• ImplyingImplications
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    4 months ago

    The ruling was that the president is immune from criminal punishment over offical acts not that the president can pass any laws they want.

    • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      4 months ago

      Arguably, passing a law without congress would be an unofficial act and breaking the law.

      At that point, he could be impeached, and after impeachment, charged with a crime related to the impeachment.