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lb4vmmi
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1dsupsh
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He was meant to be on trial back in April. It’s July. Three months of delay, they could’ve answered this back in December but nope. Even if they said no it doesn’t matter. They did their part, this is just icing on the cake.
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Signore_Jay
| 23 | 2024-07-01T14:58:57 | 5,380 |
lb4vmvy
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1dsupsh
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Next case will be what is unofficial vs official. The court will find some obscure English law that they can use to infer textual founding fathers federalist paper blah blah blah blah...boom and now it is an official act. This court can make up anything they want and find some "justification" for it.
Not to mention years of litigation every time a crime is committed on whether it is an official/unofficial act. This gives defacto Kingship to the office of the Presidency. As long as you have the SC in your pocket, you now rule. And the new King will decide how far he wants to go for power.
gg gl next democracy.
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Tad0422
| 25 | 2024-07-01T14:59:00 | 5,382 |
lb4vmzn
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1dsupsh
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I remember learning about checks and balances in school. Not so sure that exists as much anymore.
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tbclandot92
| 21 | 2024-07-01T14:59:01 | 5,383 |
lb4vn0d
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1dsupsh
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Trump is such a corrupted degenerate. He truly represents all that’s wrong with this country. Absolute slime
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pogothemonke
| 21 | 2024-07-01T14:59:01 | 5,384 |
lb4vn2i
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1dsupsh
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This ruling does nothing. They’re just saying he has immunity if it’s something done in the performance of his duties. Obviously crime is not part of his duties and won’t be protected
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__Shakedown_1979_
| 19 | 2024-07-01T14:59:02 | 5,385 |
lb4vnj8
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1dsupsh
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I think we have to start using Supreme in the context of including sour cream and tomatoes.
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BrutalHunny
| 25 | 2024-07-01T14:59:06 | 5,386 |
lb4vnog
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1dsupsh
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What's an official act? Why, that's for the courts to decide, of course! And is there any doubt how they'll make their determinations?
An official act is what a Republican does, and an unofficial act is what a Democrat does.
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the-wave
| 626 | 2024-07-01T14:59:07 | 5,387 |
lb4vnoo
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1dsupsh
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Official duties include trying to over turn an election I guess.
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Thesadtruthliveson
| 37 | 2024-07-01T14:59:07 | 5,388 |
lb4vok3
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1dsupsh
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Page 68 is Sotomayor dessent and is pretty damning.
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AnalSoapOpera
| 29 | 2024-07-01T14:59:15 | 5,393 |
lb4voyb
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1dsupsh
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So what's the difference between "Full immunity" and "Presumption of immunity"?
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sirbissel
| 17 | 2024-07-01T14:59:19 | 5,395 |
lb4vp36
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1dsupsh
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Hold up, so SCOTUS decides that former President to are entitled to some immunity, but not everything a president does is an official act. Then they refused to define what an official act is and send it back to the lower court. I’m not a SCOTUS expert, so why would they kick it back to a lower court to decide what’s official and what’s unofficial? It seemed like the perfect time to decide that and make it clear for all future presidents.
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Rational_Gray
| 173 | 2024-07-01T14:59:21 | 5,396 |
lb4vp5q
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1dsupsh
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I don’t even live in the US, I’m in the UK but I can’t help but follow everything you guys have going on with abject horror and concern.
You are our greatest and strongest allies in the world but it’s like watching a best friend make horrific choices again and again. 50% of you can see the madness and are desperate for it to stop watching helplessly but the other 50% are driving you off a cliff. I’d make a jibe comparing that to Brexit but I genuinely think your democracy is at stake so it wouldn’t be that funny really.
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Logical-Brief-420
| 28 | 2024-07-01T14:59:21 | 5,397 |
lb4vpx5
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1dsupsh
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Justice Sotomayor's closing remarks of her powerful dissent in the immunity case:
>"With fear for our democracy, I dissent."
