cmeu@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 7 months agoIf presidential immunity is absolute..message-squaremessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up1214arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1203arrow-down1message-squareIf presidential immunity is absolute..cmeu@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square85fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKAYDUBELL@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·7 months agoBiden could just pardon himself, and then let congress fix the issue. He shouldn’t have to go to jail if he’s going to play by SCOTUS’s dumb rules
minus-squareBlameThePeacocklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoI think the going to jail part is the “right” thing to do. The point is to force the country to make sure nobody else can ever do this, while recognizing that it’s still a bad action that needs to be taken in order to ensure it gets corrected.
Biden could just pardon himself, and then let congress fix the issue. He shouldn’t have to go to jail if he’s going to play by SCOTUS’s dumb rules
I think the going to jail part is the “right” thing to do. The point is to force the country to make sure nobody else can ever do this, while recognizing that it’s still a bad action that needs to be taken in order to ensure it gets corrected.