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The administration has concluded the constitutional order is unconstitutional.

Assuming immunity, he would still have a duty to report/return the docs as soon as he was no longer president.

The Constitution has [x] Expired [ ] Not Expired. Clearly there must be a form somewhere they invented.

Lol, if only wishing made it so, DOJ, huh?

their tendency to think their own memos have the force of law is quite worrying.

Speak out. Call Congress and let them know this is on them. Allowing corruption to become deeper, more ENTRENCHED is NOT ACCEPTABLE. Fight for rule of law by supporting an independent press, ACLU, Democracy Forward. Support all those who fight for an end to this lawlessness. Push back matters. ACT

Gonna need a bigger gov docs storage bathroom at Mar a Lago.

Who issued this regulation? Is Office of Legal Counsel a dumpster fire too now?

Wait! He stole all our money, his people were all paid or given government contracts. Trump is a flat out criminal!

The best decision makers! Completely under serous presidential pressure, of course.

It’s well known that it is the job of the executive to rule on the constitutionality of laws passed by Congress. Learn civics, bitches.

They’re at the Supreme Court right now arguing that the Constitution is unconstitutional.

Next up: 22nd amendment unconstitutional

I have written a memo confirming that despite tradition and clear company policy, I do not have to respond to work emails on Friday

I look forward to seeing the tortured logic in this opinion.

Underlying logic: Congress’s constitutionally assigned authority to enact laws that the executive branch must obey is itself unconstitutional because, well, the president can do whatever he damn well pleases, including keeping state papers as private property

Let’s face it. Trump leaves regardless of a Democrat taking the Oval and will take whatever he wants, shred whatever he wants, and that will likely filter down certainly to the cabinet secretary level. And I doubt sincerely after the burn with Judge Cannon etc. that we’ll do anything about it.

Doesn't the law say that government records have to remain with the government? The President is part of the government, until he leaves office.

So his behavior should never have been questioned? Smith should have asked him what he was feeling in his bones when he was packing his shower boxes. Trump stable genius intuition right again

What a surprise ... NOT! Wanna bet the Supreme Court will have a different view of it? This indicates to me that Donnie is worried that if he survives his presidency, the indictments related to the Mar-a-Lago secure documents 'dump' will be revived and taken to prosecution.

hot take: after this is over, put the Justice Department under Article III authority

Why are we even talking about this? The Dow is below 50,000, right now.

The most transparent administration ladies and gentlemen

Aren’t records OWNED by the American people, just like the White House? The only jurisdiction should be related to secrecy based on national security.

Why not just an OLC memo finding that all laws are optional for the executive? That would simplify US governance a lot!

Mar-a-lago is going to need a bigger bathroom.

Notice the absence of gasps.

Determining if a law is unconstitutional sounds like someone else’s jurisdiction…🤔

Big “there’s no price tag, that means it’s free” energy.

That darned 's. Shouldn't be there. Possessive form has no place in that sentence.

They just concluded that? All on their own, first administration to have done that?

Trump's Justice Department? Oh, Ok... Cheezits crackers

See, that's the problem. Instead of an independent DOJ representing the American people, it's "Trump's DOJ". The venality and corruption of this administration is staggering.

So it's the DOJs responsibility to determine the constitutionality of laws? Interesting.

WHAT. THE. FUCK?!?!

But their emails!

It's still needed to keep the rest of us in line, but they don't have to look any higher for criminals.

But his records & whatnot

Lol.

The DOJ isn’t the Department of Justice any more it’s some Trump thing.

If only there were a body that is tasked with deciding what is constitutional and what is not. A body they could ask, perhaps...

Is anyone surprised?

Real question: who has standing to challenge this? Congress? Historians? Anybody?

And I have formed my own justice department and we have concluded that the laws that say I’m not allowed to walk into a bank and take all the money are unconstitutional

So this lawless DOJ says it is unconstitutional and we are going to go along with it…….really

Whomever drafted this memo needs to be disbarred

Perhaps the next administration won’t dilly dally around for a year before doing anything. So this theory could be tested sooner rather than later. Assuming the case and the subject both survive that long, of course.

Wasn't this already decided after Nixon?

Nixon’s DOJ said that you can’t indict a sitting President. And that made up DOJ rule is still followed 50 years later like it’s law.

Well thought out and reasonable, no doubt

John Roberts told him he didn't have to.

