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Dems will never do what it takes to win (twitter.com)

submitted 7 months ago by regul@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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Context: Trump's lawyers are in front of the Supreme Court arguing that presidents cannot be prosecuted for any crimes they commit while in office.

Who knows how the Calvinball refs will decide this one, but if they go Trump's way, Biden has literally no excuse not to assassinate his political rivals.

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[-] glans@hexbear.net 26 points 7 months ago

Did anyone try to charge Obama?

Just because he could have been charged but wasn't, doesn't make it precedent. Its only precedent if it proceeds to court and there is a finding.

[-] barrbaric@hexbear.net 20 points 7 months ago

Look even if it's illegal, Trump is going to destroy our democracy so I'm going to have to ask Joe Brandon to take one for the team and risk going to jail for assassinating him with a drone.

[-] QuillcrestFalconer@hexbear.net 37 points 7 months ago

By not assassinating Trump, Biden is ensuring Trump will receive millions of votes. So Biden is the biggest trump voter in the country

[-] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 9 points 7 months ago

galaxy-brain

[-] QuillcrestFalconer@hexbear.net 3 points 7 months ago

A vote for Biden is a million votes for Trump!

[-] CTHlurker@hexbear.net 11 points 7 months ago

https://www.aclu.org/cases/al-aulaqi-v-panetta-constitutional-challenge-killing-three-us-citizens

The Awlaki family sued Leon Panetta for his involvement in the killing of both Anwar (the father suspected of being an Al-qaeda leader in Yemen) and Abdulrahman (the 17-year old American citizen and son of Anwar)

The judge more or less found that there is nothing in American constituional law that prevents the president from declaring people to be terorrist and then killing them, even if they're American citizens, minors, or located in a country that isn't at war with the US