- Manipulation of pre-war data to convince the country of a threat that was known by top members of the Executive Branch to absolutely not exist.
- Initiated the tapping of American citizens on a grand scale completely ignoring the Watergate era FISA law Congress had set up as a safe guard against such Executive tyranny.
- Violated Geneva Convention and US Anti-Torture laws by executive order.
- Undermined Congressional authority (our most basic right) via Signing Statements.
- Has operated entire term as President under the cloak of Executive Privilege and State Secrets act (the hiding place of every tyrant).
There are obviously more, but these are so foundational that in order to protect our system of governance we would have to enact impeachment proceedings.
But we won't. The citizens don't care. The slide into authoritarian power has been alarmingly fast and painless, and there is no slowing this train down.
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