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Is anyone else highly concerned with the SCOTUS ruling that the POTUS is immune from criminal liability? (lemmy.autism.place)

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Sorry if this is not the proper community for this question. Please let me know if I should post this question elsewhere.

So like, I'm not trying to be hyperbolic or jump on some conspiracy theory crap, but this seems like very troubling news to me. My entire life, I've been under the impression that no one is technically/officially above the law in the US, especially the president. I thought that was a hard consensus among Americans regardless of party. Now, SCOTUS just made the POTUS immune to criminal liability.

The president can personally violate any law without legal consequences. They also already have the ability to pardon anyone else for federal violations. The POTUS can literally threaten anyone now. They can assassinate anyone. They can order anyone to assassinate anyone, then pardon them. It may even grant complete immunity from state laws because if anyone tries to hold the POTUS accountable, then they can be assassinated too. This is some Putin-level dictator stuff.

I feel like this is unbelievable and acknowledge that I may be wayyy off. Am I misunderstanding something?? Do I need to calm down?

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[-] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 79 points 4 months ago

I've seen dozens of people, including myself, wondering why there's no one in the streets over this, it's a long weekend for a lot of people too.
Honestly, DC is a 10 hour drive for me. If I didn't think I'd be the lone idiot protesting I'd be on my way because I'm off until Monday.
But there's safety in numbers. One person in the street will get arrested and end up as a footnote in the local papers, a million people might make them notice.

[-] Today@lemmy.world 46 points 4 months ago

I've had plenty of days where i wondered of it was worth my kids living without me to live without him.

[-] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I think about this all the time: people commit suicide by gun every day. So they want to die and they have a gun. Even if 99% of them are too depressed to do anything but die, I really think there should have been several attempts on Trump by now. I mean, hit or miss, shoot yourself like you were going to anyway right?

I'm not advocating murder or suicide. I'm just surprised it hasn't happened.

[-] Today@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

I'm shocked there haven't been attempts!

[-] errer@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

I think it epitomizes our cultural complacency nowadays. It’s the same reason why we don’t have mass protests right now. People are too comfortable to give a fuck. Assassins are the seven sigma outliers of the distribution but the whole distribution has shifted so far to the complacent side that we just don’t have any anymore.

[-] Illuminostro@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It'll take something personally affecting too many people, like relatives being shipped off to internment camps, or to for-profit prisons for being homeless, or gay, or debt, or being to mouthy...

[-] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The fact that rational people might decide that stochastic terrorism is the most logical choice on both sides should terrify the FBI and Secret Service. Imagine standing in the middle of that?

[-] snekerpimp@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

Every fucking day

[-] Illuminostro@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

You underestimate current military weapons. Clusterbombs from drones would could kill hundreds of thousands of packed civilians. And don't think a Dictator wouldn't use them to stay in power.

[-] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

They are not in the streets because they are endless scrolling on their phones.

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