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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17119069

"In every use of official power, the president is now a king above the law," warned Justice Sonia Sotomayor. "With fear for our democracy, I dissent."

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[-] snooggums@midwest.social 32 points 1 week ago

If Biden does the exact same thing as the orange turd, the packed courts will rule that Biden's actions were not official but the angry orange's were.

The decision is entirely a power grab that will be abused by conservatives and not by anyone with morals. That is what these fascists are counting on.

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Depends entirely on what is done in the next 6 months...

[-] snooggums@midwest.social 10 points 1 week ago

Biden won't abuse this power because he isn't a complete trash person and SCOTUS knows it. They know that the only party that will abuse this power is the Republican party.

So until this trash opinion is undone, every single election is an imminent threat to democracy.

[-] logicbomb@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

They should be terrified of what Trump would do to them with this power, though. History has shown time and time again that, just because Trump likes you today, that doesn't mean he won't fire you tomorrow. Or in this case, should I say "fire" you tomorrow.

[-] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

Leopards won't eat their faces. Or if it seems like they will, they'll just do what he wants. They may have tried to maintain appearances of doing law, just conservatively, during his presidency, but since then they've abandoned it and are just a kangaroo court. You don't declare the president a king and precedent optional while still maintaining some pretense of justice. They think they've won and now is the time to put their plans into motion.

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