3rd July 2024, 4:38 PM
(This post was last modified: 3rd July 2024, 4:42 PM by A Black Falcon.)
This decision is the result that most people were expecting, in that it's pro-Trump but doesn't go all out to just declare the US the Trump Empire today, but that doesn't make it any less horrendously awful and strongly anti-American.
Yeah, the Supreme Court just overturned 235 years of precedent and one of the key reasons why this nation was founded, the principle written in stone on the front of their building: Equal Justice Under Law. Maybe they should engrave the addendum next to it: "Unless You're Donald Trump, Then You Get To Be Emperor!" And they get to be the self-appointed power behind the throne, for they said that they decide what is an official act and thus has immunity and what isn't and thus is criminally prosecutable. Why, some Democratic President did a thing? That's not allowed, only Republicans may do things like that! Blocked. I do not think that it is exaggeration to say that it's one of the most un-American things ever done in our nation's history. At least all the racism and such goes back to the beginning, you know? But the principle of everyone being equal before the law is a core principle from the nation's founding, and really gets to some of the key hearts of why America was founded, to make a world not ruled by tyrannical dictators...
But no, the left is wildly exaggerating, John Roberts said in the decision. It's fine, I didn't give Trump any powers yet, we just sent the case back down to determine what is immune and what isn't! And yes, that is true... if presidential immunity was actually a thing, which it isn't, not like the immunity he just invented. There's a huge difference between traditional presidential immunity for official acts, like 'no charging a president for war crimes because of the wars they were involved in fighting', and the kind of immunity here, because no previous president has committed these kinds of clear, direct crimes while in office and been caught for it while they were still alive. Nixon is the closest, but he was pardoned so we never got to see how far that case would have gone. And he at least still believed in democracy to at least some extent, unlike Trump.
Under this decision, a president telling people to commit crimes cannot be charged. This is very clearly wrong and anti-Constitutional, but that's the decision. Can the people he told to commit the crimes be charged? Maybe they can, but it will probably be hard to prove in court. How could you when the President is fully immune? It's just insane.
As for replacing Biden, Biden has lost a bit in the polls since the debate, but it isn't a cataclysmic collapse, it's just a few points. When you started out at best tied losing a point or three is bad news, but it's recoverable. The press's reaction, as if BIDEN MUST GO NOW is the one and only issue that matters in any way and all others must wait until he is gone, is insane. Sadly some Democratic lawmakers have joined in the 'Biden should go' train. I will not. Why not? Well, first, while the debate certainly showed that Biden is aging, he can still do the job well, and he's been fantastic so far as President. I want to see him continue to be there. Second, looking at what polling I've seen of testing other names, it's not like everyone else polls better and Biden's uniquely weak; that is not the case. None of the other names poll much better, it's all 'within the margin of error of Biden' stuff, either just above or just below his numbers.
Well, all but one. Michelle Obama polls very well and would go in with a huge lead. Sadly, though, she won't run. But of everyone else, Biden's got as good a shot as anyone, I think. He just needs to not repeat that debate performance on the optics. Keep your mouth closed, try not to lose your chain of thought, push back harder against Trump, and such.
Yeah, the Supreme Court just overturned 235 years of precedent and one of the key reasons why this nation was founded, the principle written in stone on the front of their building: Equal Justice Under Law. Maybe they should engrave the addendum next to it: "Unless You're Donald Trump, Then You Get To Be Emperor!" And they get to be the self-appointed power behind the throne, for they said that they decide what is an official act and thus has immunity and what isn't and thus is criminally prosecutable. Why, some Democratic President did a thing? That's not allowed, only Republicans may do things like that! Blocked. I do not think that it is exaggeration to say that it's one of the most un-American things ever done in our nation's history. At least all the racism and such goes back to the beginning, you know? But the principle of everyone being equal before the law is a core principle from the nation's founding, and really gets to some of the key hearts of why America was founded, to make a world not ruled by tyrannical dictators...
But no, the left is wildly exaggerating, John Roberts said in the decision. It's fine, I didn't give Trump any powers yet, we just sent the case back down to determine what is immune and what isn't! And yes, that is true... if presidential immunity was actually a thing, which it isn't, not like the immunity he just invented. There's a huge difference between traditional presidential immunity for official acts, like 'no charging a president for war crimes because of the wars they were involved in fighting', and the kind of immunity here, because no previous president has committed these kinds of clear, direct crimes while in office and been caught for it while they were still alive. Nixon is the closest, but he was pardoned so we never got to see how far that case would have gone. And he at least still believed in democracy to at least some extent, unlike Trump.
Under this decision, a president telling people to commit crimes cannot be charged. This is very clearly wrong and anti-Constitutional, but that's the decision. Can the people he told to commit the crimes be charged? Maybe they can, but it will probably be hard to prove in court. How could you when the President is fully immune? It's just insane.
As for replacing Biden, Biden has lost a bit in the polls since the debate, but it isn't a cataclysmic collapse, it's just a few points. When you started out at best tied losing a point or three is bad news, but it's recoverable. The press's reaction, as if BIDEN MUST GO NOW is the one and only issue that matters in any way and all others must wait until he is gone, is insane. Sadly some Democratic lawmakers have joined in the 'Biden should go' train. I will not. Why not? Well, first, while the debate certainly showed that Biden is aging, he can still do the job well, and he's been fantastic so far as President. I want to see him continue to be there. Second, looking at what polling I've seen of testing other names, it's not like everyone else polls better and Biden's uniquely weak; that is not the case. None of the other names poll much better, it's all 'within the margin of error of Biden' stuff, either just above or just below his numbers.
Well, all but one. Michelle Obama polls very well and would go in with a huge lead. Sadly, though, she won't run. But of everyone else, Biden's got as good a shot as anyone, I think. He just needs to not repeat that debate performance on the optics. Keep your mouth closed, try not to lose your chain of thought, push back harder against Trump, and such.
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