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minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-29 months agoI keep seeing post and comments like this. You all realize it’s only immunity from criminal prosecution, right? It’s not instant dictatorship power over the nation. He’d have to order the assassination of Trump and members of SCOTUS to leverage the ruling for those goals.
minus-squarePilferjinx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoKill the SC then replace them with ones to sanction anything he likes?
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoThat’s pretty much all this ruling liberates him to do. There’s no additional executive power.
I keep seeing post and comments like this.
You all realize it’s only immunity from criminal prosecution, right? It’s not instant dictatorship power over the nation. He’d have to order the assassination of Trump and members of SCOTUS to leverage the ruling for those goals.
Kill the SC then replace them with ones to sanction anything he likes?
That’s pretty much all this ruling liberates him to do. There’s no additional executive power.