I don't understand why the Dems don't just hardball this. There must have been a lot of conversations on "what if scotus rules for trump and makes the president immune". Preferably in a way that is specifically problematic for conservative SCOTUS judges.
Because Decorum is more important than anything else to them.
At this point, I think it only seems that way. I just don't think they actually want to use power for anything good.
Official is when incident kept on camera, microphone or there were eyewitnesses. Other stuff didn't happen. Even when caught with a smoking gun.
My condolences for being a nation on the continual brink of Christianish-Fascism.
Guess those student loan forgiveness programs are back on the menu
"By official decree, all education shall now be free, and all debts accrued for the purposes of education are forgiven. If this should result in the dissolution of predatory lenders and universities whose business existence depends on this type of debt, then so be it. It's time to adapt or go extinct, Jack."
He should specifically do everything they ruled he can't do but open every order with, "As an official act..." just to rub their idiocy in their faces.
The only way to rub their idiocy in their faces is make them suffer actual fucking consequences for once in their miserable lives, and the man they just gave the power to do that won't.
Is there still proponent of american exceptionalism among democrats?
I mean all those things are very "banana republic" in essence.
The US is the inventor of Banana Republics.
And yes very much so. White Supremacism and American Exceptionalism are both deeply ingrained in the US political system and most of its actors.
For bananas yeah but the idea of removing the local government and replacing it with a friendlier one to the exploiter of goods from the invading country is not a US invention.
I'm aware that presidents are allowed to do what they like now, as long as it's "official". I'm not aware of what republicans are saying biden isn't allowed to do, though. Can someone please fill me in?
Biden has to do it first. Then the republicans decide it’s unofficial and change him. Works great!
There is zero ambiguity in that. I'm so glad we are very clear on the definition.
It's untested. The SC didn't define what "official" means.
So when it comes into question, it can be kicked back up to them to decide on a case-by-case basis.
The Chief Justice did give two examples, as a kind of playbook for Trump and the people behind Project 2025. The two things he mentions that for sure fall within the absolute can't investigate/question/use as evidence/prosecute "official" acts are:
- pardons (they may pardon anyone for anything for any price)
- command their Attorney General (DOJ) - which they can then use #1 to cover them for any illegal requests they carry out
New USA anthem just dropped
Wait what the hell?
Is this really where the tune for My Country Tis of Thee came From?
Hah! I had no idea.
Our anthem is also set to British music. It makes sense, we were a colony.
I thought they punted that question of finding if Trumps acts were in official capacity back down to lower courts to decide?
Yes but they can always decide the lower court got it wrong and overrule them. It's a nice way of waiting until after the election to make the decision.
Nobody knows or cares what the actual decision says.
Easy, you just get rid of the supreme court part
