After Supreme Court immunity ruling, Biden draws sharp contrast with Trump on obeying rule of law - eviltoast

President Joe Biden warned Monday that a Supreme Court ruling granting presidents broad immunity from prosecutionwould make an unchecked Republican Donald Trump “more emboldened to do whatever he wants” if he regains the White House in November’s election.

Biden, under intense pressure after his disastrous debate performance against Trump last week, urged Americans to think carefully about their election decision and signaled he had no intention of dropping out of the race.

Criticizing the decision by the court’s conservative majority — which all but guarantees Trump will not face trial in Washington ahead of the November election over his actions during the violent riot on Jan. 6, 2021 — Biden said it now fell to the American people “to do what the courts should have been willing to do but will not.

“The American people have to render judgment about Donald Trump’s behavior.”

  • TheKMAP@lemmynsfw.com
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    4 months ago

    All y’all are forgetting that if Biden does some wild shit, it would create a precedent and make it OK for Trump to do it too. Please think literally one step ahead.

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        4 months ago

        But it won’t be “OK” to do. And things that aren’t OK can be prosecuted.

        You’re expecting Biden to do your revolution for you lmao

        If the system is as broken as you say that you need the president to commit crimes, get out of your armchair.

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      4 months ago

      if Biden does some wild shit, it would create a precedent and make it OK for Trump to do it too.

      How would Trump be able to do it if he’s dead?

      Biden is above the law now, so he should just have Trump and the SC executed.

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      4 months ago

      Once the Court is cleared (and possible Congress) enact laws that forbide POTUS from doing anything that’s on the law books now. That should hog-tie the orange asshole for a bit anyway.

      Unless ofc he’s one of ‘cleared’ people. Then America will be fine.