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Is anyone else highly concerned with the SCOTUS ruling that the POTUS is immune from criminal liability? (lemmy.autism.place)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by BackOnMyBS@lemmy.autism.place to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Sorry if this is not the proper community for this question. Please let me know if I should post this question elsewhere.

So like, I'm not trying to be hyperbolic or jump on some conspiracy theory crap, but this seems like very troubling news to me. My entire life, I've been under the impression that no one is technically/officially above the law in the US, especially the president. I thought that was a hard consensus among Americans regardless of party. Now, SCOTUS just made the POTUS immune to criminal liability.

The president can personally violate any law without legal consequences. They also already have the ability to pardon anyone else for federal violations. The POTUS can literally threaten anyone now. They can assassinate anyone. They can order anyone to assassinate anyone, then pardon them. It may even grant complete immunity from state laws because if anyone tries to hold the POTUS accountable, then they can be assassinated too. This is some Putin-level dictator stuff.

I feel like this is unbelievable and acknowledge that I may be wayyy off. Am I misunderstanding something?? Do I need to calm down?

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[–] pelletbucket@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

we've discovered the corruption of the Supreme Court and they're getting as much done as they can before anybody tries to do anything about it. it's literally going to take amendments to the Constitution to fix this shit I think, and the people with the money to fund the politicians have no reason to push for it

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[–] nick@midwest.social 7 points 2 months ago

Yes, duh.

[–] StinkySocialist@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Yes I'm terrified! Honestly I'm thinking about moving to Vietnam. One it's socialist and check with my username I'm into that lol. Also like America is the world hegemon if it starts going after everybody or World War 3 breaks out I can't think of a safer place to be the Vietnam.

This may seem dramatic and hopefully it is but I don't think it is. Democrats won't use this power it or actually curtail it and as soon as another republican wins office this country will go full mask off fascist so fast. Honestly the mask might be off now. This frogs been boiled so long she's not sure if she's dead yet.

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[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

I'm not worried about it from now until January. And in November I'll know if I need to worry in January, or in 2029.

But it IS worrying that at some point we'll have a republican president, trump or otherwise, and then all bets are off.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Qualified immunity was bad enough, fuck yeah I'm worried. Politicians should have fewer protections, not more. This is supposed to be a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people" and this is not that.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Pretty sure we all are at least a little ticked off about it. Except for maybe all the fat oranges magats out there

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

SCOTUS
POTUS
FLOTUS

[–] jbk@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 months ago

Using these instead of just "the Supreme Court" and "the President" seems so weird as someone not from the US

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