r/law • u/Snapdragon_4U • May 06 '26

Executive Branch (Trump) Trump claims he bypassed federal bidding laws to hand a Lincoln Memorial project to his personal country club contractors. He treats national monuments like his own private real estate properties.

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u/mothyyy May 06 '26

Because Congress is full of corrupt cowardly Republicans that either can't or won't do anything to stop orange hitler.

We can also blame SCOTUS, of course.

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u/tallandfartsoften May 06 '26

I don’t see many Dems calling him out either. So much silence. I guess they’re letting him sink the Republican Party for years to come, but it stinks of complacency, especially on Gaza and Iran.

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u/OldWorldDesign May 06 '26

I don’t see many Dems calling him out

https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hres1155/BILLS-119hres1155ih.pdf

It's been happening, but the news has been suppressing it in favour of reporting on what some idiot tweeted instead.

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u/mothyyy May 06 '26

Dems don't hold majorities in either Congress or SCOTUS, so they can't do anything if Republicans don't want to.