The OLC opined ('74)
no president can pardon his own acts.
But Trump conceives his role as something more:
a despot, unconstrained by laws, or facts.
His legal team, stocked from the bottom shelf,
contends the lack of precedent's no flaw.
To sit as judge, and jury for oneself
is natural, for one above the law!
Our Framers feared Executives amok,
and pointedly let Congress hold his leash.
But Mitch McConnell doesn't give a fuck;
no villainy could move him to impeach.
no president can pardon his own acts.
But Trump conceives his role as something more:
a despot, unconstrained by laws, or facts.
His legal team, stocked from the bottom shelf,
contends the lack of precedent's no flaw.
To sit as judge, and jury for oneself
is natural, for one above the law!
Our Framers feared Executives amok,
and pointedly let Congress hold his leash.
But Mitch McConnell doesn't give a fuck;
no villainy could move him to impeach.
Trump's crisis dwarfs the standard Watergate
but Congress--since then--opts to abdicate.
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