wdlindsy ,
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"Every legal expert who has commented on the Roberts immunity decision has pointed out that immunizing a president is found nowhere in the Constitution. In the common legal phrase, Roberts made it up out of whole cloth. He created a new class of American citizens with a population of one, the president, and gave him powers not found in the Constitution, greater powers than any president has ever had."

~ Lucian K. Truscott


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https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/for-this-supreme-court-incoherence

susiemagoo ,
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@wdlindsy not a ruling so much as an amendment. Except that is not how we do amendments. Words regarding the impeachment and later prosecution of presidents remain in the constitution, and no amendment says otherwise.

Colby ,
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@wdlindsy
So let’s see Biden use them! We know Trump will

SueDiOh ,

@wdlindsy There ought to be a law against that.

wdlindsy OP ,
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"This isn’t a lid coming off a pandora’s box. It’s a plot, and it’s an evil one. …

With the Dobbs decision and this week’s move to grant Trump immunity, this Supreme Court is mid-stride on its way to bringing about the end of our democracy."


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tofugolem ,
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@wdlindsy
This was America's version of the Enabling Act. The path from here to fascism is very short and fast.

The rest of the world should start making plans for what they will do when a fascist regime gains control over the world's largest nuclear arsenal.

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