These landmark cases always leave me wondering about today's law students.
I graduated from law school during the pandemic, and the country was so very different when I was learning about Constitutional Law (2019) and the "strength" / "honor" of our Supreme Court. We were apprehensive of the changes to come, and class time was often fraught with "what-if" questions for our professor. Still, I know I speak for many when I say that few of us could have imagined what has happened to our country in only a few years.
I spend a lot of time wondering about the tone of Constitutional Law classes taught to today's law students. Are they apprehensive, too? Do they have a muted sense of hope like we and our professors did?
Or, are they hopeless and/or terrified? Will they be spending hours per week wondering whether much of the precedent and "unshakeable" that they are learning will be obsolete in 2-5 years, like it ended up being for us?
These are exciting times to be learning the law...
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potatoesmolasses
| 50 | 2024-07-01T14:59:28 | 5,400 |
lb4vq09
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1dstc6q
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> And in determining what is or is not official conduct, "courts may not inquire into the President's motives."
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boundfortrees
| 11 | 2024-07-01T14:59:29 | 5,402 |
lb4vq0k
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1dsupsh
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It was nice knowing about some form of democracy...
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SynthBeta
| 14 | 2024-07-01T14:59:29 | 5,403 |
lb4vq2j
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1dsupsh
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Nice going America’s democracy. Perhaps Plato was right all along.
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Danysco
| 24 | 2024-07-01T14:59:30 | 5,404 |
lb4vq9s
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1dsupsh
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As long as it's understood that from this point forward if Biden does ANYTHING questionable to them they can shut the fuck up. You worked hard for this
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JoeyCrakk
| 39 | 2024-07-01T14:59:32 | 5,406 |
lb4vqw9
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1dsupsh
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I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.
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murdocke
| 48 | 2024-07-01T14:59:37 | 5,411 |
lb4vs8a
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1dsupsh
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So Biden can claim he has the constitutional power to replace Judges at any time right? RIGHT?
You know if Trump wins in November he's going to use this ruling to maximum advantage. It's a pretty broad ruling of immunity with vagueness on what is "official". Biden's going to try to take the high road and not exploit this, only to lose the country to the right the next time they take office.
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CommentBro
| 62 | 2024-07-01T14:59:50 | 5,413 |
lb4vtdg
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1dstc6q
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The necessity of electing Biden just became twice as dire.
Your Facebook uncles are preparing to put a convicted felon campaigning on a platform of revenge into an office that now enjoys absolute immunity for undefined official acts.
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Infidel8
| 46 | 2024-07-01T15:00:01 | 5,415 |
lb4vtyx
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1dsupsh
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Thanks for you, RBG. You and your ego cost this country Roe v. Wade and now costing even more. Good fucking job.
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willzyx01
| 28 | 2024-07-01T15:00:07 | 5,418 |
lb4vu5l
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1dsupsh
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I would assume official acts are anything granted to the president with the Constitution or Congress, which is a lot, including command of the military.
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Doonce
| 20 | 2024-07-01T15:00:08 | 5,419 |
lb4vuid
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1dsupsh
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What a fat fucking waste. Started from lower courts, then sent to the SC, now sent back to lower courts. The amount of times this guy escapes responsibility is laughable.
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m_curry_
| 29 | 2024-07-01T15:00:12 | 5,423 |
lb4vun2
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1dsupsh
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We had a good run, America.
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AgentBrittany
| 33 | 2024-07-01T15:00:13 | 5,424 |
lb4vuyb
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1dsupsh
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When does the Supreme Court term end? I just want this terrible week of rulings to end
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njm147
| 13 | 2024-07-01T15:00:16 | 5,426 |
lb4vv2y
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1dsupsh
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Let's go Biden, immune for official acts as president!
