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Comment on The justices of the supreme court ruled that Trump was immune and effectively above the law while being president. What is now stopping Biden from bringing a gun to the next debate?

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ryathal@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

The Sotomayor dissent was awful. It’s an absurd argument with no real basis in reality. Whether the president is immune from ordering the assassination of a rival is largely irrelevant, because it wouldn’t get to a criminal trial anyway. It’s already illegal for the seals to carry out that order as well.

The president told me to do it isn’t a valid defense

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Mjpasta710@midwest.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
So your answer to why your opinion is more valid than everyone else is; Because I say so?

Thanks for providing clear sources as to why your opinion is more valid than the dissenters with credentials.

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- s38b35M5@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Calmly, friend. That isn’t the person you replied to.
  
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  - Mjpasta710@midwest.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Fair. Thanks. Was mobile and trying to wade through and reply.
    
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Mjpasta710@midwest.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Except in the future - If you’re part of the official staff for the president - A defense wouldn’t be needed. The fact that the president told them to do it wouldn’t even be able to come up. It’s privileged communication now.

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