return2ozmaWhat else can be done to defeat Trump in November other than just telling people "vote"?
toastboy79Become one of Biden's close personal advisors and remind him of his obligation to protect the constitution from insurrectionists using official acts? Sorry I'm hella salty today.
Same here man, but it makes me think. Does Monica Lewinsky count as an official act?
Not exactly a class act š
I mean, if sheās good at her jobā¦
He canāt. His only power over SCOTUS is nominating Justices in the event of a vacancy.
Congress can, but Republicans control the House.
They wonāt control the House after a few official acts.
That only applies to criminal prosecution. You really think Biden is going to off a dozen or so House members?
"ā¦Enemies foreign and domestic."
No, because heās a coward and an appeaser.
Btw, your cope that it has to be the President specifically doing the acts is disagreed with by Sonya Sotomayor in her dissent where she states outright that this decision makes political assassination legal.
But youād know the implications better than a SC Justice who works with the fascist members of the Court, right?
No. Itās new, and I havenāt seen the full transcript. Iām repeating what Iāve read in the news. Do you have a link so I can learn more?
I understand how the President could theoretically order an assassination then pardon. That was a good point I read in another thread.
Transcripts are posted after rulings.
Or you could just read one of the many, many, many articles quoting her dissent.
Or watch a video quoting her.
You could at least make it easy and post a link to the pdf
Like you read it regardless.
Not all of it, obviously. But if you want someone else to, you should consider not making them search through a different website to try to find it.
Itās on the landing page, but go on.
The standard for citations has been established a long time and thereās no good reason to change it.
Oh thatās right you have no idea what Iām referring to. My bad.
I can understand how a person with no ability to articulate things wouldnāt grok or appreciate good citation design.
Ooh wait here we go:
LoL
Said the guy āgrokingā things
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Youāre absolutely correct. This is the part that has been left out of every news article Iāve read, and is undoubtedly the most concerning:
And some Presidential conduct-for example, speaking to and on behalf of the American people, see Trump v. Hawaii, 585 U. S. 667, 701 (2018) - certainly can qualify as official even when not obviously connected to a particular constitutional or statutory provision. For those reasons, the immunity we have recognized extends to the āouter perimeterā of the Presidentās official responsibilities, covering actions so long as they are ānot manifestly or palpably beyond [his] authority.ā
So itās not just acts committed by the President, but also ordered by the President.
Itās also vague enough that charges can get bounced around lower courts indefinitely.
Thank you again for the link. I didnāt see it when I first searched.
So Biden can officially assassinate the entire Republican side and the supreme Court and because he was president when he ordered it, it is legal?
Thatās the dissentās warning.
I guess the surviving members of the Court can reopen the question!
Yes, exactly. āThey were insurrectionists bent on overthrowing our government, and it was a tough, but necessary, decision to protect the nation, which is my duty as President.ā
That claim isnāt even entirely untrue.
But Biden himself came out and spoke about the ruling (paraphrasing) āwe need presidents to use their power with caution and respect the (self imposed) limitations of it. Iāll continue to do just that. The next guy might not do so and thatās concerning.ā
Just a big olā shrug from Bidenā¦ āI wonāt do it, but he sure as hell will.ā
Thanks Mr.Virtueā¦ where is all that virtue when it comes to Palestinians?
a man can but dreamā¦
He canāt. His only power over SCOTUS is nominating Justices in the event of a vacancy.
This is wrong. He can pack the courts RIGHT NOW. The Democratic party still holds the Senate. There is no requirement for there to only be nine justices.
He cannot. The Republicans have House majority.
The Constitution does not stipulate the number of Supreme Court Justices; the number is set instead by Congress. There have been as few as six, but since 1869 there have been nine Justices, including one Chief Justice.
Oh, you are right about that.
With every House seat up for election, as well as 33 Senate seats, Democrats need to vote hard this fall for congressional majority if we want to put SCOTUS in check.
If Biden did that the House might impeach him. I mean, the surviving members of the House probably wouldnāt, but they theoretically could.