The GOP didn't think this one through lol
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Thor4269
| 25 | 2024-07-01T15:00:17 | 5,427 |
lb4vv9k
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1dsupsh
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No more pussyfooting around Democratic Party. It's time to rip up the old playbook and get real dealing with the schisters that are on the verge of terraforming this country into a fascist state where democracy dies. We're in uncharted territory and need a new path forward. If we don't fight like hell we no longer have a free country.
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Tree_Skeleton
| 37 | 2024-07-01T15:00:19 | 5,428 |
lb4vw2d
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1dsupsh
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Judge Chutkan: “Ok. I find that all acts associated with the commission of a crime to be ‘unofficial’ acts, by definition, because the ‘official’ responsibility of the President is to ‘preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution’.”
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doctor_lobo
| 327 | 2024-07-01T15:00:26 | 5,430 |
lb4vw8h
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1dsupsh
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The only way to make sure that this power it’s not abused is by voting blue and supporting the democratic nominee which is Biden as of today.
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willhighfive4karma
| 24 | 2024-07-01T15:00:28 | 5,431 |
lb4vwdl
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1dsupsh
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What is to stop Biden abusing this ruling? Not that I think he will one way or another but anything to get rid of the orange skid mark
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osirus35
| 17 | 2024-07-01T15:00:29 | 5,432 |
lb4vwj6
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1dsupsh
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We all know the President has immunity for certain actions, we didn't need the SC to tell us that. All this does is give Trump yet another avenue for delays. He will petition the courts on every charge stating they we official acts. He will appeal every time he is denied until we are right back here a few years from now.
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halfsweethalfstreet
| 25 | 2024-07-01T15:00:31 | 5,434 |
lb4vwxf
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1dsupsh
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Trump could, in an “official” act, now say every American registered as a Democrat could lose healthcare coverage, could lose citizenship, or could be considered a “domestic terrorist”. He could say every American who is an LBGTQ could have those things happen to them. Every American who speaks in support of Palestine could. Every disabled American could.
There is no limit to what Trump can do once he assumes the office of the Presidency now.
And for anyone who has the nerve or audacity to tell me that shit can’t happen, save your goddamn breath because you know you’re arguing in bad faith and better yet, **you would enjoy watching Trump do exactly that to anyone who disagrees with him or you**.
This is beyond scary times now.
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sildish2179
| 109 | 2024-07-01T15:00:35 | 5,435 |
lb4vx0p
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1dsupsh
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So, if presidents are immune from prosecution for official acts, then what stops Biden from assassinating Trump and declaring it an "official act." What even is an "official act"? That seems so stupidly vague.
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CodePandorumxGod
| 62 | 2024-07-01T15:00:36 | 5,436 |
lb4vx6k
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1dstc6q
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The copium on this thread is nuts. This is not a legitimate court. This talk of official vs unofficial is pointless. This court has one job, to protect Trump. Whatever decision they come to is for his benefit. Fucking VOTE BLUE.
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royhenderson771
| 17 | 2024-07-01T15:00:37 | 5,437 |
lb4vxh6
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1dsupsh
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Biden now has this power. I think he should order a drone strike on Mar-a-Lago. /s
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cogit4se
| 47 | 2024-07-01T15:00:40 | 5,439 |
lb4vxt5
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1dsupsh
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Illegitimate scotus
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alexamerling100
| 27 | 2024-07-01T15:00:43 | 5,440 |
lb4vydo
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1dsupsh
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At this point just trying to figure out how this is going to come to a head. I really think it will start with blue states telling Trump to fuck off and he doesn’t take that answer (assuming a Trump reelection).
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ReneDiscard
| 15 | 2024-07-01T15:00:48 | 5,443 |
lb4vym9
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1dsupsh
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How can Joe use this now to Dem advantage
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SnooPeripherals6557
| 22 | 2024-07-01T15:00:50 | 5,444 |
lb4vz71
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1dsupsh
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Not a President, but a King.
