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Trump, if he gets in again, can no longer do anything to Biden since he just gave the President absolute immunity.

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Biden’s security after his presidency is probably not in the top #1000000 of the problems if Trump becomes a president.

What I don’t get is what would stop Biden from ordering the assassinations of Trump and 1000 of his closest supporters if this gives total presidential immunity?

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That immunity is for every president including Trump. Hell yes Trump can assassinate Bidens and be immune from prosecution.

If it was immunity for Biden alone, then and only then would Biden be safe.

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So…couldn’t now Biden have Trump killed or maybe just his brain fried and get away with it?

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Democrats don’t have the f’ing stones to do anything with this ruling.

They’ll just yell “High Ground” and expect idiot Americans to give them the win.

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bidens too weak for that

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If he uses government resources for it, yes.

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Well what is he waiting for?

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“I know I will respect the limits of the presidential powers I’ve had for three-and-a-half years, but any president – including Donald Trump – will now be free to ignore the law,” Biden said.

Source: CNN

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Considering that an ex-president who invaded a country under a proven false pretext and in violation of international law and has a million Iraqi civilians on his conscience is still painting his little pictures in Texas, perhaps the Supreme Court decision is not as big a break as some seem to think?

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One could at least argue that the Iraq invasion was within what was generally understood to be the role of the president at the time, specifically leading the military as its commander in chief. No one expected throwing a coup to be within the normal role of the president, but apparently that’s also covered according to this decision.

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Would’ve been covered even under qualified immunity. Absolute immunity allows you to break laws you know you’re breaking.

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Not American, so excuse the silly question.

What is stopping the President from dissolving the Supreme Court?

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It’s not within his powers to do so. But he could have the secret service assassinate them. Pardon the perpetrators and then assign whomever he wants the position with threats against the lives of the senate and congress as a whole for all who would vote against assigning this person. Elimate them and have the vote.

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What are the chances of Biden doing what’s necessary for the country?

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None. If cared about “what’s necessary for the country” he would’ve stepped aside for better candidates in 2020.

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Zero.

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