Chuck Schumer rolls out ‘No Kings Act’ to eliminate presidential immunity

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1. So Obama will no longer be immune for assassinating american citizens? He can share a cell with Trump.

2. Let’s do this!

3. Boggles my mind a headline like this even needs to exist. What world are we living in? Childless sociopaths like George Washington are probably rolling over in their grave.

4. Forming a republic is usually an act of no kings by definition, it’s sad it’s come to this. I don’t normally appeal to a bunch of old dead people, but it’s still an insult to some of the nobler ideas of the Founders, principles that haven’t become less valuable with time.

5. The appellate court was clear and concise in their ruling. The supreme court could have easily let it stand but the conservatives on the court desperately wanted to help out their supreme leader and pissed all over the constitution in their slow walk to injustice.

6. Wild to think anyone might vote against this.

7. Waste of time as long as the filibuster exist.

8. Good because I’m never bowing to a king. Vote blue

9. I hate to say it but this would be struck down in court even if it passes Congress because the SCOTUS ruling was that the President’s criminal immunity stems directly from the Constitution itself, meaning that it can’t be eliminated by a simple statute. It would be like trying to eliminate Constitutionally protected Free Speech by passing a law saying Congress gets to decide what speech is Constitutionally protected.

   The only way to get rid of his Presidential immunity at this point is either pass a Constitutional amendment explicitly saying Presidents can be criminally charged for their official acts, or hope that someday down the line a future SCOTUS bench reverses the immunity ruling. Short of one of those two things happening we’re stuck with this lousy ruling.

10. We can have queens though? 👁️👄👁️

11. Who could have imagined we’d ever need such a thing?

12. Gotta go back to school house rock 
    Even if hilariously simplified. We want no more kings.

    Its weird how much the party of small government wants so many restrictions and authority 

13. We should just print out the Constitution and see if the Republicans vote for it. Also remind the Supreme Court that Congress was given limited temporary immunity and Presidents were given none, on purpose. Presidents are an officer of Congress. No matter how many times we say checks and balances, our Constitution was drafted by a legislature, representatives of the states, and they kept themselves primary. And the Supreme Court isn’t supposed to be nobility, only the court of highest appeal.

    It’s absurd how much the Republicans have undermined our beloved Constitution and ruined our nation’s legacy of democracy, morality and freedom. Actual political freedoms of protest, voting, minority religions etc.