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“For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision,” Roberts said in a statement on Trump’s demand.

Yeah, and for more than two centuries, our Presidents didn’t have the Supreme Court anointing them as all-but a king immune from prosecution, but here we are.

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34 points

Hey if this escalates maybe they’ll impeach each other.

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19 points

The solution is clearly to lock them in a room with a single knife in the center. Only one may exit.

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15 points

Please fucking God put me in there too

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1 point

A grenade would resolve better.

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6 points

If it escalates they’ll take a request for review of their earlier king making decision and hold it as misinterpreted which they can 100% do and that would remove criminal immunity for charges prior to the ruling.

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Well, sure, but before they render a decision, Trump can just have them killed, which at this moment is totally cool and legal, according to them. He can also have all of congress killed, which sort of blunts the possibility of impeachment, which as of right now is the only way to punish him in any way, according to SCOTUS.

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3 points

Show me: Top 10 list of things that the current Supreme Court will never do.

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17 points

Can we just fucking get a ruling that ignoring court orders is not a “Presidential act”? This is a person, trying to escape accountability.

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3 points

He’s spent 80 years escaping accountability. What will a few more hurt?

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7 points

And for two centuries, it was universally agreed that presidents were subject to the rule of law and were not elected absolute monarchs. And which cunt was Chief Justice when that changed?

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117 points

Good thing you just ruled that the president has broad immunity for official acts as president, ya know basically making him a king in all but name.

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Well, there’s no way anyone could have known that Trump would abuse that power.

Other than the past decade of him abusing every little bit of power he could, of course.

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14 points

Trump seems like a reasonable guy, im sure he would never abuse that power.

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8 points

Trump seems like a treasonable guy, im sure he would never always abuse that power.

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5 points

Really wish Biden had taken advantage of that and, you know, saved our democracy.

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4 points

Biden was never that person. He was always a risk-averse institutionalist non-boat-rocker. Even Obama was more decisive.

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75 points

Well … trump SHOULD be impeached. Ignoring the law should be an absolute nono.

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5 points

The Senate is trying to pass laws to make dissenting opinions seen as a mental illness. You really think they have enough votes for impeachment? lol

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7 points

That’s the Minnesota state senate.

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4 points

That’s one asshole in the minority party in the Minnesota state senate. And he’s just been busted for soliciting a minor.

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1 point

It’s not my sanity that’s gone missing…, so No, I have no such illusions / hopes

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40 points

Hey Roberts - go fuck yourself.

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“He didn’t WIN the popular VOTE (by a lot!), he didn’t WIN ALL SEVEN SWING STATES, he didn’t WIN 2,750 to 525 Counties,” Trump wrote, referring to his own accomplishments of those benchmarks in the 2024 election. “HE DIDN’T WIN ANYTHING!”

Oh for fucks sake, just shut the fuck up already. This is all you’re going to say each time you feel wronged. It’s not a mandate you stupid fuck and you lost the popular vote twice.

“WE DON’T WANT VICIOUS, VIOLENT, AND DEMENTED CRIMINALS, MANY OF THEM DERANGED MURDERERS, IN OUR COUNTRY. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!”

And the irony is lost on you.

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It is all projection.

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He did win the popular vote this time. Not by much. He absolutely does not have a mandate.

Popular vote 77,302,580[2] 75,017,613[2]

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