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Useful_Mistake said:
He did concede some parts he shouldn't have (in oral) as unofficial, but I think the main charges were official acts, so he should be fine.
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My impression from listening to the oral argument was that they felt they had to concede on certain "official/unofficial" questions in order to keep any justices from chickening out. No doubt they gave up more than they wanted to, though.
 
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My impression from listening to the oral argument was that they felt they had to concede on certain "official/unofficial" questions in order to keep any justices from chickening out.
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I don't like it from an outside perspective, but that probably was the right call. Winning that issue was more important for Trump than conceding certain less important claims.
 
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Useful_Mistake said:
I don't like it from an outside perspective, but that probably was the right call. Winning that issue was more important for Trump than conceding certain less important claims.
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Plus claiming a President has full, absolute immunity on everything would set bad precedent if agreed to. Political assassinations would be on the table.
 
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Useful_Mistake said:
I don't like it from an outside perspective, but that probably was the right call. Winning that issue was more important for Trump than conceding certain less important claims.
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The courts still will be tied up for years deciding what a unofficial act is. At that point Trump is a old man. He might be dead by then just by running out the clock. Checkmate.
 
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Drag-on Knight 91873 said:
Ugh, that would start a religion at this point. Or elevate Trump to the Second Coming, which is just as bad.
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Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Orange
He is grabbing up the crotches where the sour cunts are stored
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift tweets
His tan is spray-ing on
 
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Gehenna said:
Political assassinations would be on the table.
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His contention was always that he could do that, it would be an official act, but he could also get convicted over it if Senate convicted him for impeachment over it. I don't really like entertaining these hypotheticals, because if Trump starts killing his rivals, either DoJ gets killed too, or they work for him. I don't see much value in that debate.
 
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It would also be so extremely obvious as to who did it. I don't know the ramifications of THAT, but I can say for a fact it would just be too clear as to who killed him and why. I think it would be very chaotic though, at the very least.
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A likely scenario would be Republican Establishment purging the populists from their party while mainstream conservatives tell their supporters to go high and vote harder in Trump's memory.
 
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Rabbi Palpenstein said:
The glowies have made the wrong decision at every single turn since they picked a fight with him, and every single thing they try to get rid of him has only made him stronger. I wouldn't put it past them to try and fucking kill him now
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I'm kind of not as well informed as a lot of you are here, but I do know the primary circuses are the January 6th incident and his dealings with hush money. What do they really have to gain from killing him? With the disaster that was the debate, the immediate desperation and despair that followed, and then an assassination, it would just be pinned on the Democrats, no? It would be an absolute disaster.
 
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Well thanks Supreme Court. Now King Biden I can officially declare Trump a terrorist and officially imprison him officially without trial (and without consequences)
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I pray for a day when the left finally learns that words aren't magic words. The ruling doesn't say a President can declare anything an official act by using the word "official" like Micheal Scott declaring bankruptcy. It also doesn't say he can get away with implementing any policy. The courts can still tell the President "No" when official acts are prohibited by law. They just can't prosecute him for it too.
 
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