Sorry if this is not the proper community for this question. Please let me know if I should post this question elsewhere.
So like, I’m not trying to be hyperbolic or jump on some conspiracy theory crap, but this seems like very troubling news to me. My entire life, I’ve been under the impression that no one is technically/officially above the law in the US, especially the president. I thought that was a hard consensus among Americans regardless of party. Now, SCOTUS just made the POTUS immune to criminal liability.
The president can personally violate any law without legal consequences. They also already have the ability to pardon anyone else for federal violations. The POTUS can literally threaten anyone now. They can assassinate anyone. They can order anyone to assassinate anyone, then pardon them. It may even grant complete immunity from state laws because if anyone tries to hold the POTUS accountable, then they can be assassinated too. This is some Putin-level dictator stuff.
I feel like this is unbelievable and acknowledge that I may be wayyy off. Am I misunderstanding something?? Do I need to calm down?
They basically just performed a coup for whoever becomes the next Republican president. It may not be Trump in 2024, but it doesnt matter, as soon as a Republican president is voted in it is over.
The profound importance of your comment can not be overestimated, imo. The American people need to wake up quickly and learn about soft coup and especially Operation Condor. History is repeating, and I get the feeling the soft coups shepherded by the USA abroad were test runs.
I don’t understand why a democrat president wouldn’t abuse this. In fact, why doesn’t the person who tells Biden what to do order Trump executed right now? I’m sure an accident with reasonable doubt could be arranged.
because it relies on the… i don’t remember the name of their position but they’re the top judges, it relies on them to actually say that it counts as an official act, and since the majority of them are corrupt republicans they’ll just find a way to say “well actually what biden did wasn’t an official act”.
It’s just a farce to make people think the country still has a functional legal system and government when in fact they pulled out the life support years ago…
Because “principles.” The very thing that Republicans use against them: Democrats mostly fight fair, which this fight, is very fucking stupid. Biden should absolutely use his new authority to clean house. From top to fucking bottom. But he won’t, and Republicans know that.
not easy to describe because the intricacies of political operation in the dnc and the strategic policy considerations that evaluate optics and the public opinion’s effect on future elections would require esoteric political science terminology to say democrats are pussies