Remember, SCOTUS—Presidential Immunity Would
Apply to Joe Biden, Too

https://newrepublic.com/article/181062/biden-supreme-court-presidential-immunity

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  3. They’re counting on Biden being a decent human being an not abusing that power.

  4. Pretty sure, SCJ Alito and his cabal are looking for the narrowest of tubes to shove this through.

  5. They don’t seem to understand the danger they are in. Trump has no need for this SCOTUS. They have ruled unanimously against him in the past.

    Here’s the nightmare scenario that ends Democracy in America.

    Trump orders the proud boys and oath keepers to firebomb major polling centers in swing states, thus preventing an electoral college decision. Then the presidency is decided in the house where Trump wins because each state gets one vote in the house and that vote is decided on by the state legislatures of each state. Since a majority of state legislatures are Republican, Trump gets elected again.

    This time, Trump doesn’t bother with people with the requisite experience, he staffs up with loyalists only.

    Now he knows for sure that he can’t be prosecuted while he’s president so he orders his personal enforcers, the proud boys and oath keepers, to round up the SCOTUS justices and either force them to resign or kill them. At the same time he has his enforcers kidnap the family members of key members in Congress.

    Then he forces Congress to give him unitary power and forces the senate to confirm his replacement SCOTUS judges with Mike Flynn types.

    And that’s how fascism becomes the law of the land in the USA.

  6. Perhaps that’s why the justices came up with that distinction between “official acts” and “private acts,” in order to let Trump off the hook while allowing impeachment proceedings against Biden.

  7. I’m believe the SC will try to delay until they know who won as the holder of immunity may impact their decision making.

  8. That’s why they will find a reason to send it back to the lower courts so the issue is not resolved until next year.

  9. Yeah but dems are not morally bankrupt pieces of trash. So they won’t abuse that to stay in power. We aren’t playing the same game anymore.

  10. And his first act after they rule should be to have the SCOTUS Six transported to Gitmo for the rest of their days.

  11. The problem for The Supremes is how to give absolute immunity to Trump but no one else.

    I mean they might as well just declare Trump dictator for life and get it over with.

  12. Can we PLEASE stop with these bullshit, ignorant takes. If anyone honestly thinks the Republican Party (which owns the Supreme Court) is going to allow any law to benefit the Democratic Party what fucking country are you fucking living in?

    JFC. Get fucking real please.

    This is a Republican-only process we’re dealing with here.

  13. >Tails I win, Heads you lose.

    -Fed Soc SCOTUS

    Because they will simply change the rules whether POTUS is a Dem, or is on their team.

    There is no scenario where these people will engage in good faith. They are shameless hypocrites who have been put in place to usher in an era of White Christian Nationalism, where whatever they say goes.

    This is just another arm of the Jan 6th coup.

  14. Don’t kid yourself, they’re going to issue a limited convoluted ruling that protects Trump in the Jan 6 event only. Much like the recent SOTUS “ethical guidelines” managed to avoid addressing any of Thomas’s lapses. The billionaire’s that have this court in their pockets don’t want them to put any additional drag on Trump’s candidacy.

  15. They are delaying until after the election which they hope Trump would win so they wouldn’t have to worry about Biden.

    Vote. It’s the only way.

    Vote blue all the way so we can get a couple Justices added to SCOTUS and overturn this bs.

  16. They’re not actually considering this. It’s all a wink wink nod nod show to delay his trial until after the election.

  17. No. SCOTUS will delay until after the election. Trump gets voted in? SCOTUS: “president has immunity”. Biden get voted in? SCOTUS: “president does not have immunity”. The playbook is so simple.

  18. You know, there’s no rule capping SCOTUS at 9 justices. If Biden can get the Senate on board, he can confirm 5 or 6 more.

  19. The only problem is they don’t fear that since Democrats are the party of not blowing up the government.

  20. Seal team 6 is ready to restructure the supreme courts. First move of a long list.

  21. If immunity is given, Biden should start taking out the MAGA justices. Yea I know Biden is too decent to hurt anyone but Lincoln had us in a war for the good of the union.

  23. Oh well surely that will convince them not to contrive some hypocritical reasoning why that can’t be the case. 

    If the Democratic game plan for the SC is to shame them into normalcy we are screwed.  

  24. So if they do that for Trump, technically Biden could stay in power forever! It works both ways.

  25. Biden would be unlikely to abuse it and his supporters would likely make him pay if he did abuse it.

    That is what makes it so scary. Trump would abuse it every chance he can get and his supporters would applause while he did it.

  26. Dark Brandon has a trolley problem.  If the Trolly continues along the tracks it will run over millions of Americans.  If Dark Brandon has full immunity, he could flip the switch and run over Trump, Alito, Thomas, and ACB.  

  27. Should have surrounded the SC with the national guard the day they were hearing the case to remind them how he might benefit from their ruling.

  28. I mean, unless Biden did something, then SCOTUS would be more than happy to overturn precedent they just set. This court has shown a clear willingness to overturn any precedent to meet their political ends.

  29. I love the giant contradiction they’re trying to thread:

    On one hand, a president can do -anything- to retain power in the country, up-to and beyond calling in Seal Team Six on them.

    On the other hand, Biden is using the Justice system as a weapon to silence Trump! It’s all a witch hunt with no evidence!

    Those two views are both completely true to Trumpers.

  30. SCOTUS: “This 18th Century recipe book Gorsuch unearthed says nah, it doesn’t.”

  31. Not if SCOTUS waits until Trump is president to make it official, which is clearly their intent.

  32. Should SCOTUS grant immunity then every fake elector should be sent straight to Guantanamo

  34. Harris doesn’t certify election because of Maga intimidation at the polls.. Boom!

  36. Why couldn’t they bring this up in court at the time? Come up with plenty of what ifs that biden could do if they give him that power while trying to shield trump?

  37. Keep repeating it. No one is coming to save us. Not Congress, not the Supreme Court, not the media. No one. None of the institutions are going to operate the way they are supposed to and none are going to protect the guardrails.

    The only way to save what’s left is to vote.

  38. I keep hearing this, but Biden isn’t going to do a thing.

  39. Pretty sure they’re just dragging this on til he gets elected into office. Trump has been immune to justice and that’s not going to change.

  40. So part of the argument is POTUS can assassinate political rivals.

    Well that means a POTUS can assassinate any members of SCOTUS that they dis agree with and replace them with who ever he/she wants, CORRECT?

  41. They don’t care, because they know they can count on Biden to be a reasonable, decent human being with a functioning conscience.

    It’s a problem, because those of us who play by the rules have a hard time beating people who are willing to cheat. It’s going to be almost impossible to defend democracy if we’re not willing to fight fire with fire.

  42. This is actually a pretty weak argument, as Biden is not on trial nearly 100 counts. He isn’t a criminal, and even if he was allowed to do whatever he wants… He has morals.

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