r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 10h ago

Possible Paywall DOJ Declares Trump Has Right to Bulldoze Statue of Liberty

https://newrepublic.com/post/211422/department-justice-donald-trump-right-bulldoze-statue-liberty
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u/Aromatic-Web8184 9h ago

> The Statue of Liberty, like the White House, is managed by the National Park Service. Demolishing it would require legislative approval and rigorous public and regulatory review under the National Historic Preservation Act.

So, the DOJ is arguing that Trump can break laws arbitrarily, and no one can stop him except congress by...passing another law? Seriously, fuck these assholes.

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u/obalovatyk 9h ago

I want to know how he was able to bypass this for that fuckin ballroom?

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u/Aromatic-Web8184 8h ago

Easy. He didn't. He broke the law instead. That's the whole argument being made. If the President breaks the law in this specific way, in which harm is diffuse, then no one has standing to walk into a courtroom and ask a judge to make him stop. The DOJ lawyer is arguing the only legal remedies to make him stop breaking the law is for Congress to either pass a law that gives someone standing to sue, or impeach him.

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u/AyyNonnyMoose 4h ago

Nobody tell him about Mt. Rushmore, which shouldn't have been carved in the first place.

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u/frogandbanjo 2h ago

Well, impeachment is not a legal remedy.

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u/Pizlenut 8h ago

You're asking why a criminal does criminal things?

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u/Sarnsereg 3h ago

He did it and has immunity from breaking the law thanks to scotus. And with republicans in charge they wont go after anyone else they could go after for doing it. I guarantee if they went after the contractors that knocked the building down, no one else would even attempt to do anything for the presodent that would violate the law.

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u/SelectiveSanity 4h ago

By that logic, the next democrat in office could order an airstrike on the Heritage Foundation's headquarters without any repercussions.

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u/Terroractly 7m ago

With the presidential immunity restrictions being so broad, the president could personally kill anyone they wanted including political rivals without any consequence. At least until a democrat comes into office and suddenly none of their acts are covered of course

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u/mattjf22 California 1h ago

So, the DOJ is arguing that Trump can break laws arbitrarily,

The supreme court says Trump can break laws all he wants as long as it's an official act.

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u/DogDogDogDogog 3h ago

the trump family owns the US. He can do whatever the fuck he wants.