javiApr 28, 2024
Look, USians, I don't want to step into your internal politics, but you see, 45 years ago, we spaniards had the occurrence to write in our constitution that the head of state (the king) has immunity from prosecution for anything they do while they are in the job, and now we have an ex-king with a Wikipedia page that includes a "alleged corruption" section 55 paragraphs long.

And it's only "alleged" because he can't be taken to court even with the piles of evidence that exist.

Just saying.
Show threadSteve BellovinApr 29, 2024
@javi @cstross One of the arguments made against Trump at the Supreme Court last week was that the US constitution has some (but not absolute) protection against members of Congress being prosecuted, but not the president. In other words, this was an issue that was considered back then.
Show threadmacoApr 29, 2024
@SteveBellovin @javi @cstross our constitution was written barely a century after the English Civil Wars and Interregnum. Of course they knew heads of state can be crap.
Show threadSteve Bellovin
@maco @javi @cstross An amazing number of the provisions of the US constitution were written as a direct response to what the framers saw as abuses by the British government.
Apr 29, 2024 at 2:24pmWeb