• Omega_Man@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    How can an illegall act be an official act? Isn’t this basically saying that if the president does it, it’s not illegal? They’re speaking out of both sides of their mouths.

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    5 months ago

    This is fucking terrible news. One man, above the law, indivisible. With liberty and justice for himself.

    Fuck the SCOTUS. Its past time we removed them.

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      5 months ago

      Good thing that they just told everyone the president has immunity to do whatever. Biden can remove corrupt supreme court officials in the name of saving democracy. Hell he could even have them put to death by guillotine on the steps of the capital and it’ll be alright because they just said the president could do that. And since they are very clearly a threat to our democracy, he would be in the right.

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    Well, fellow Americans. This experiment with democracy was fun while it lasted. Every significant goal of the founding fathers has been systematically thwarted by these Christofascists. We once again have a de-facto monarch.

    The consequences of this decision will be dire, and unpredictable. Every law, every right, every freedom can now be undone by an official wave of the president’s hand. Rights to privacy? Gone. Due process? Gone. Bill of Rights? Gone.

    No one—democrat or republican—should be happy about this. The right to bear arms is now on the chopping block right along with LGBTQ+ and abortion rights.

    Hopefully I’m wrong. Hopefully I’m misreading the situation. But it sure sounds like every right that previously defined us as American people now hinges on the benevolence of our president. Americans can no longer brag about “American freedom.”