Time to dispatch seal team 6 to eliminate a threat to national security

[gothuevos]

Op Ed about trumps desire to kill. The type of conservatives that vote for Trump post on these very forums

Republican politicians don't fear Trump — they want him as dictator

Trump has threatened to have people killed, and GOP politicians aren't bothered in the slightest

www.salon.com

Why are we acting like this is a new thing? Don't you remember all the "GEOTUS" and "American Caesar" memes from 2016?

Yes, a large enough portion of the electorate is ok with this that it's the way we're trending. About to get the govt we deserve, good and hard.

 

[eelw]

All The Times Republican Supreme Court Justices Lied About Presidential Immunity Under Oath - Above the Law

A review of three GOP Supreme Court nominees testifying under oath that they don't think presidents can have the sort of immunity they invented yesterday.

abovethelaw.com

More complete list

I bet Susan Collins has her concerned face on

 

[ch33zw1z]

Why are we acting like this is a new thing? Don't you remember all the "GEOTUS" and "American Caesar" memes from 2016?

Yes, a large enough portion of the electorate is ok with this that it's the way we're trending. About to get the govt we deserve, good and hard.

I'm not acting like it's a new thing. Trump was always this way, as long as he's been in the spotlight. My first dose was as a teen and his anger towards the central park 5:

https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/jul/25/did-donald-trump-ever-apologize-central/

 

[brycejones]

I bet Susan Collins has her concerned face on

Very concerned

 

[Moonbeam]

Why are we acting like this is a new thing? Don't you remember all the "GEOTUS" and "American Caesar" memes from 2016?

Yes, a large enough portion of the electorate is ok with this that it's the way we're trending. About to get the govt we deserve, good and hard.

So close. You and the rest of us afraid to know what we fear are creating the government we feel we deserve not the one we really deserve. You are not cursed, you are self afflicted.

People in the West have plenty of opportunities in their accumulated cultural wisdom to have had the opportunity to understand this.

“Cowards die many times before their deaths. The valiant never taste of death but once.”

“We have nothing to fear but fear itself.”

“Fuck Carter, there’s no miasma here. Vote for Mr. Optimism, Ronald Reagan. He will serve you beef. Just please please don’t tell me I’m sad because I’ll kill you.”

 

[qliveur]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1808156617256669338

He didn't get it, either.

 

[Muse]

2 presidential prerogatives I am against:

1. Immunity

2. Pardons

 

[APU_Fusion]

2 presidential prerogatives I am against:

1. Immunity

2. Pardons

When Trump pardons himself you will get a 2 for 1 special 👍

 

[Pens1566]

When Trump pardons himself you will get a 2 for 1 special 👍

You're joking, but this week's ruling makes the "can a President pardon themselves?" a moot point. There is no need to pardon someone that is immune.

 

[APU_Fusion]

You're joking, but this week's ruling makes the "can a President pardon themselves?" a moot point. There is no need to pardon someone that is immune.

I know. I was just joking. Can’t pardon a yourself when you are immune already. It is sad watching the collapse of America into a theocratic dictatorship.

 

[MrSquished]

If the North wasn't stupid and timid and punished the South properly, we might not be in this mess right now. They got to memorialize the Confederacy. Insane.

I feel the Democrats today have some similarities with the North from that war, not enough balls in areas that count, and too timid to rock the boat. We see that holding back the party not just today, but all over recent history.

 

[Muse]

Can't you just see this SCOTUS arguing over the legitimacy of Trump pardoning himself? Those 6 conservative injustices can't walk and chew gum at the same time.

You're joking, but this week's ruling makes the "can a President pardon themselves?" a moot point. There is no need to pardon someone that is immune.

They will find several reasons to do so.

 

[Muse]

SCOTUS' presidential immunity decision broken down:

 

[mikeymikec]

2 presidential prerogatives I am against:

1. Immunity

2. Pardons

The second one does seem kind of weird, I'd like to see a debate on this one.

Off the top of my head, in a sane society then presidential pardons are just plain wrong because they undermine the whole justice system. On the other hand, let's accept that society isn't entirely sane and that people go to jail for unjust reasons, the worst being political / bigotry related. A sane President can therefore help right a few wrongs. But then again, isn't that the job of the system to correct rather than some one-in-a-million wildcard option?

 

[brycejones]

The second one does seem kind of weird, I'd like to see a debate on this one.

Off the top of my head, in a sane society then presidential pardons are just plain wrong because they undermine the whole justice system. On the other hand, let's accept that society isn't entirely sane and that people go to jail for unjust reasons, the worst being political / bigotry related. A sane President can therefore help right a few wrongs. But then again, isn't that the job of the system to correct rather than some one-in-a-million wildcard option?

I don’t have an issue with the pardon power, it’s limited to federal crimes so it isn’t even all powerful and many governors have similar power at the state level. The only restriction I would like to see explicitly implemented is that a president can’t pardon themselves.

The immunity decision is the one that is truly dangerous to this country.