(04-07-2019 06:39 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(04-07-2019 03:55 PM)Rice93 Wrote:  [quote='tanqtonic' pid='16037036' dateline='1554668280']

Quote:So your answer is to rip them out of him at the expense of certain portions of the rule of law. Good for you.

I'm just expecting him to meet the standard set by previous presidents regarding insulating the office against conflicts of interest. "Ripping them out of him at the expense of the rule of law" is somewhat hyperbolic, IMO.

I guess you dont believe that tax returns are and should be protected by the 4th Amendment? Seems to me that is the sole position to have when one tries to label that as 'hyperbolic'.

So your standard is: Trump doesnt meet the standard set by previous Presidents. Therefore he should not have any 4th amendment protection for stuff that is usually protected by the 4th Amendment. Is that a fair assessment of the responded to post?

In simple terms, I would like to be confident that the President of the United States has no business interests that have a material effect as to how he behaves as our chief executive. Like when he turns a blind eye to the Saudi monarchy dismembering a journalist I want to be sure he does so for sound policy reasons.

Can we get there without setting our Constitution on fire? I imagine that there are ways.