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ScotTheDuck
| 30 | 2024-07-01T15:00:56 | 5,445 |
lb4vzbn
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1dsupsh
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“Land of the free” of what. It used to mean free of kings.
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Shadraqk
| 19 | 2024-07-01T15:00:57 | 5,446 |
lb4vzcn
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1dsupsh
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We’ve now officially entered our darkest hour.
Whether we come out of it depends on what happens in November.
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RevanKnights77
| 36 | 2024-07-01T15:00:57 | 5,447 |
lb4w0u9
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1dsupsh
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The finding that Trump’s attempt to corruptly install a coconspirator at the DOJ is protected feels like the Court is laying the groundwork for Project 2025’s plan to thoroughly politicize the federal workforce. We are returning to the age of patronage-based “machine” politics.
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doctor_lobo
| 21 | 2024-07-01T15:01:11 | 5,449 |
lb4w0v1
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1dsupsh
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Putin is sitting somewhere absolutely enthralled with excitement that his investment in corrupting America is paying off in spades.
Now he can live off the dividends of dissent. A bit of kompromat here, a bit of kompromat there, and you can buy a whole country, and it just so happens to be the one any dictator wants because it's "inaccessible" and powerful.
Americans got so fat happy and content over our position on the world stage. We don't worry about the things other countries do cause we don't share a shoulder with them. You can't just uber over into America from NK to cause some shit. But, from our position of strength we grew complacent, fat, and ignorant. We let shit go uncontested for so long, and now the American experiment is on its deathbed.
The whole principle of what came from America even BECOMING America to begin with is that we did not want to live under the reign of a king. We fought a war over this, and we won, and it's been nice....but now? Here we go again. Round 2, and the most savage of resistance has been dulled over time. An immune "president" is just a king by another name.
Shame that we let a handful of "Americans" gamble away our country like this. Even more so cause 95% of them will be dead in a couple of decades from old age. They don't have to live with the hellscape they are developing.
Disappointed is an understatement.
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LuchaLutra
| 26 | 2024-07-01T15:01:11 | 5,450 |
lb4w16j
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1dsupsh
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Insurrection and stealing classified info are not official acts.
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CurrentlyLucid
| 60 | 2024-07-01T15:01:14 | 5,452 |
lb4w17l
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1dsupsh
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We almost made it to our 248th birthday but the principles that made America a good and great country have been forever severed from the people that run our government and adjuducate its actions. We will all now live under the whims and fancies of fewer than 10 people who have secured full and complete political power for themselves.
I'll always support and vote for a future that's peaceful, kind, and compassionate towards all humans so long as I'm still an American, but those days are decidedly numbered. There's nothing left for good people to continue fighting for. The America we once had, were promised, and always dreamed of is dead.
It's been an honor serving with you all. Get out while you still can.
Sincerely,
An exhausted millennial
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nate_the_grate
| 29 | 2024-07-01T15:01:14 | 5,453 |
lb4w1e7
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1dsupsh
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What the fuck
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Extracted
| 11 | 2024-07-01T15:01:16 | 5,454 |
lb4w1xn
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1dstc6q
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"As President, a few hours ago, my first official act has been to recognize the friendship that links our beautiful country with the big and strong state of Russia. As proof of this friendship, I have directed our agencies to share all our beautiful intelligence with Mr Putin, the greatest ally this nation has ever seen. In unrelated news, I have received an anonymous 200 billion dollars in donation towards my reelection fund, which makes me the richest guy in the world! I have also started directing the construction of Trump Tower Moscow."
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otakushinjikun
| 14 | 2024-07-01T15:01:21 | 5,459 |
lb4w2j7
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1dsupsh
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And the average American will continue to do nothing while extremely wealthy folks continue to dismantle democracy.
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jebz
| 18 | 2024-07-01T15:01:27 | 5,462 |
lb4w2mg
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1dsupsh
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I guess Biden has some new powers today.
