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Sotomayor points out why this distinction between absolute and presumptive immunity that the majority introduces is essentially meaningless.

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Jeremiah🏳️‍🌈's avatar Jeremiah🏳️‍🌈 @jeremiahrappel.bsky.social
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Huge question. How can a president be impeached now? If the standard is other crimes and misdemeanors?

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Is this the one that made her go back to her chambers and cry?

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Fountainhead this's avatar Fountainhead this @jaocomms.bsky.social
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Yeah but they have to leave some opening to say what a Dem president has done is only presumptively immune and then conclude that the presumption has been overcome so they can be prosecuted unlike the presumption for GOP presidents, which will never be overcome

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Luis 🦝🐦‍⬛🤖's avatar Luis 🦝🐦‍⬛🤖 @loosf.bsky.social
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so this makes nixon's "it is not illegal if the president does it" defense *correct*? fuck

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Inception's avatar Inception @theprestige.bsky.social
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Presidents: 100% immune if they use letterhead. Probably immune if they don't.

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Stefan D.'s avatar Stefan D. @s3rp86.bsky.social
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If the president shanks someone in the oval office with a letter opener he just has to shout "official act" and it's legal i guess.

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Jay Schiavone's avatar Jay Schiavone @jaytingle.bsky.social
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Meaningless, like the so-called exception for when the mother’s life is in danger.

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