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MisterD@lemmy.ca ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Well the president is immune from prosecution thanks to the corrupt SCOTUS. He could destroy them but he’d have to do it himself

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JonsJava@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Yeah… Not really.

Let’s think this through. If the president has immunity, then any order he gives falls under the same immunity.

If I tell you to steal, and anything I say is legal, you stealing would fall under that umbrella. What I tell you to do can’t be legal if you doing it is illegal.

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- lordnikon@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Yeah this is wrong at least when it comes to the military UCMJ allows you to disregard an unlawful order. Nuremberg confirmed that i was just following orders doesn’t fly at least in the military. Immunity doesn’t make it legal it just makes the person uncountable and shows how broken the system is.
  
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