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southpaw@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social |
On page 8, Chief Justice Roberts decides that no prosecution of the president can be premised either on a use of the pardon power or on the firing of an executive branch official (like, say, the Special Counsel investigating the president).
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Silly B Man
@lawnerd.bsky.social
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Wray should be unemployed by sundown
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Bert the Kitten
@bertthekitten.bsky.social
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Did they have the balls to explicitly overrule Nixon v US?
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Ralf W
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Roberts posthumously pardoning Richard Nixon for firing Archibald Cox. How delightful.
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southpaw
@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
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So the traditional White House Counsel worries about obstruction of justice are out the window.
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John Castiglione
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So you can buy pardons now. These reactionary catholics really are bringing back indulgences! (i am catholic btw)
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Dr. Jimbosaur, Esq.
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So, if you have a client who's facing Federal charges of any kind and can afford a couple mil to bribe the President for a pardon, we can't officially recommend you do it. Just know that the bribe recipient in this case would be totally immune from prosecution. Academically.
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Haere
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man they're just stuffing as much congressional authority as they can into their comically oversized burglar bag
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Voltaireon - 5 caustic French philosophers in a trenchcoat
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Does this also apply to the idea of turning all federal civil service (under the Executive) into at-will workers, retained on the basis of political loyalty?
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Funk Funky!
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What if Biden had Trump arrested right now as an enemy of the state and had him removed from all ballots? That would be terrible as well... but it might by you time to pack the courts and fix this. I hate that I even sorta think this is a viable option.
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CosmoConure
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The Project 2025 guys all came in unison upon reading all this
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@johnjwyatt.bsky.social
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Are vice presidents and members of cabinets absolutely immune too?
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Phil C
@phil-c.bsky.social
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So the President has absolute power? No worries about corruption there, obviously.
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Willow
@rockshrimp.bsky.social
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Or like. Selling pardons.
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Business Otter
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The alternative was Bernie, so libs think this was worth it.
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Joseph S.
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Christ almighty this court is atrocious
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