In that case, *this* qualifies as a presidential library.

So they're doing Judicial branch now too.

The flea telling the dog what to eat. [anyone willing to try that pineapple challenge, contact me😘]

Nice

If Democrats ever gain control again they’d better make laws that hold this behavior accountable. Otherwise this will serve as the blueprint to finish off democracy. Oh, and FUCK TRUMP.

Don't think that's going to fly. It's not their decision, really. But this regime is lawless and thinks this will be enough of an excuse to cover up all the rest of the crimes they have committed.

This opinion exists to set the stage for Trump's settlement with himself for eleventy trillion dollars.

An invitation to steal and sell more classified documents. @democrats.senate.gov please work on the release Jack Smith’s Volume 2 report.

And since they have concluded this, they will no doubt be able to dispose of them as they wish, which means the shredding is already happening.

Well it just naturally follows from "Every official act is immune from prosecution and investigation," as well as the important corollary, "Everything the President does can be construed as an official act." That second bit hasn't been tested yet, but do you really think SCOTUS would disagree?

Philip Morris concludes that cigarettes are healthy actually

So they will turn them over right? I mean making it unconstitutional makes it MORE likely that Trump will want to do that based on past history

Reminds me of the rapist felon insurrectionist aiming to decriminalize domestic violence. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

NO ONE IN THIS ADMIN has AMERICA IN MIND or THE CONSTITUTION ONLY on the $$$ & POWER sucked off the sick FUHRER INCOMPETENCE RULES !!!

That is not a function of the DOJ.

Trust me, you’d have been underwhelmed.

That would mean something if Trump's justice department had the power to determine what's constitutional.

Somehow i don’t think future DoJ’s are going to feel bound by previous DoJ conclusions in future. And that quite probably will include (by necessity) revisiting those that were long established pre-Trump.

Oh so those 500 euro for indecent exposure last Saturday night? Hey police, freedom of expression!

Because restoring law and order is going to be the main campaign issue in 2028.

I am certain they will leave more than enough to hang each and every one of the bastards except the one who gets to plead not guilty by reason of insanity. I'm not sure we need a record of even more criminality and treason. Its not like we are going to want to continue anything Trump did.

Sounds like the path to Stephen Miller.

“If Trump steals documents again, there won't be any delays or deferential treatment.” I’m not so sure about that.

The attempts to recover the property Trump and his family looted will continue for decades to come.

sorry I mainly commented to make a cryptography joke, based on OP's profile (but I also don't put it past the orange man to wriggle out of anything atp)

Ha, they concluded that all by themselves, even without an executive order.

Funny they were all about it when it came to Hillary.

Don't forget his Big Beautiful Qatari plane.

Doesn’t the Constitution impose on an exiting President to leave all docs in a country club bathroom?!?

They tried to bury Hilary in 2015-16 over her supposed violation of this act. It was the central reason Trump and the media said she didn't deserve to be President.

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He’s insane. #ETTD

I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY.Gif

If so, then the first actually competent cabinet member for the task would have finally appeared

Yep. No word on if he had Kristi Shotgun do the deed. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

at least search the casket, thoroughly

But what does the United States Department of Justice say?

I guess they don't need the Supreme Court

What sr white house official? Why are they given anonymity for this announcement? This administration's Presidential records are family & friends communication. Kushner & Witkoff negotiating family deals & the insider trading tips First step in new elections needs to take on corruption

Until they get it overturned in the courts, it is still the law.

Isn’t that the responsibility of SCOTUS?

The Trump administration announces in advance that they will be breaking the law.

And I wasn’t driving, I was traveling. 😂 IYKYK

Ah, the classic opening line of "Window Break Montage 2023"

Sir the constitution says...officer officer...I'M TRAVELING.

Donald Trump, sovereign citizen

omg he deserves a medal for his time on the bench. Those foolish folks cause more stupid havoc than most. Saw it in action

I'm not driving, I'm travelling. I mean my person is.

Picturing them trudging down the street tryna get back to their cabin DEEP in the mountains and woods.

Me just flying down the highways like out of GTA: “My right to blow some doors off won’t be infringed!”

Everything belongs to him now. Everything.

Since the supreme court made it so that he was never punished the first time, it seems it's the case by default.

Wow, he is so powerful (in his mind at least)!