Comment on LOCK EM UP

• Norgur@fedia.io ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  We'd have to ask the Supreme Court if that's the case and the way those "super neutral judges" act... maybe we wait until after the election for that one.

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• nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why not let the current president do it? He is still in office.

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  • folekaule@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And better yet, he’s not running for re-election.

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    • nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Exactly, going out with a

      *B O O M*  
      

      and no one can lay a finger on him.

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• snooggums@midwest.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Pretty sure SCOTUS carved out the exception for only the president based on their bullshit logic that the president needs to act without waiting a few seconds to consult the president’s army of lawyers waiting on standby 24 hours a day.

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  • mkwt@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Specifically several sitting justices have previous white house administration experience where they had to worry about consulting their lawyers because of the illegal stuff they were doing (like Iran Contra).

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