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Supreme Court: Trump Has 'Absolute Immunity' For Core Constitutional Powers (www.huffpost.com)

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[–] oxjox@lemmy.ml 42 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (8 children)

So, would official acts as president be legal by definition? Would there be such a thing as an official act as president that may otherwise be criminal?

And how does the ruling protect against treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors (specifically, the past part)? How is this ruling not in direct contrast to the constitution?

[–] stewie3128@lemmy.ml 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

The job of President throughout the 20th century has involved committing crimes. If they gave that away, then all of these ghouls could potentially be prosecuted.

In the future, the former President could go to jail for the next version of Iran-Contra... and we couldn't possibly allow that to happen.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I wonder what the US would've been like if leaders were actually held accountable...

[–] stewie3128@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago

We wouldn't exist as the US.

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