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Radley Balko@radleybalko.bsky.social |
It's just hilariously disingenuous. Imagine looking at, say, ALL OF HUMAN HISTORY and concluding that the biggest threat to liberty isn't abuse of power, but powerful people refraining from sufficiently wielding their authority out of fear that they might one day be held accountable.
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Noah
@ncallaway.bsky.social
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Let’s be real, though. They didn’t conclude the biggest threat to liberty is powerful people being subject to the rule of law. They concluded that they like Trump, and want Trump to be above the law. If this had been a D former President coming up, no shot they would’ve given them this.
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NutMeg
@casuallychaotic.bsky.social
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Also, saying the 'hypothetical scenario' that a leader may use their powers to further their own ends while ruling on a case where a leader used their powers to further their own ends and coming to the conclusion that such a thing could never happen seems a little disingenuous too.
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General Liederkranz
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It’s just the ridiculous 9/11 era “torture the captured terrorist to find the ticking nuclear bomb under Manhattan” scenario. They live in terror that in an imaginary hypothetical the most powerful man in the world might be too selfish to make what they think is the obvious decision.
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A Gonnagle
@agonnagle.bsky.social
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Broke - Will no one rid me of these meddlesome priest? Woke - Go mediaeval on their asses, and I say that in my official capacity.
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Shiboof
@oldpostie.bsky.social
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Nothing short of proving his utter failure.
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Aaron Blackshear
@aaronblackshear.bsky.social
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Especially when it is all projection. The current Republican party would indeed try to frivolously prosecute a former president, Dems would send a sternly worded letter
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Rich Puchalsky ⚑
@richpuchalsky.bsky.social
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They're fascists. They are writing what they sincerely believe.
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Neighborhood civility patrol, bark
@acindc.bsky.social
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SCOTUS justices are shit historians
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Kait Richardson
@qirenni.com
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No, they’re just mocking us.
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Nancy Ann
@nancyannn.bsky.social
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Wow
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@elgrb.bsky.social
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“farsighted” = Project 2025
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Chris Parker
@crs1.bsky.social
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bad faith is the worst kind of comedy because it's the blackest of humors
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RTOIT
@rtoit.bsky.social
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They are all women who refuse to be a handmaiden, so that makes them lesser beings in Justice Roberts' eyes.
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Amanda Hayes
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No, only the modern Democratic party seems to do that
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@nclud.bsky.social
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"We find in favor of our special little boy who can do no wrong. Surely this show loyalty will mean that we too can continue to do whatever we want"
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❀°。der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆
@sababausa.bsky.social
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I've made a bit of a hobbyhorse out of Nikolas Sarkozy's criminal prosecutions, and the multiple dimensions by which a similar case would be impossible in the US
I now have a new overarching grounds to add (president = god-emperor)
bsky.app/profile/saba...
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Sophie these days
@spiderandme.bsky.social
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Y'all are in a bit of a pickle because this is clearly insane.
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Tony Sladky
@unitedshoes.bsky.social
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"Could you imagine if Pol Pot, Adolf Hitler, or Leopold II held back because they feared their actions might have consequences?"
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'Swas
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Well everyone knows "power corrupts, but absolute power is totally fine"
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Jay Marose
@jaymarose.bsky.social
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Like when we all said this guy’s project since he was at the justice department under Reagan was to take down the VRA. Or Gorsuch & EPA? Or Alito & reproductive care? Or Thomas on being a decent human being?
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Bible Blackbelt
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I really don't know how people aren't seeing the writing on the wall that Biden isn't going to win because even if he does win, SCOTUS is going to say he doesn't.
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