cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17119069

“In every use of official power, the president is now a king above the law,” warned Justice Sonia Sotomayor. “With fear for our democracy, I dissent.”

  • snooggums@midwest.social
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    5 months ago

    If Biden does the exact same thing as the orange turd, the packed courts will rule that Biden’s actions were not official but the angry orange’s were.

    The decision is entirely a power grab that will be abused by conservatives and not by anyone with morals. That is what these fascists are counting on.

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      5 months ago

      Biden could unpack those courts as an official act and pack it with his own judges, who would rule on the outcome.

      This is obviously what Trump would do in the same position. But it’s highly doubtful that Biden will.

      It would set an insanely dangerous precedent. But if he doesn’t, Republicans will the next time they hold the presidency.

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        5 months ago

        They don’t even need to. The same court that made this decision will say everything he does is official and (now) very legal. Some old conservatives will retire to be replaced by Eileen Cannon (she gets both of their seats), and the court just needs to sit back and endorse the fascism. They’ve already done the daring act, now everything else is procedure.

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        5 months ago

        Biden won’t abuse this power because he isn’t a complete trash person and SCOTUS knows it. They know that the only party that will abuse this power is the Republican party.

        So until this trash opinion is undone, every single election is an imminent threat to democracy.

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          5 months ago

          They should be terrified of what Trump would do to them with this power, though. History has shown time and time again that, just because Trump likes you today, that doesn’t mean he won’t fire you tomorrow. Or in this case, should I say “fire” you tomorrow.

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            5 months ago

            Leopards won’t eat their faces. Or if it seems like they will, they’ll just do what he wants. They may have tried to maintain appearances of doing law, just conservatively, during his presidency, but since then they’ve abandoned it and are just a kangaroo court. You don’t declare the president a king and precedent optional while still maintaining some pretense of justice. They think they’ve won and now is the time to put their plans into motion.