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Geoff Bowden@geoffbowden.bsky.social |
If the Court is not 9-0 against absolute immunity, either the Court needs to be rebooted or the Constitution needs to be rewritten. Even one justice who favors absolute immunity is crazy and should not be tolerated.
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Joe Bandy
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We should honestly do both of those things regardless of the ruling.
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DW
@dustyworm.bsky.social
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Staining at knits to swallow a whale. A moral center should be the foundation of all law.
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Darrell CIS, He/Him
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I don't think the current court cares what is actually in the Constitution. A new slate of justices sound great. But who would nominate and confirm them? Because the people who would do that also are horrible and need replaced.
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@donutmz.bsky.social
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'The Court concludes that the President can assassinate their political enemies with impunity .. except for Supreme Court justices.'
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Matt Goldberg
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It’s also just clearly partisan. If Obama and Clinton had teamed up to block Trump from taking office, I doubt Alito would have been so chill about absolute immunity.
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Spoonful of bitter
@christopheleroy.bsky.social
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Can Obama just whack the idiot?
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Cathode Ray Zone
@cathoderayzone.bsky.social
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I am not aware of any process of “rebooting.” Given how split the country is, there is zero percent chance of the relevant constitutional amendment happening. So, we’ll need to figure out what to do within the system we have. Re-electing Biden should be our first priority.
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Truskers
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The president gets to rendition that justice and they can’t get mad. Who says no
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Tiah Marie Beautement
@mstiahmarie.bsky.social
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So...since Trump isn't the one in power...does the one in power get to test the ruling if it is, indeed, that the president is king and can just...I don't now...send certain justices on permanent holidays...
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Moderately Grouchy
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The "question" wasn't phrased that way though, so it is extremely likely to be a split decision of some kind. “whether and if so to what extent does a former president enjoy Presidential immunity from criminal prosecution for conduct alleged to involve official acts during his tenure in office.”
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Getaway Cat
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Constitution should've been rewritten after the civil war, we're well past that
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The GodFlow
@godphotog.bsky.social
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Any way any how the court agrees to special immunity for Trump, it's definitely time to take the gloves off. The court is declaring war, and democrats need to stand up to them. Even if that means stacking the court or not adhering to the rules. If they don't do it, then we have to.
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Jamin
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por que no los dos
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The future producer of “Himbo Heist”
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I agree with you entirely, but also think we're going to see the Court take this as an opportunity to restate the policy/operations distinction and say that the President is immune from prosecution based on policy, but not from prosecution based on the methods chosen for implementation of policy.
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@keithy.bsky.social
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100% agree with the view, but feel kind of hopeless about our prospects for unfucking the court or amending the Constitution.
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El Topo
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Even one. And there are at least two.
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Ceiling Cat
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Have you met the foaming-at-the-mouth wife of one of these justices? She supports the insurrectionists and they vacation with billionaires while he refuses to recuse himself on the bench.
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CornPop
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The court of his peers. I remember reading something in one of America bills. A couple of years ago.. maybe I was wrong
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mamday (they/them)
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Just the fact they agreed to even discuss this strongly implies that it will not be 9-0 against
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Bob Dunn 📸
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It seemed well before this case that at least two of these Legal Priests already proved their craziness. The problem has always been that there is no practical method for removing a rogue Supreme Being...
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electricblue
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Seems like a bad move to grant a president total immunity who could press a button and have you killed. Clearly you want the president to have wide latitude to do his job without worrying about prosecution but there has to be some kind of guardrail to executive power or you just have an emperor
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In An Octopus’s Garden…
@cephaloctopi.bsky.social
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One is an extremist, only four more is a coup.
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D - Still Learning
@modelkindness.bsky.social
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Just asking…how do we go about rebooting the Court when McConnell & company blocked a nominee during election year? The rot runs deep.
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glass-joe
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If the ruling is for absolute immunity, Biden could “reboot” the Court with extreme prejudice. I think the President being able to… bring a Justice’s term to an end, shall we say, undermines the separation of powers but I guess that’s why I’m not on the Court.
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Darrel
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They should impeach any justice who votes for immunity. Yes it'll fail but some signal needs to be sent that these guys (and that party) is totally off the rails. Let Alito be the one in the hot seat for once, justifying his position.
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Marcas Ó Doibhilin
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It’ll be 6-3 for “Absolute immunity, but this decision has no precedential value”.
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mxhrad
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It’ll be 5-4 and they will immediately turn American into an absolute dictatorship. Then Biden could legally order hits on those 5 and appoint a new Supreme Court.
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You Can Still Call Me Karen
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Amen!
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