The president could "assassinate" political rivals and still enjoy total immunity, Trump lawyer says - eviltoast
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    7 months ago

    So theoretically the current president could fire up seal team 6 and clean house…

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        Why use a team at all? As commander in chief doesn’t Biden get touch any gun he wants?

        He could just set up an XM250 and blast all the Justices he doesn’t like as they leave court.

        Mr. Biden, how did you restore legitimacy to the courts? Well I just started blasting…

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          7 months ago

          Dick Cheney has entered the chat, as an example of why elderly people might not be the best people to be pulling the trigger.

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        7 months ago

        SEAL team 6 is not an actual SEAL team, they are a special counterterrorist group instead of naval special forces. Their name was to confuse the Soviets in 1980.

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        Hey now, this court case is about the presidential ability to assassinate rivals, not the presidential ability to use the armed forces against American citizens on American soil. We would need the national guard for that.