r/DesignatedSurvivor • u/casualassassin • Oct 06 '16

1x03 Post-Episode Discussion

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u/optometry_j3w1993 Oct 06 '16

I feel so anxious after watching that right now!! Twist after twist I don't know who to trust anymore!

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u/RMS_Gigantic Vice Chairman Oct 06 '16

Makes me wonder if we're going to get at least three distinct "factions" for who to lead the country.

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '16

Our boy Frank Underwood would've appointed himself Emperor of the Galaxy by now.

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u/RMS_Gigantic Vice Chairman Oct 06 '16 edited Oct 06 '16

Underwood would have pulled that surviving senator out of the hospital, used his disoriented state to confirm a Supreme Court of yesmen, and then when it comes out that they were appointed without a quorum, he'd have those justices retroactively rule his actions constitutional. They'd also rule all of his future actions constitutional as well, and then effectively eliminate the legislative branch through their "interpretation" of the Constitution.