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ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 day agoPresidents were ruled above the law during his time. He could have made anything he wanted a law because he was above the restrictions of power on the president.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Presidents can’t make laws. And executive orders only apply to the executive branch. They are orders to his workers. It’s like the CEO of Coke saying “put cocaine back in product”. It didn’t make it legal for the cocaine to be in the product.
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 22 hours ago
It was ruled everything the president does in official capacity is legal.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 hours ago
No, they ruled official acts have immunity. It doesn’t make the actions legal. So the President can say “arrest all people sweater vests as a matter of national security” and he cannot be punished for doing so. A court can rule the action unconstitutional and thus an illegal act. If anyone actually arrests people for wearing sweater vests at that point they can be held criminally liable. Though it likely would only happen once the president left office, or he would have the ability to still pardon them for performing the illegal act. But all those arrested would have their cases dismissed in court because the action they were arrested for, was not infact a valid charge.
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 21 hours ago
Good thing the president can pardon any of them… and can’t be held liable for it.