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Radley Balko@radleybalko.bsky.social |
Good point from Sotomayor here. By barring prosecutors from probing a president's intent, Roberts renders the entire "official vs. unofficial" distinction meaningless.
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Grudgie the Whale
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I simply can’t come up with a crime a President couldn’t engineer as official
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What the duck
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Oh I mean, they just literally said, "The only way you can call this illegal is if it goes outside of these lines, but you're not allowed to consider anything outside these lines. It's a travesty of reasoning, the imperial presidency in a logical nutshell. The founders are retching in their graves.
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Phasmatic
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Just practically, the idea that you can't use the pardon power for corrupt intent is now just... gone.
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Tiffany (parentheses overuser)
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Here’s the thing about corrupt officials: they can be bought. So let’s buy one.
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Tiffany (parentheses overuser)
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All the more reason to fire Merrick Garland, appoint an interim (I mean half of Trumps nominees were “acting” appointments that never needed senate confirmation. Turnabout is fair play.
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This is a good bet on their part that dems will do fuckall with this unlimited power and then be surprised when Trump steals the election and they rubber stamp that too. I hate this fucking timeline.
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Renee (paix120)
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Ali Fleih
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Correction to Sotomayor's dissent: there is nothing a president can now do in his official capacity that is criminal. Just slap "official" on what you're about to do, and forget about the courts ever prosecuting you.
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PDF Editing Expert
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Alan Jackson
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Since the court is illegitimate, prosecutors should just ignore them.
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@chasmat.bsky.social
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the President drunk driving may kill a lot of people, but it helps also him get to cabinet meetings on time, so, it;s impossible to say etc etc
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