#Trump is above the law

[rejectingrepublicans]

[republicansaredomesticterrorists]

He keeps the title of convicted felon but receives no punishment, not even a fine. Teflon Don strikes again and the two tier justice system fails us again. I knew he would get off the hook but was expecting at least some token punishment of a fine or community service. He was allowed to speak and called it an unfair hoax to keep him from becoming president.

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[republicansaretheproblem]

Still a convicted felon but no punishment, not even a fine.

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[beauty-funny-trippy]

Justice Sonia Sotomayor, along with the other two Democrat-appointed justices, powerfully said in the dissenting opinion: the Supreme Court has made “a mockery of the principle, foundational to our Constitution and system of Government, that no man is above the law.”

"When [a president] uses his official powers in any way, under the majority's reasoning, he now will be insulated from criminal prosecution. Orders the Navy's Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune. Organizes a military coup to hold onto power? Immune. Takes a bribe in exchange for a pardon? Immune. Immune, immune, immune,... In every use of official power, the president is now a king above the law," wrote Justice Sotomayor.

This corrupt, extreme far-right Supreme Court has just opened the gates and paved the road for a fascist America. It means politicians, judges, their families, etc., will be in fear if they speak out against the president, or don't do what he wants, they could be arrested or killed. If you protest, you and your family could be imprisoned or shot.

When the Executive branch of government has the power to threaten members of the Legislative and Judicial branches, all "checks and balances" preventing the abuse of power have been destroyed.

Why isn't anyone losing their minds that Biden could now become a dictator or order assassinations? Because everyone knows he is a decent man who would never do such a thing.

However, if Donald Trump wins this election, there is literally nothing to stop him from fulfilling his heart's desire and becoming America's first dictator. He, and any future president, can now, legally, stage a military coup and hold on to power for life and his vice president would be the next to reign for the rest of their life. No more real elections.

Now, more than ever, Donald Trump is a clear and present danger to America.

In this election, not voting, is a dangerous choice.

[giantmonster]

[justinspoliticalcorner]

This nation was founded on a simple yet profound principle: No one is above the law. Not the president of the United States. Not a justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. No one. But the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision on July 1 to grant presidents broad immunity from prosecution for crimes they commit in office means there are virtually no limits on what a president can do. The only limits will be those that are self-imposed by the person occupying the Oval Office. [...] On top of dangerous and extreme decisions that overturn settled legal precedents — including Roe v. Wade — the court is mired in a crisis of ethics. Scandals involving several justices have caused the public to question the court’s fairness and independence, which are essential to faithfully carrying out its mission of equal justice under the law. For example, undisclosed gifts to justices from individuals with interests in cases before the court, as well as conflicts of interest connected with Jan. 6 insurrectionists, raise legitimate questions about the court’s impartiality. [...] First, I am calling for a constitutional amendment called the No One Is Above the Law Amendment. It would make clear that there is no immunity for crimes a former president committed while in office. I share our Founders’ belief that the president’s power is limited, not absolute. We are a nation of laws — not of kings or dictators. Second, we have had term limits for presidents for nearly 75 years. We should have the same for Supreme Court justices. The United States is the only major constitutional democracy that gives lifetime seats to its high court. Term limits would help ensure that the court’s membership changes with some regularity. That would make timing for court nominations more predictable and less arbitrary. It would reduce the chance that any single presidency radically alters the makeup of the court for generations to come. I support a system in which the president would appoint a justice every two years to spend 18 years in active service on the Supreme Court. Third, I’m calling for a binding code of conduct for the Supreme Court. This is common sense. The court’s current voluntary ethics code is weak and self-enforced. Justices should be required to disclose gifts, refrain from public political activity and recuse themselves from cases in which they or their spouses have financial or other conflicts of interest. Every other federal judge is bound by an enforceable code of conduct, and there is no reason for the Supreme Court to be exempt. All three of these reforms are supported by a majority of Americans— as well as conservative and liberal constitutional scholars. And I want to thank the bipartisan Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States for its insightful analysis, which informed some of these proposals.

President Joe Biden for The Washington Post on Supreme Court reforms (07.29.2024).

President Joe Biden wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post this morning about his plan to reform the Supreme Court. His plans to fix the nation’s highest court include 3 key items:

Term limits of 18 years.

Binding code of ethics.

Constitutional Amendment that states Presidents cannot have immunity for crimes committed while in office.

These plans are supported by the majority of Americans.

[maxbegone]

Hey remember when we were taught in school that there was supposed to be a balance of power? What in the everliving dystopian FUCK is this????

[obsessivelollipoplalala]

It's one of those days where it's extremely hard to keep politics off this blog, but just know that I'm dgfkngbdkjg *screams in 2016*

[rejectingrepublicans]

[republicansaredomesticterrorists]

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[republicansaretheproblem]

[beauty-funny-trippy]

[contemplatingoutlander]

Satirist Alexandra Petri hits it out of the ballpark again. This time on the double standards regarding the law and presidents. Here are some excerpts. Enjoy! 😁

Take to the streets! We must show them: This is America! Some people are above the law!

If my vote does not impart the elected officials of my choosing with unprecedented, extraordinary powers — the power to do crimes, the power to stay in office even when more people vote for them not to stay in office — then what was I even voting for?

Some people are saying that if you break the law, you should have to face the music, whether you’ve been president or not. I think: No! My president should not have to face the music at any time! He is a symbolic figurehead who can face any direction he wants with respect to the music, like the tiny dancer that rotates on top of a child’s music box.

Because make no mistake: It is not Donald Trump being indicted. I know his name is on the paperwork. But that’s actually 74 million people. That’s you. That’s me. That’s a grandfather whittling away at a stick, that’s a veteran, a My Pillow commercial, an American flag, a copy of “Hillbilly Elegy” in an airport bookstore, Marjorie Taylor Greene’s best friend, the Muffin Man, a Navy SEAL, a brother, a sister, the QAnon Shaman, others. [...] Trying to impose law on My President violates the unspoken contract that I thought we were operating under, wherein fellows by the name of Brett and Don and Tripp get to experience the protection of the law but not its sting. He has no business being on the business end of the law. The law is something that when men of his stripe break, they go “whoops” and pay a fine! This allows society to keep functioning efficiently for those whose benefit it is designed. [...] I am not saying that all presidents should get to do crimes. That would be irresponsible and set a bad precedent. Just the presidents I vote for. The ones I don’t vote for were not legitimately elected, and they should all be in jail.

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[webntrmpt2x]

Excerpt:

“On this cold Monday afternoon in the nation’s capital, a twice-impeached convicted felon was inaugurated in the very building where his attempt to steal an election four years ago left pools of blood. Donald Trump beat the damning federal criminal cases against him because the Supreme Court, and then will of voters, snuffed out any possibility for those historic trials to commence. He was elected, this time with a plurality of the popular vote, on a platform that is somehow more rancidly authoritarian and anti-democratic, proudly corrupt and abusive, and ethnic-cleansing-prone than his and his party’s platforms were in 2016 and 2020. His personality cult and iron grip on the GOP only grew in the years since the Jan. 6 Capitol riot that he instigated, as it did in the years since his first administration produced a four-year-long arterial spray of scandal, barbarism, and abhorrent mismanagement, including during the mass death and economic implosion of the coronavirus pandemic.”