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“(With) today’s Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity, that fundamentally changed. For all practical purposes, there are virtually no limits on what the president can do. It’s a fundamentally new principle and it’s a dangerous precedent because the power of the office will no longer be constrained by the law even including the supreme court of the United States.”

Throughout his address, Biden underscored the gravity of the moment, emphasizing that the only barrier to the president’s authority now lies in the personal restraint of the officeholder. He warned vehemently against the prospect of Trump returning to power, painting a stark picture of the dangers such an outcome could pose.

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[–] SeattleRain@lemmy.world 22 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Public: So do something about it.

Biden: I-i-i-if I do that, I'll be a baka.

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[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 21 points 6 months ago

Kill them! Do it!

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 20 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)
[–] pachrist@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago (1 children)
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[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 18 points 6 months ago

Instead of issuing a scathing rebuke shouldn't he just mount a posse and pay them a visit now that he can do whatever he wants?

[–] Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Gotta say i read that to the tune of "there are no cats in america"

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[–] daltotron@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago (5 children)

So, obviously he could just [redacted] the supreme court justices he doesn't like, appoint new ones, and then the only thing congress could do would be to expand the court or whatever, right? but then why couldn't he also just keep killing people in official acts until he gets a bunch of people that are like "yup, that was official and you don't need to do anything about it"? I know that's probably a slippery slope, right and would probably get him a shit ton of public pushback, especially after a certain point, from both conservatives, who predominantly make up the military, and economic power structures, to liberals who would prize decorum and "fair play" above all else (but I repeat myself), and so maybe that leads to a dissolution of society, which maybe leads to an even worse society as the people who control the levers of power are already the most horrible people, but, yadda yadda.

But, I dunno, how many congress people does he have to make go away, before the rest of them start to get the picture and then start to behave in their own self-interest, as they've always behaved? How many people do you really have to threaten in a system where the people who climb to the top are only going to be there out of their own extreme self-interest?

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[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Good for Biden. He is completely right here.

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[–] LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

I wonder how long now until the north and south separate. I'm semi facetious, I don't see how this situation can be resolved from this point. The Supreme Court has to go or else this ends one of 2 ways.

If Biden overturned the decision that gave Donald Trump immunity, then the southern republican states would almost certainly rebel. If Donald Trump takes power as a king in January, then the northern Democratic states will almost certainly rebel.

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