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Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for offic... by nashashmi on Monday July 01, 2024 @02:15PM (#40848620)
FDR did a lot of wrong, including paying farmers to not work.
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Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for offic... by SoftTalker on Monday July 01, 2024 @02:40PM (#40848923)
A lot of presidents did a lot of wrong. The ones who did not would be a shorter list.
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Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for offic... by nashashmi on Monday July 01, 2024 @09:06PM (#40852601)
The point is there was a check and balance to make sure he did not get away with it
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Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for offic... by SoftTalker on Tuesday July 02, 2024 @01:39PM (#40858817)
AFAICT nothing changes as far as the remedy of impeachment as a check. The court is saying that the president has broad immunity from criminal charges in the judicial system, not that he can't be removed from power.
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