Is it possible for the President...?

Question

...to gain enough power to declare himself Emperor of the United States? And would he succeed if he tried? This is NOT a Bush bashing question, regardless of how bad of a dictator he is. This is a serious question of whether or not ANY President could theoretically turn the United States into a constitutional monarchy.

Answer 1

N O

Answer 2

No, the American constitution said very clearly the need of the approval of the senate, and it needs the approval of the municipal councils, the only way is making a coup d'état in the American state( you have to difference the state of the government) and declaring trough a presidential law himself as Emperor, but people won't never allow him that, the American people are so proud of their democracy, and to make a monarchy he needs to be a noble a he doesn't have the "blue blood" of the monarchs, it's something impossible

Answer 3

"To these would be opposed a militia amounting to near half a million of citizens with arms in their hands, officered by men chosen from among themselves, fighting for their common liberties, and united and conducted by governments possessing their affections and confidence. It may well be doubted, whether a militia thus circumstanced could ever be conquered by such a proportion of regular troops. Those who are best acquainted with the last successful resistance of this country against the British arms, will be most inclined to deny the possibility of it. Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence of subordinate governments, to which the people are attached, and by which the militia officers are appointed, forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition, more insurmountable than any which a simple government of any form can admit of. Notwithstanding the military establishments in the several kingdoms of Europe, which are carried as far as the public resources will bear, the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms. And it is not certain, that with this aid alone they would not be able to shake off their yokes. But were the people to possess the additional advantages of local governments chosen by themselves, who could collect the national will and direct the national force, and of officers appointed out of the militia, by these governments, and attached both to them and to the militia, it may be affirmed with the greatest assurance, that the throne of every tyranny in Europe would be speedily overturned in spite of the legions which surround it. Let us not insult the free and gallant citizens of America with the suspicion, that they would be less able to defend the rights of which they would be in actual possession, than the debased subjects of arbitrary power would be to rescue theirs from the hands of their oppressors. Let us rather no longer insult them with the supposition that they can ever reduce themselves to the necessity of making the experiment, by a blind and tame submission to the long train of insidious measures which must precede and produce it. "

Answer 4

There is a process to amend the constitution, so technically if that process were followed then someone could legally declare themselves emperor of the US. It would require all three branches of government to do this, the house would have to propose the legislation, the president sign it and the court to not rule it unconstitutional.

Answer 5

No.

Because the military would not support such an event. Every military officer takes an oath to defend the Constitution. Not the President. Not Congress. The Constitution. This oath requires them to prevent such an action from taking place.

You should be glad the military is mostly conservative - to conservatives, the Constitution means what it says.

Answer 6

Actually, yes. All it would take is another "terrorist attack" (real or "false flag) on our own soil to send us into total panic, have the administration declare martial law and the rest will be history.

Most of us wrote the administration a blank check to get the ball rolling after 9/11. We're feeling the results now.. It won't take much more to send us over the edge. Why else do you think we have the color coded terror alerts and non stop clips of "terrorists" on Fox News?

Answer 7

Nope.

The Constitution requires Congress and the State Assemblies to pass and ratify any changes to the Constitution, not the Federal Executive branch.
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jk, I'll just sock'em once to the moon.
;-)

Answer 8

Nope.

Answer 9

" this is not a bush bashing question regardless of how bad a dictator he is" ....gave yourself away, commie....

Answer 10

Did you fall on your head when young?
NO is answer