Comment on The justices of the supreme court ruled that Trump was immune and effectively above the law while being president. What is now stopping Biden from bringing a gun to the next debate?

razorwiregoatlick@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• timewarp@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So… Biden could target SCOTUS as being treasonous & appoint new justices under immunity with the three remaining liberal justices quickly ruling he has executive privilege to do so?

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  • SkyezOpen@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yes. I joked about this scenario when I didn’t think the scotus would hand down such a fucked up ruling, but we’re halfway to some really funny shit.

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• callouscomic@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I think that “some bullshit reason” would be murder.

  People have gotten fucking ridiculous lately.

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  • HasturInYellow@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They said “some bullshit reason” because the same logic would very clearly not be applied to trump if he were to do the same. Think a bit. It’s ok.

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    • sanguinepar@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The bullshit in this example is not that they would find Biden guilty but that they could/would find Trump innocent.

      That would be bullshit. Biden killing Trump being ruled as murder would not be bullshit, it’d be accurate.

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      • samus12345@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Guilt or innocence is irrelevant in this case. The only thing that matters is whether the President was acting in an “official” capacity or not. If a Republican does it, it was official. If a Democrat does, it was not.

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• card797@champserver.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That court also wouldn’t be able to have the president arrested. He would need to be impeached and removed from office before any of that could happen.

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• s38b35M5@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So Biden could shoot Trump dead but the court would rule that that was illegal because some bullshit reason.

  Ah! But with what evidence? They also ruled that presidential conduct (paraphrasing here) can’t be used as evidence.

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  • Asafum@feddit.nl ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    True, but they are also the ones who decide what they can and cannot do without recourse from anyone else (because we need 2/3 of Congress to impeach which is a non-starter.) so they can rule one way and then rule another for whatever reason they want.

    Our “justices” (/vomit…) don’t have to have any qualifications, we just pay lip service to norms so we (read: the federalist society) choose vaguely “acceptable” people to be justices, but you or I could be one too which really means that they have almost nothing to do with the actual law. We’re a fucking joke.

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    • s38b35M5@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      We’re a fucking joke.

      But nobody is laughing. I’m shivering…

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      • MeThisGuy@feddit.nl ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        pretty sure the rest of the world is having a good laugh

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