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[–] [email protected] 120 points 4 months ago (1 children)

He doesn’t even have to assassinate 1 or 2. Thomas committed tax fraud on his RV deal and Alito probably did on his bribes. Joe Biden apparently has dictatorial powers over the IRS and DOJ. Start arresting people and when Trump supporters act up, use emergency powers to drone strike Mar-a-Lago. Those are all official acts.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Biden doesn't have the balls to do this. It would be cool as heck if he did.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 4 months ago (3 children)

No. No, it would not. The cooler thing would be to deny SCOTUS in this. Their interpretation of this is far and away the wrong decision. Playing by the new rule only legitimizes it. Pull an Andrew Jackson, deny SCOTUS their ruling and continue as though nothing happened. Same with the end of Chevron deference and Roe.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Wild response

The idea od suggesting following any prior tactics of Andrew Jackson is revolting, as cool as your response is

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Andrew Jackson was a racist pursuing genocide, but he was right that the court doesn't have any inherent power to enforce its edicts. That was explicitly outlined in the Federalist Papers as a reason giving court "ultimate decider" powers wasn't a problem.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I admire your intelligence.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Ah, right, certainly the next President will also behave the same way...

This feels terribly naive. It would be one thing if we could cement into the Constitution that the President does not have immunity, but Congress can barely pass a funding bill, let alone an amendment. But failing to use the power granted to try and set the country on a better path just ensures that a dictator will rise who does not care about keeping the status quo. And Trump will have a rubber-stamp SC that will say any act he seems to be official is.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Make it nice and official though!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Maybe not. But Dark Brandon does...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

If there were ever a time for Dark Brandon to emerge, this would be it!