SMH. Cold war stuff that assumes that the other branches of government are radioactive slag, the Constitution suspended. Short of Trump slagging the other branches of government, they have no power under the Constitution.
The Doctor: Imagine you were dying and a long way from home and in terrible pain. And just when you think it couldn’t get any worse, you look up and see the face of the devil himself. [beat] The Doctor: Hello, Donald.
The upshot seems to be that the Republican-controlled Senate could stop Trump from declaring special secret sinister powers, but they haven’t shown such backbone before, so . . .
Mark my words. Drones are getting sophisticated enough, there will eventually be a real assassination attempt with them.
What’s to stop one with its onboard lights from being disabled, geo-fencing disabled, programmed with a pre-set flight path, and dropping a brick at preset coordinates hovering from a few hundred feet up? Think about a Trump rally which is held outdoors.
Drones will only get more capable and cheaper from here. Imagine now a fleet of 30 of such drones once they get down to the $100 price range for a fairly large unit, dropping many payloads.