US presidents acting in their official capacity were always immune to prosecution for murder. Johnson and Nixon wiped out entire villages in Vietnam, never held accountable.
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I'm honestly not sure why he doesn't just have all of SCOTUS murdered, and if anyone in Congress moves against him, have then eliminated as well. Do Trump in, whole he's at it. Full on blood bath.
Tell me why not?
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I highly recommend the following book: "On Tyranny: twenty lessons from the Twenty Century"
There's also reading of it by the author on YouTube.
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Earlier today I was writing about how we are in a full blown constitutional crisis now. Then I realized that we aren’t. The crisis is over and the Supreme Court chose to abandon the constitution. The crisis was happening before this decision was made, but very few people were aware or alarmed about it. We are now in a state where I doubt there’s any legal recourse. We’ve moved on to another stage and that terrifies me.
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How well would a constitutional amendment fly? (I'm not a USian)
Could a states' rights pitch be made for enshrining some legal limitation on presidential action?
Constitutional amendment(s) could fix things, but there needs to be enough people in Congress willing to pass it.
Well yea, which would be the point. The Other parts of the country's government using their power to impose a limitation (congress and the states).
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How can Biden use this for good? Healthcare? Marijuana legalization? Reinstate abortion? Guns? Income inequality?
We're in unmarked territory and all I can think of are the abuses. Does somebody have a little hope they can spare?
Problem is, it’s up to the courts to decide what is and isn’t “official us business”. As of now, everything Trump does will be “official”, and nothing Biden does would be “official”.
Doesn’t matter what is fair and even cause Republicans don’t play by that game.
Could an Executive Order be given? It's hard to argue that's not official.
The Supreme Court isn't really interested in arguments, it seems. They're starting at conclusions and working backwards. In a sane world, you're probably right with the logic. But in a sane world we wouldn't have made it to this point to begin with.
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