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StrangeBedfellows
| 29 | 2024-07-01T15:01:28 | 5,463 |
lb4w33t
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1dsupsh
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This country is so fucked.
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kkocan72
| 23 | 2024-07-01T15:01:32 | 5,465 |
lb4w34t
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1dstc6q
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Life is about to get real shitty with all the recent decisions from the Supreme Court of corporation.
That being said does anyone know how to move abroad when your poor?
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beonk
| 17 | 2024-07-01T15:01:32 | 5,466 |
lb4w3uv
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1dsupsh
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If you are an undecided voter at this point or are busy complaining how Biden's old and has a cold or you are going to protest and not vote.....there is no hope for you. We need to literally vote against trump to save America. If Biden wins, project 2025 is on hold for them. If Biden wins, he will likely be replacing a SC justice in his 2nd term. Trump and no republican needs to be near any office ever again.
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Designer-Contract852
| 51 | 2024-07-01T15:01:39 | 5,470 |
lb4w42h
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1dsupsh
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When are Americans going to organize and do something? Everyone’s just scrolling on Tik Tok while democracy crumbles before our eyes?
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Rockies1528
| 27 | 2024-07-01T15:01:41 | 5,471 |
lb4w48n
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1dsupsh
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So now it can be ruled on by a lower court and appealed several times and the SC will just delay a ruling as long as they can. Unless of course a lower court rules that his actions were official in which case they'll simply decline to hear it and leave ruling in place.
On top of that, everyone in the executive now has carte blanche for any action they take no matter what so long as the president is willing to say the person was acting under his/her authority.
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CO420Tech
| 12 | 2024-07-01T15:01:43 | 5,472 |
lb4w4ce
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1dsupsh
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There's nothing defining what an "official act" is.
So, throw it on some official letterhead and the President can do literally whatever.
This is a dictatorship. They just installed a dictator.
They **specifically discussed** assassinating political opponents in an official capacity, and just greenlit it. If you're greenlighting that, that's unlimited power. The President can officially wield the power of death as Commander in Chief and order military strikes on anything he wants and will face *zero repercussions* because the Court just ruled him forever immune.
This is the endgame. That's all there is to it. I hope you liked America, because it's **over**.
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KitsuneLeo
| 2,605 | 2024-07-01T15:01:44 | 5,473 |
lb4w4t7
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1dsupsh
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The Supreme Court said Trump is entitled to some immunity in the January 6 case, for official acts versus unofficial acts, sending the case back down to the US District Court.
We can no longer say with a straight face, that no one, not even the President, is above the law.
Sections 2 and 3 of the Constitution define specific presidential powers and duties. Do you know what is not listed as a presidential duty? Inciting a violent mob in an attempted coup to stop the peaceful transition of power.
SCOTUS sat on this case until the last possible moment pushing this case past the election, essentially handing a win to Trump if he wins the 2024 election.
It is laughable and dangerous that the Constitution requires a President to ensure laws are faithfully executed, when the Supreme Court just decided the President is above the law.
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EmmaLouLove
| 92 | 2024-07-01T15:01:48 | 5,476 |
lb4w53m
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1dstc6q
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So Joe Biden could order something crazy on Mar-a-Lago in his capacity as president now?
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Mir-Trud-May
| 22 | 2024-07-01T15:01:51 | 5,480 |
lb4w54v
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1dsupsh
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Biden has immunity to come after Trump, as an official act. Let's go!!!
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1mamapajama
| 59 | 2024-07-01T15:01:51 | 5,481 |
lb4w5j4
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1dsupsh
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> In her dissent, Sotomayor wrote that the majority’s opinion will now protect this exact type of conduct.
>“The president of the United States is the most powerful person in the country, and possibly the world,” wrote Sotomayor. “When he uses his official powers in any way, under the majority’s reasoning, he now will be insulated from criminal prosecution. Orders the Navy’s Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune. Organizes a military coup to hold onto power? Immune. Takes a bribe in exchange for a pardon? Immune. Immune, immune, immune.”
