• Dessa [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      The fact that SCOTUS did this knowing the democrats won’t actually take advantage of this golden opportunuty to consolidate power really says it all

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      Oh no that would be bad and wrong, he’d have to put Trump on an international terrorism list first, THEN he could do what Obama did and murder Trump and his children with a drone strike

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        Imagine Matt Miller and Kirby telling the press gaggle that there would be an internal investigation into the alleged drone striking of an ex-president

        “It’s tough cookies, folks. Look. Donald Trump wasn’t a good guy. And hey, I get it, and we’re investigating. But you know what? I don’t hear any of you talking about what he did on Jan 6. Did you forget? I didn’t and President Biden didn’t either. It’s a tragic thing that his entire extended family is dead. I agree! But let’s not forget who he was and what he did. It’s real tough, folks. So let the pentagon look into it, and we’ll let you know. Alright anymore questions? No more about Trump.”

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          Look, at this time it’s impossible for you to know- for anyone to know, what happened at Mar a Lago. Okay? Now, (speaking over the reporter) NOW, the Republicans are saying one thing, and the Pentagon hasn’t completed their investigation. We’re going to wait for the results of that investigation, but what I will say is there’s reason to believe that Mar a Lago was being used to store military hardware.

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      I’m far from knowledgeable on constitutional law, but skimming the linked ruling, it’s very vague and seems to basically say that the supreme Court gets to decide if something is constitutional or not. So a united executive branch and judicial branch can do whatever they want with impunity.

      They say the president has absolute immunity from criminal persecution “for actions within his conclusive and preclu- sive constitutional authority.” And he also has presumptive immunity for “all his official acts.” And ofc I’m sure it’s up to the supreme to decide what qualifies an an official act, whether the presumptive immunity should be upheld, and whether an action is within the presidents “conclusive and precious I’ve constitutional authority”.

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          Let’s be real. He’ll refuse to do anything meaningful with his power, hand over the dictatorship to Trump after losing, and then blame leftists and the youth while Trump removes everybody left of Romney from power.