Archangel1313

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[–] Archangel1313@lemm.ee 1 points 3 hours ago

The Supreme Court refused to prosecute Trump (for a blatantly illegal act) and ruled that he was immune to prosecution for "official acts" which they refused to define.

That's what I said.

Then they slow walked the case back to a lower court - deliberately - so the determination was not made until after the election.

That's not what delayed the case. The special prosecutor had to redefine the charges, in order to comply with the latest ruling, by specifying which ones were not included in Trump's "official duties as president". They were allowed to prosecute him for those...but inevitably ran out of time before they could proceed.

*Then in a state court, Trump was convicted, but the judge delared there was no penalty "because only a federal court could apply punishment".

Then a couple of days later the DoJ dopped the case because "the president is immune from prosecution".*

That's because the election happened, and it is long-standing precedent that a sitting president can't be prosecuted...as long as he's in office. They can and most likely still will, return that case to court, as soon as he's out of office.

[–] Archangel1313@lemm.ee 6 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

The fact that he's gay?

[–] Archangel1313@lemm.ee 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

All this latest ruling did was support his last ruling, that deportees be given a chance to dispute their case in court. How is that "legally questionable"?

[–] Archangel1313@lemm.ee 23 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

Thank God. This would have been 2 straight hours of mind-numbing dialogue between characters about how much they've been through together and how much they're going to miss each other.

[–] Archangel1313@lemm.ee 3 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

One is that it plays directly into notions of national/racial exceptionalism. "Our country/race is better than all the rest. Other nations/races should have to pay exorbitant fees just to do business with us."

Except that's not how tariffs work.

[–] Archangel1313@lemm.ee 4 points 9 hours ago

Sounds like there's nothing to dissent, here. They already ruled that detainees should be given a chance to dispute their deportation, in court. This ruling just makes sure that Trump gives them that chance.

[–] Archangel1313@lemm.ee 22 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

The president doesn't decide the law. His job is to follow it.

[–] Archangel1313@lemm.ee 15 points 2 days ago

Every accusation is a confession.

[–] Archangel1313@lemm.ee 86 points 2 days ago

As in...he's the "victim" of human trafficking.

[–] Archangel1313@lemm.ee 72 points 2 days ago (2 children)

...and immediately renames it "Trump Station", and puts a giant Trump sign out front.

[–] Archangel1313@lemm.ee 4 points 2 days ago

Twitter, of course. Elon's already made it quite comfortable for them over there.

[–] Archangel1313@lemm.ee 50 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's almost like "fighting government waste", was just some bullshit excuse to get away with cheating customers. Who could have seen this coming?

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