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Max Kennerly

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Yup. The Constitution includes a narrowly-defined legal immunity for members of Congress in a specific circumstance. Not one word about Presidential or Supreme Court Justice immunity. Those parts were made up out of thin air.

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David's avatar David @crookedknight.bsky.social
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And then they go on to pontificate not only about the immunity but the founders' *intent* in establishing that immunity

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Nancy Ann's avatar Nancy Ann @nancyannn.bsky.social
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“Originalism”. 🙄

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Godspeed You! Woke Moralists's avatar Godspeed You! Woke Moralists @dashwallkick.bsky.social
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it's legal thesis by way of calvinball. Absolute horseshit sent by the Federalist Society.

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Professor Coolbreeze's avatar Professor Coolbreeze @bsarginger.bsky.social
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It turns out there were plenty of penumbras and emanations in the Constitution after all.

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Dextrosity's avatar Dextrosity @dextrosity.bsky.social
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Just use your FedSoc decoder ring and they show right up!

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Vituperative Erb's avatar Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social
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If only there was some approach to interpreting the text of the constitution that could make sense of that fact

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