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the-wave
| 2,503 | 2024-07-01T15:01:55 | 5,482 |
lb4w5uq
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1dsupsh
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My name is Joe Biden, and I am instructing, as an official act of president, my federal government to \_\_\_insert helpful thing here\_\_\_\_.
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defnotajournalist
| 48 | 2024-07-01T15:01:57 | 5,484 |
lb4w69t
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1dsupsh
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"Dictatorship naturally rises out of democracy." - Plato
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aaronthenia
| 21 | 2024-07-01T15:02:02 | 5,485 |
lb4w6a4
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1dsupsh
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Arrest the Supreme Court, why not at this point?
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PinchesTheCrab
| 36 | 2024-07-01T15:02:02 | 5,486 |
lb4w712
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1dsupsh
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Wow shocking. Trump not having to account for his crimes. Why should ANY American?
Complete fucking absurdity calling themselves a "court". Good luck with all that.
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Realistic-Duck-922
| 27 | 2024-07-01T15:02:08 | 5,491 |
lb4w94q
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1dsupsh
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I truly fear for this country.
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1llseemyselfout
| 13 | 2024-07-01T15:02:28 | 5,495 |
lb4w9ce
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1dsupsh
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Holy crap the damage is Supreme Court has done in the last couple of weeks is just astonishing. These rogue mofo and their tax-free slush funds.
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SoundSageWisdom
| 28 | 2024-07-01T15:02:30 | 5,496 |
lb4w9sg
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1dsupsh
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Can someone explain what an "unofficial" vs "official" act would even entail?
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MaizeNBlueWaffle
| 19 | 2024-07-01T15:02:35 | 5,499 |
lb4wa3o
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1dsupsh
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So can us dems storm the capital now and demand a revolution ???? Im ready
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z3njake
| 22 | 2024-07-01T15:02:38 | 5,500 |
lb4wacy
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1dsupsh
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The shamelessly corrupt SCOTUS prostitutes are selling out Democracy in front of our eyes.
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DeuceMachinima
| 22 | 2024-07-01T15:02:40 | 5,501 |
lb4wb2f
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1dsupsh
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Oh my god
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WalterClements1
| 14 | 2024-07-01T15:02:47 | 5,503 |
lb4wbck
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1dsupsh
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And this is how democracy dies. A corrupt SCOTUS, a party in Congress full of morons, and the Constitution destroyed.
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KeDoG3
| 31 | 2024-07-01T15:02:50 | 5,505 |
lb4wbht
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1dsuw65
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The crucial swing voters clearly aren't hinging on policy or morality, so if those things cannot appeal to them, what can Biden do to sway them after that performance?
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BravoEchoEchoRomeo
| 1,436 | 2024-07-01T15:02:51 | 5,506 |
lb4wbkn
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1dsupsh
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So if Biden orders a drone strike on Mar-lago for the official purpose of protecting state secrets, he can’t be prosecuted? Same for ordering assassinations on house and senate members? Yeah this is horrifying!
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ShweatyPalmsh
| 31 | 2024-07-01T15:02:52 | 5,507 |
lb4wbnm
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1dsupsh
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So has Joe gotten Seal Team 6 on the phone yet or naw?
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ProneToDoThatThing
| 15 | 2024-07-01T15:02:53 | 5,508 |
lb4wbr9
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1dsupsh
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Looks like Aileen Cannon gets to decide what an official act is.
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Draggoh
| 29 | 2024-07-01T15:02:54 | 5,509 |
lb4wcck
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1dsupsh
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I truly feel bad for anyone having children or raising a family in America right now. Every single day the Republicans remind me how lucky I am to be child free.
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WhosSarahKayacombsen
| 30 | 2024-07-01T15:02:59 | 5,511 |
lb4wdgq
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1dsuw65
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Trump wins then.
