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[-] riskable@programming.dev 15 points 3 weeks ago

Oh? Does he really want to set a legal precedent that a sitting president can undo the pardons of prior presidents?

Perhaps he's on to something! 🤣

[-] ech@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 weeks ago

Take a moment to consider why he's not concerned about a next president.

[-] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago

His attention span isn't that long.

[-] ech@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 weeks ago

The guy's been screaming his intent for years now and y'all are still convinced he doesn't mean it.

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[-] WR5@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Hopefully his life span isn't either.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

He doesn't intend for there to be any other sitting presidents after him. At least not before he's dead.

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

Let's get to that "after"

[-] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 14 points 3 weeks ago

Trump is a pedophile.

[-] sturmblast@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago

Trump is a mentally ill pedophile.

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 weeks ago

I thought the POTUS couldn’t break the law? Or does that go out the window once they’re not sitting? Does Trump really want to set THAT precedent?

[-] frongt@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 weeks ago

When the president does it, that means that it is not illegal.

[-] snooggums@piefed.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Obviously not retroactive to before Trump!

[-] TheFogan@programming.dev 3 points 3 weeks ago

Or after... or in-between trump 1 and 2.

[-] santa@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

I believe Nixon had said that.

[-] frongt@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yup. And at that time, we never found out if it was true or not. Since then, Republicans have been tirelessly working to ensure it is. And now we see the fruits of their labor: a Republican president as king.

[-] santa@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

Often I imagine had Carter elected to move on a Nixon conviction if we would be where we are now. I don’t think we would. Holding power to account doesn’t seem to be an American or Democratic thing to do. When it is, I believe we may have more geopolitical standing in accountability and Democracy. Until we walk the talk we seem to be a cesspool of quacking ducks.

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[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

Doesn't matter if trump sets the precedent.

The DNC kicked neoliberals out of the chair last year, and Martin has been giving all the money stolen from state parties via the "victory fund" back to the state parties this whole time

Holding that money and hanging it above the state's heads is how the neoliberals maintained power.

That's gone, been gone...

We won't get a neoliberal candidate forced down our throats this time, we'll get a candidate that Dem voters actually want, and they're fucking tired of maga getting away from this shit and want someone actually willing to hold them accountable asap.

And without that money hanging over state parties heads, our next set of congressional leaders will similar not be neoliberals who fight progress harder than MAGA.

It's like we're up 250-0 in the first quarter. The battle for the party is over, progressives won. We just have to wait for the clock to run down, unless we can pressure neoliberala to resign now so they can be replaced in special elections ahead of primaries.

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[-] mrdown@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

If biden get arrested. Trump would be next

[-] humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

The Nazis losing round one doesn’t guarantee they’ll lose round two. I worry they’ve learned from their mistakes while the opposition hasn’t.

[-] HarneyToker@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

A precedent was set in 2005 that stated the president "need not personally perform the physical act of affixing his signature to a bill" and may direct a subordinate to use an autopen, as long as the president has approved and decided to sign it

[-] Doorbook@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

Horrible people can say the write thing. While this is not a law, making it illegal would be a good idea.

Unfortunately that will never happen.

[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 weeks ago

Trump, the Supreme Court said otherwise regarding the presidency to save your ass, you fucking dipshit.

[-] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 weeks ago

...says the guy who doesn't even know what half the people he's pardoned were even in prison for.

[-] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Trump used an autopen all the time in his first failure of a presidency.

[-] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 4 points 3 weeks ago

white house breaks the law daily... can we get some arrests there?

[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

I'm sure the DOJ lawyers will get right on that after they finish burning the remaining epstein files.

[-] minorkeys@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Don't presidents have immunity?

[-] elvith@feddit.org 5 points 3 weeks ago

Only if it was an official act. To determine whether an act was official is easy, just refer to this chart:

  • Trump: Yes, it was an official act.
  • Someone else: No, it wasn't.
[-] SoloCritical@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah it’s pretty apparent that whoever is in charge gets to decide what’s official and what isn’t. Miller himself even confirmed might makes right.

[-] dan1101@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

He is only concerned over illegal actions by Democrats, the poors, and brown people. Everyone else gets congratulations.

[-] orbitz@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

Heck for a good contribution you get a pardon too. Can even not be white for the right amount. Only people he says one nice thing about are people who've fluffed him up. If you've said no once to him you're on his shit list.

Awesome leader there United States, hah he's a LINO anyways, leader in name only. It's really president Miller, the guy who got into politics cause he's too weak to strangle prostitutes.

[-] llacook@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

This moron also uses the auto pen

[-] GaryGhost@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Auto sharpie

[-] bunkyprewster@startrek.website 3 points 3 weeks ago

Somebody doesn't know how to work the auto pen

[-] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 weeks ago

He's actually auto-penned a bunch of stuff during both presidencies.

[-] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Auto sharpie.

[-] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

One month past the Epstein files release date. Still finding media disctractions.

[-] Critical_Drinking@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Autopen his ass. Sue every still living president and their staff then. This guy is an imbecile.

[-] 4grams@awful.systems 1 points 3 weeks ago

I actually kind of want him to succeed in this. If we manage to get ourselves out of this fucking nightmare, we’re going to need to undo a lot of damage, and this would open up one much needed tool.

[-] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

arresting members of past administrations? yeah, okay. I'm in.

[-] yakko@feddit.uk 2 points 3 weeks ago

It's not as if any president in living memory hasn't committed terrible crimes, so yeah

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