouse says Biden’s preemptive pardons are “are hereby declared VOID, VACANT, AND OF NO FURTHER FORCE OR EFFECT, because of the fact that they were done by Autopen.”

According to legal scholars the executive power to retroactively revoke pardons by previous office holder has never been tried by any prior President..

tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld