• nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    9 months ago

    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.

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      There’s not much he can do short of ordering 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.

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        His hands are VERY TIED unless of course he decides whatever he does is Official Presidential Actions!

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          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.

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        He can pack the supreme court. Then limit it to something tangible.

        Like first, say that 2 senators per state is silly and it needs to be based on population like the house if reps. Then say that we need a supreme court justice from all 50 states + D.C. or some shit.

        Boom.

        Then term limits, age limits… Ranked choice, strict laws in gerrymandering…

        And we have a functioning Republic again.

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          None of that is in within the power of POTUS.

          The structure of Congress is determined by The Constitution and its Amendments.

          Congress needs to pass enlarging the Supreme Court with a vote, and Republicans have House majority.

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              There are so many misinformed people on this ruling. It doesn’t give the President more executive authority, like a king. It lets him commit crime without personal responsibility if it’s an official act.

              Yes, it’s insane and deplorable, but it doesn’t mean Biden can do anything he wants.

              If it did, he could just outlaw felons from becoming President. SCOTUS doesn’t want that.

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        It’s literally not a crime if the president does it.

        There’s lots he can do besides killing people if you are creative.