They weren’t president when they did it, so no. But the new president could just pardon himself if the GOP approved of the assassination, since the 6 SCROTUS’s would say it’s legal to do so.
Depends on whether or not the GOP wanted it to happen. If they did, the 6 SCROTUS’s will declare it an official act. And hey, if they don’t like the new president, the new Vice President can do the same thing until they get one they like!
It’s fucking ridiculous, but completely within the law as the SCOTUS has defined it.
Scubus@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Careful, if trump gets into office you might legally see his unlimited power
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 5 months ago
At what point does his vice president throw him off a walkway on the Death Star?
TheLadyAugust@lemmy.world 5 months ago
If the vice president kills him, and they become the president. Was it an official act making them immune?
samus12345@lemmy.world 5 months ago
They weren’t president when they did it, so no. But the new president could just pardon himself if the GOP approved of the assassination, since the 6 SCROTUS’s would say it’s legal to do so.
Natanael@slrpnk.net 5 months ago
Incapacitate the president, invoke 25th, then proceed with immunity
Restaldt@lemmy.world 5 months ago
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samus12345@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Depends on whether or not the GOP wanted it to happen. If they did, the 6 SCROTUS’s will declare it an official act. And hey, if they don’t like the new president, the new Vice President can do the same thing until they get one they like!
It’s fucking ridiculous, but completely within the law as the SCOTUS has defined it.
InternetUser2012@lemmy.today 5 months ago
He could have you killed for that comment.