“May have just legalized murder by one individual”: Experts alarmed at “stunning” SCOTUS ruling

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“May have just legalized murder by one individual”: Experts alarmed at “stunning” SCOTUS ruling - Lemmy.World

This is literally explicitly legalized fascism and its the law of the land right now. Even if Biden wins he needs to do something to stop this before he leaves office or the US will forever be exactly as fascist as the President decides he wants to be. It’s here now.

There’s not much he can do short of committing a crime himself. Democrats don’t have control of the House, so there no way to increase the size of SCOTUS. They were smart in ruling bribery is legal before granting immunity, or Biden would have been able to officially order the DOJ to investigate SCOTUS for corruption.

His hands are tied unless he wants to get blood on them.

His hands are VERY TIED unless of course he decides whatever he does is Official Presidential Actions!
The ruling just absolves him from criminal activity. It doesn’t give him complete power to increase the size of SCOTUS or retire Justices. He’d have to order a hit on a Justice to leverage that ruling, and that is an act of an insane person.

Is that an act of an insane person? It’s apparently legal, now. Do you broadly think that using violence against tyranny is insane? Our founders committed their lives and fortunes to the violent overthrow of tyranny. It would be much easier, sitting in the oval office, with legal authority granted to him by the very people he would be targeting, to authorize the extrajudicial execution of a few traitors. Do you think that extrajudicial execution is insane? Then you’ll have to admit that most presidents in the last few decades were insane, especially Obama. Is it only insane when the target is brown-skinned people overseas?

I’m not commenting, at this time, on whether it would be moral, or wise, but insane? I can’t see how.

I think it would set a very low bar for all subsequent Presidents if Biden used the new power to assassinate members of SCOTUS or Congress. The repercussions would be horrific.
It’s not like trump is known to not stoop below any bar he sees. Holding the bar up won’t do anything
There will likely be more presidents than just Trump. Even if he manages to become dictator, he’s old and far from fit.
The point being trump would set the bar very low anyways
I’m sorry, I was told if Trump wins this one it’s the end of democracy. What other presidents?
They’ll still be “presidents.” Putin is an “elected president.”