Because of the separation of powers in the federal government the one thing POTUS does NOT control is the Capital Police. They are under the control of the Speaker and to a less degree the Senate Leadership.
Think of it like this... Speaker of the House is the Mayor of the Capital itself. S/he has total executive authority over the police and the grounds. The only way to override that is with a vote(which is broken because of election tampering, the very thing we were complaining about on the 6th). Think of it like President pro tempore of the Senate is the Vice Mayor. In other words s/he has no real power.
Mayors pull this BS all the time. They can be over ridden, but in the case of the Speaker I'm pretty sure it requires SCOTUS to do it(balance of power again)... which sense they are in on it as well they will just decline to get involved. Thus Pelosi can do whatever she likes and no one can/will stop her.
In some ways the Speaker of the House is more powerful than POTUS. Everything that was designed to balance and restrain the Speaker's power has been purposely bypassed and/or broken. All the slippery slopes have been played out fully.
Wait what? I had no idea politicians have overriding authority on court cases.
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Because of the separation of powers in the federal government the one thing POTUS does NOT control is the Capital Police. They are under the control of the Speaker and to a less degree the Senate Leadership.
Think of it like this... Speaker of the House is the Mayor of the Capital itself. S/he has total executive authority over the police and the grounds. The only way to override that is with a vote(which is broken because of election tampering, the very thing we were complaining about on the 6th). Think of it like President pro tempore of the Senate is the Vice Mayor. In other words s/he has no real power.
Mayors pull this BS all the time. They can be over ridden, but in the case of the Speaker I'm pretty sure it requires SCOTUS to do it(balance of power again)... which sense they are in on it as well they will just decline to get involved. Thus Pelosi can do whatever she likes and no one can/will stop her.
In some ways the Speaker of the House is more powerful than POTUS. Everything that was designed to balance and restrain the Speaker's power has been purposely bypassed and/or broken. All the slippery slopes have been played out fully.