Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for official acts

Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for offic... by theshrike79 on Monday July 01, 2024 @03:32PM (#40849652)

So the US shouldn't be able to conduct any kind of military operations against any country they haven't declared war on?

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Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for offic... by lapcat on Monday July 01, 2024 @03:38PM (#40849724)

Correct.

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Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for offic... by umvi on Monday July 01, 2024 @04:36PM (#40850362)

So the US has to declare war on Russia and China in order to support Ukraine and Taiwan? Declaring war on those superpowers would be a serious act of aggression and start WW3.

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Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for offic... by lapcat on Monday July 01, 2024 @05:22PM (#40850841)

That depends on what you mean by "support". Selling weapons is not in itself an act of war, whereas using weapons is.

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Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for offic... by kristjansson on Monday July 01, 2024 @04:38PM (#40850381)

Not without timely notification of and authorization by Congress.

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Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for offic... by theshrike79 on Tuesday July 02, 2024 @07:53AM (#40855728)

So shooting at the Houthi rebels[0] would also require a declaration of war? Would that be against Yemen or the Houthis, who don't have a country?

https://apnews.com/article/yemen-houthis-red-sea-shipping-ce...

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