*** The Official MAGAposting thread ***

[MadMojoMonkey]

Jesus, the SCOTUS ruling was much worse than I realized.

The US President is now immune from any criminal prosecution for virtually anything they do while in office. Furthermore, nothing they do while in office can be used as evidence in any criminal trial over something that happened when they weren't in office.

Technically, this isn't 100% sweeping across all circumstances, but the court basically ruled that the president can only be held accountable if they're not officially acting in the office of the President... which is like... what does that mean, how can it be proved, who gets to decide what does and doesn't count? There's no line, there.

So fuck the whole point of creating a democracy without a king.

Biden could now, in theory, just openly murder Trump on live TV, and face no criminal consequences. He could order anyone else to do so, and while that person is not protected, the President could pardon them, even preemptively. The President could order the murder of the whole of their political opponents and that's now immune from criminal prosecution, and again, they can pardon anyone who assists them in this coup, granting them immunity as well.

What the actual fuck.

[Poopadoop]

What the actual fuck.

Sounds pretty fascist.

[OngBonga]

It's hard to believe that the President would face legal immunity for literally murdering his political rivals.

Mojo you yourself say "virtually" anything they do in office. So, what are the caveats if it's not murdering your political rivals?

[MadMojoMonkey]

It's hard to believe that the President would face legal immunity for literally murdering his political rivals.

Mojo you yourself say "virtually" anything they do in office. So, what are the caveats if it's not murdering your political rivals?

The immunity is blanket over any action that is "acting in the office of the President." Not only can they not face criminal charges, anything they do while acting in the office of the President is not allowed as evidence in any court.

The only thing that isn't clear is if *anything* the president does is "outside" their actions in the office. Any argument can be made to that effect.

If the President orders the assassination of anyone (political rival is just an example), and that person follows the order, that person is accountable for their crime. However, one of the powers of the President is to pardon any crime by any criminal. So the person who gives the order is immune and can pass on immunity as they please.