• chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Declining to prosecute someone for a crime is different than going along with it.

    If Biden were to declare by executive order “these 26 people are now Supreme Court Justices” that doesn’t make it true if the Courts and Congress don’t agree to go along with the illegal order.

    It actually applies to Trump too. He stole classified documents, Judge Canon dismissed the case, but the national archives aren’t going to be giving the recovered documents back to him. He illegally tried to overturn the 2020 election results. The case may be dead now that he has immunity, but that doesn’t mean he’s allowed to overturn the election and that he’s President now.

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      3 months ago

      The prosecution of biden will have to… go through the courts… if a lower court trys to block it the Supreme Court will just pick it up.

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      I don’t know why you’re arguing. The supreme court has given biden the right to play Calvin ball. If you’re putting your faith in a court system run by fascists; a congress deadlocked because of fascists; you are playing right into the hands of fascism.

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        3 months ago

        Because people think this ruling is something it isn’t.

        It doesn’t give A President the right to break laws. It gives him freedom for consequences for laws they break.

        The difference is that it’s only useful to a President willing to use violence to enforce their will. It benefits fascists, but does nothing to otherwise empower a President against a hostile Court and Legislature.