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Trump asks judge to gut classified documents case after immunity ruling
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Why doesn't Biden just have Trump and the conservative SC judges shot for treason? It'd be an "official act" and therefore OK according to conservatives, after all. It'd make the world in general a better place, and also help stop the US sliding (further…) into fascism
The court's ruling prevents the president from being personally charged criminally for official acts during the presidency. The ruling doesn't give the executive branch unlimited powers. The ruling doesn't put the executive branch above the authority of the courts. The ruling doesn't force federal employees to blindly follow any order given by the president. Courts and congress can stop the executive branch. The checks and balances still exist.
The president can't be charged for any crimes they commit when on duty, just like cops and CEOs. They charge the organization with the crime to shield the individual who actually did the crime. This is american justice. Turns out many people are above the law.
The threat of eventual prosecution is not the only thing preventing widespread political assassinations.
So you're saying that Biden personally needs to do it?
More realistically, in that it still won't happen but it involves more paperwork and less people with guns so the it done easier to get done: use the executive powers to declare their homes national parks open to the general public.
Or order the Treasury department to put them on the list of people banks can't do business with. One person in the Treasury making a 30 second form entry, and over the next few days it'll trickle out and freeze their accounts, credit cards, mortgages, and everything. Sure, the random banker involved could override it but they, ironically, have personal criminal liability risk if they do so, and do they really want to risk a decade in prison rather than let the lawyers fight about it?