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Psy_Kikk
| 48 | 2024-07-01T15:03:10 | 5,514 |
lb4wdh8
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1dsupsh
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This still does not get Trump out of his New York convictions as they occurred before he was president. But that senile old bastard has no concept of timeline so he'll probably try to use the immunity play.
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djdeforte
| 18 | 2024-07-01T15:03:10 | 5,515 |
lb4wdrk
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1dsupsh
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I understand everyone's concern, therefore it'll be helpful to remember checks and balance. While a president might be immune to action taken under official acts, the process for something to be considered "official" is a check on presidential power.
For example: If the president orders the killing of a journalist that is not an official order as it conflicts with already established policies and is subject to prosecution. If the President orders the military invasion of a country that is his right as commander in chief to do so, whether people agree or not.
TLDR: Checks and balance keep this nation spinning
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dsx_34
| 14 | 2024-07-01T15:03:12 | 5,516 |
lb4wdxk
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1dsupsh
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Just another delay tactic. Of course his criminal acts weren't *official.*
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melinda2020
| 20 | 2024-07-01T15:03:14 | 5,517 |
lb4we9e
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1dsupsh
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One step closer to being a dictatorship
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Soundwarp
| 23 | 2024-07-01T15:03:17 | 5,518 |
lb4weft
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1dsupsh
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But her emails!
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SkolVikesWorldwide
| 15 | 2024-07-01T15:03:19 | 5,520 |
lb4weij
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1dsupsh
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This is more reason to vote. What shit show. SC just said that any president can commit a crime for their own benefit and walk free. Wtf.
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Ytrewq9000
| 44 | 2024-07-01T15:03:19 | 5,521 |
lb4weqq
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1dsqapa
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There was more to this case than the status of "homelessness."
It was about how cities and towns provide space for homeless people. If you close all of your shelters - or if you have two shelters that are only open to practicing Christians or to single adults with no children or pets - you can't then turn around and arrest people for having *literally nowhere else to go.*
The Supreme Court basically gave municipalities the green light to close their shelters and use armed police to force them out altogether.
This country is getting harder and harder to recognize.
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EricSanderson
| 132 | 2024-07-01T15:03:22 | 5,523 |
lb4wevq
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1dsupsh
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For every left-leaning voter that can’t support Biden because they’ve brought into conservative talking points and are supporting a third party candidate, who are you going to blame when our democracy dies?
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OldCleanBastard
| 98 | 2024-07-01T15:03:23 | 5,524 |
lb4wf81
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1dsupsh
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RIP democracy
1776-2024.
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TheXypris
| 49 | 2024-07-01T15:03:27 | 5,526 |
lb4wf8f
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1dsupsh
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So Biden can drone strike Mar a Lago as an official act as he feels Trump committed a coup and will try again?
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TheocraticAtheist
| 191 | 2024-07-01T15:03:27 | 5,527 |
lb4wgdv
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1dsupsh
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“Never in the history of our Republic has a President had reason to believe that he would be immune from criminal prosecution if he used the trappings of his office to violate the criminal law. Moving forward, however, all former Presidents will be cloaked in such immunity. If the occupant of that office misuses official power for personal gain, the criminal law that the rest of us must abide will not provide a backstop.
With fear for our democracy, I dissent” - Justice Sotomayor
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Spyk124
| 47 | 2024-07-01T15:03:38 | 5,531 |
lb4wgik
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1dsupsh
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The last sentence of Roberts' syllabus:
The President is not above the law. But under our system of separated powers, the President may not be prosecuted for exercising his core constitutional powers, and he is entitled to at least presumptive immunity from prosecution for his official acts. That immunity applies equally to all occupants of the Oval Office. Pp. 41–43"
Ok Biden, let's get shit done. You're too old to spend any time in jail now. Let's fix this mess.
