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CANtalk
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Don’t Believe John Roberts. The Supreme Court Just Made the President a King.
Don’t Believe John Roberts. The Supreme Court Just Made the President a King.
“With fear for our democracy, I dissent.” —Sonia Sotomayor
Sotomayor says immunity ruling makes a president ‘king above the law’
Sotomayor says immunity ruling makes a president ‘king above the law’
Stark dissent from liberal supreme court justice says decision will let presidents commit crimes with impunity
www.theguardian.com
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florduh
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Don’t Believe John Roberts. The Supreme Court Just Made the President a King.
Don’t Believe John Roberts. The Supreme Court Just Made the President a King.
“With fear for our democracy, I dissent.” —Sonia Sotomayorslate.com
Kinda puts a damper on Independance Day this year, huh?
Although part of me thinks this just makes "de jure" what was already "de facto" because I can't imagine a President ever being held responsible for crimes they committed in office. The O'Bungler murdered a US Citizen when he was going drone crazy, for example.
Cheebsy
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Don't tell Charlie that please! Although he would put climate first so....Don’t Believe John Roberts. The Supreme Court Just Made the President a King.
Don’t Believe John Roberts. The Supreme Court Just Made the President a King.
“With fear for our democracy, I dissent.” —Sonia Sotomayor
cybrguy
Putin is a War Criminal
So somebody tell me I'm wrong. Let's say that Trump is reelected. Harvey Weinstein gets news to him that he'll pay him $10 million for a pardon. Trump says great and pardons him. What still exists to prevent that from happening? We know that the presidential pardon power is absolute and it only exists for the President, so any time he's using it, it is an official act of the president. According to Roberts today, the president's motivation can't even be questioned. So even if it used to be illegal, before today, for the president to take a bribe, that restriction no longer exists.
And by the way, that could just as easily be El Chapo (Joaquín Guzmán) as Harvey Weinstein.
Anyone?
And by the way, that could just as easily be El Chapo (Joaquín Guzmán) as Harvey Weinstein.
Anyone?
vapviking
Old & In the Way
Oh, he'd be allowed to do much worse than that.
He previously already raked in millions as president, and did the pardons as well.
Military, Justice Dept., etc. would be extensions of his ego.
The parades alone would be unbearable!
Biden's remarks last night were just weak.
Of course he should use these new-found powers! Like it or not, he was just made King. He could blow the MAGA camp off the map, in the name of defending the American people, which would easily fit the new criteria of powers he enjoys.
florduh
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Looking weak and feckless was definitely Biden's best move here
The Supreme Court Just Showed Why Biden Must Drop Out
Monday’s immunity ruling made the stakes of this election even higher—and made it clear that Biden must step aside for someone who can stop Trump and save the country.
He was old as fuck in 2020, but watching video from that year is wild. He looks dead now in comparison.
It also proves to me that Trump did basically no work as President. Every other President looks like they went to the beach that makes you old after their terms. Trump barely aged.
Many reports from the White House say he spent 90% of his time fixing his "hair" or watching TV. Which I was fine with. The less he did the better
Radwin Bodnic
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Basically Trump is going to win the elections and become the first dictator of the United States ?
He will be 78 at this time so he won't last long. I mean Franco lasted 40 years at the head of the Spanish state...
Also, don't this ruling makes the president powerless ?
He will be 78 at this time so he won't last long. I mean Franco lasted 40 years at the head of the Spanish state...
Also, don't this ruling makes the president powerless ?
Supreme Court overturns Chevron decision, curtailing federal agencies' power in major shift
The Supreme Court overturned a landmark 40-year-old decision that gave federal agencies broad regulatory power.www.cbsnews.com
florduh
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Funnily enough, possibly not. Trump also had a disastrous debate performance. It's been overshadowed by the revelation that Biden is a walking corpse.
Trump is incredibly unpopular. It is entirely possible that he will lose to a corpse (which would be very funny). But why are the Democrats rolling the dice by running a corpse in the first place?
Maybe. Possibly. But it's more likely that there will be a massive Right Wing power grab. They'll destroy the Federal Government even further. But that would be disastrous for the global economy.
I might be wrong, but I doubt they're going to cancel all future elections or something like that. It will be bad. But a Democrat could still win the Presidency in 2028 after the nation is in ruins.
Then again, I might be wrong, and I'll be posting from a camp this time next year. But I doubt it.
No, it does the opposite. It gives the President even wider authority. The Democrats are just uninterested in using it.
This is terrifying:
Biden's aides said his debate performance was poor because he struggles to function after 4 p.m., report says
President Joe Biden's aides defended his poor debate performance, telling Axios he's more likely to make verbal mistakes and become tired after 4 p.m.
Maybe the dam is breaking?
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Democratic Congressman Lloyd Doggett calls on Biden to withdraw from presidential race
Doggett, 77, is the first Democratic member of Congress to call for Biden to withdraw from the ticket since his debate.
This guy is from Texas, but it's Austin so I doubt he's a Right Winger.
vapviking
Old & In the Way
That ruling is stripping some power from federal agencies, and they are farther down in the pecking order than the presidency, which is, apparently now, Apex, even above Legislative and Judicial branches.
florduh
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This isn't some fringe extremist organization. It's the Heritage Foundation.
"The radical Left" lol, we don't even have a Left in this country, let alone a "radical" one. Democrats write most rules to benefit the rich and corporations over everyone else instead of every rule and law. And it's still not enough for these crybabies. We haven't had a new major social spending program since Medicare. Which rolled out when my 60 year old parents were in elementary school.
I swear to fucking Christ, American Boomer Conservatives are the most entitled whiny crybabies in human history. More soft than the gayest TikTok Zoomer.
"The radical Left" lol, we don't even have a Left in this country, let alone a "radical" one. Democrats write most rules to benefit the rich and corporations over everyone else instead of every rule and law. And it's still not enough for these crybabies. We haven't had a new major social spending program since Medicare. Which rolled out when my 60 year old parents were in elementary school.
I swear to fucking Christ, American Boomer Conservatives are the most entitled whiny crybabies in human history. More soft than the gayest TikTok Zoomer.