Shadowy Man
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"Go kill for me. Here is your pardon.”The problem is that only the President is immune for commanded illegal official acts. Everyone executing those commands would remain criminally exposed.
Fair enough.
"Go kill for me. Here is your pardon.”The problem is that only the President is immune for commanded illegal official acts. Everyone executing those commands would remain criminally exposed.
So? He's immune, it doesn't matter if it's unconstitutional.I read it is unconstitutional for the military to operate in the US in that manner. Maybe the National Guard would be okay to use. But definitely the DOJ and the FBI would be all that is needed.Why? If anyone, wouldn't it be through the department of defense?As I understand it, he would have to go through the Department of Justice for it to be an official act.It would be difficult, even for the current Supreme Court, to argue that the Commander in Chief is not engaging in an "official act" when giving a direct order to the armed forces.What people aren't noticing is, the Supreme Court will just decide whether or not that constitutes an official act or not. They would not decide in Biden's favor.
On second thought, any staffer better get that pardon on hand first. Trump is so transactional and duplicitous would one trust him to actually follow through after the fact?"Go kill for me. Here is your pardon."The problem is that only the President is immune for commanded illegal official acts. Everyone executing those commands would remain criminally exposed.
Oops. Yes I see that now. Sorry.But we’re talking about Biden (hypothetically) doing it. Of COURSE Trump would be Trump.
That turned deadly fast. Following the Supreme Court ruling Monday that Donald Trump shall be king, the Heritage Foundation’s president cheered the ruling and told a right-wing audience that the nation is at war, and he’s ready to kill “the left” if they fight back.
“We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be,” Kevin Roberts, who has led Heritage since 2021, said in an appearance on the far-right news channel Real America’s Voice.
On Wednesday, the Biden campaign reacted to this threat of violence with a statement invoking history. “248 years ago tomorrow America declared independence from a tyrannical king, and now Donald Trump and his allies want to make him one at our expense,” the statement said.
“On January 6, they proudly stormed our Capitol to overturn an election Donald Trump lost fair and square—something not seen the Confederacy was able to accomplish—now they are dreaming of a violent revolution to destroy the very idea of America,” it continued. “Joe Biden rejects Donald Trump's revenge, resentment, and retribution.”
If Joe was committed to preventing a fascist takeover, he’d have the corrupt SCOTUS justices taken care of on day one.the Supreme Court will just decide whether or not that constitutes an official act or not.
If Joe was committed to preventing a fascist takeover, he’d have the corrupt SCOTUS justices taken care of on day one.the Supreme Court will just decide whether or not that constitutes an official act or not.
It would be ‘an official act’.
Except this guy seems like he's MAGA.I would just like to add to this thread that the recent assassination attempt on Mr. Trump is a predictable consequence of this ruling. I'm not saying that the shooter was motivated by this ruling, but I am saying that when people are denied legal paths of justice, they are more likely to take justice into their own hands.
A Republican gun-enthusiast isn't necessarilly a MAGA Republican. There are plenty of conservatives who aren't blind to or happy about the shitshow that R's have cultivated lately.Except this guy seems like he's MAGA.I would just like to add to this thread that the recent assassination attempt on Mr. Trump is a predictable consequence of this ruling. I'm not saying that the shooter was motivated by this ruling, but I am saying that when people are denied legal paths of justice, they are more likely to take justice into their own hands.
As far as I've heard, it doesn't appear that he hated. He wanted a big target.…And the New York Times is reporting that the shooter searched for locations that Trump and President Biden would be visiting, suggesting he was, to put it mildly, a “double-hater.”