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I_Wake_to_Sleep
| 69 | 2024-07-01T15:03:39 | 5,532 |
lb4wglr
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1dsupsh
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Taking classified documents to your home after you’ve lost an election and then hiding them from authorities in a criminal conspiracy in which co-conspirators have already admitted to the conspiracy is not an official act of the president.
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duddyface
| 80 | 2024-07-01T15:03:39 | 5,533 |
lb4wgqy
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1dsupsh
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>[Inciting](https://x.com/SethAbramson/status/1807788697623900531) an armed rebellion against the federal government is starting to feel pretty legal in America all of a sudden
>I guess the theory the conservatives on the Court are working from is that when the next January 6 comes they *personally* will not be targeted, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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the-wave
| 23 | 2024-07-01T15:03:41 | 5,534 |
lb4wh35
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1dsupsh
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Last have his first official act be imprisonment of the right wing loons on the court.
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Dudeist-Priest
| 24 | 2024-07-01T15:03:44 | 5,536 |
lb4whij
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1dsupsh
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But what is official versus unofficial and who decides that?
Is taking classified documents to your unsecured private home official?
Is keeping them there after you were no longer president official?
How about after the government asked you to return them?
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PuppiesAndPixels
| 34 | 2024-07-01T15:03:48 | 5,539 |
lb4whtr
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1dsupsh
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Biden has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.
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devoncarrots
| 36 | 2024-07-01T15:03:51 | 5,541 |
lb4wiqf
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1dsupsh
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If you’re not voting for Biden then you’re for the end of the USA and for a Trumpist dictatorship
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pogothemonke
| 42 | 2024-07-01T15:04:00 | 5,544 |
lb4wj02
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1dsupsh
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Dear USA. It's Canada here. Your once proud 'little brother'. What happened to you guys? When I was growing up, the US was the world's greatest example of freedom and prosperity, health and happiness. You were the first to go to International crisis' and help. The rest of the world wanted to be like their big brother. Now? Now you're fucked. What an utter disaster. And please refrain, no matter which party, to jump up and down and scream about how America is the poster child for freedom. You are no longer free. Your SCOTUS has now made the great USA a mere Monarchy allowing a King to rule the country with impunity. Good luck with that. Love, Canada. PS-HAPPY CANADA DAY!! Oh, right, you guys never did give a shit about it anyhow.
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NKaseEyeDye
| 18 | 2024-07-01T15:04:03 | 5,545 |
lb4wj7j
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1dsupsh
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This ruling essentially encourages dictator actions. A man like Biden isn’t going to utilize this to his advantage. He believes in American values. He’s not in this for self-enrichment. He won’t abuse his power to intentionally hurt others, even a shitheel like Trump.
Trump, or any and every Republican president after him, will absolutely abuse this to the fullest extent and forever change the political landscape. We are effectively under a full-on dictatorship unless the President just happens to be a good guy.
I don’t want to hear another fucking word about Biden’s mental acuity from anyone. The idea that that is even mildly threatening to our nation when rulings like THIS exist is insanity.
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-itmeanshope-
| 56 | 2024-07-01T15:04:05 | 5,546 |
lb4wj9x
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1dsupsh
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Not shocking, but at the same time it still punches one in the gut.
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fleetwoodbigmacs
| 14 | 2024-07-01T15:04:05 | 5,547 |
lb4wjju
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1dsupsh
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Vote blue, get us out of this nightmare!
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No-Indication-9852
| 23 | 2024-07-01T15:04:08 | 5,549 |
lb4wjkn
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1dsupsh
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So what the f**k can we do about this? I am so beyond frustrated. Where can we channel all the rage we feel into actual (non-violent) action to result in change!?
Don’t tell me to vote because that’s obvious.
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soybeanwoman
| 22 | 2024-07-01T15:04:08 | 5,550 |
lb4wjuj
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1dsupsh
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Vote for Biden. Period.
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psufan5
| 35 | 2024-07-01T15:04:11 | 5,552 |
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