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Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for offic... by goatlover on Tuesday July 02, 2024 @01:52AM (#40853877)
Maybe, but who is doing the overruling, how do prevent it from being abused for political purposes, and how do you keep the overruled people from becoming very cynical and dissatisfied with democracy as a result?
Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for offic... by ok_dad on Tuesday July 02, 2024 @04:34AM (#40854663)
Keep asking those questions while trump implements project 2025. I’m sure once you figure it out, the stooges behind it will give up all that juicy executive power.
Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for offic... by rayiner on Tuesday July 02, 2024 @08:49AM (#40856119)
The executive is already 90% filled with people who not only are one party, but share a particular, distinctive ideology, who have demonstrated their willingness to subvert the institutions they work for in service of that ideology: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/resistance-from-with.... (Remember this happened before Trump did anything. It was based purely on federal workers’ moral objections to Trump’s stance on immigration.)

If Project 2025 succeeds behind its wildest dreams, it won’t even come close to even balancing things out.

Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for offic... by dctoedt on Tuesday July 02, 2024 @01:09PM (#40858564)
> If Project 2025 succeeds behind its wildest dreams, it won’t even come close to even balancing things out.

You're pretty optimistic about that. Trump has amply demonstrated that he can be ruthless. And he'll bring on people as cabinet secretaries and undersecretaries who will be of the same mind.

Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for offic... by rayiner on Tuesday July 02, 2024 @11:41PM (#40862546)
No, its pessimism. Trump doesn’t have what it takes to restore the system to even a semblance of balance. I’m not sure it’s even possible given the decay in government-adjacent institutions like the law schools and bar associations.
Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for offic... by pseudalopex on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @09:23AM (#40865737)
> The executive is already 90% filled with people who not only are one party, but share a particular, distinctive ideology

Polls suggest not.[1]

> (Remember this happened before Trump did anything. It was based purely on federal workers’ moral objections to Trump’s stance on immigration.)

The article said not.

[1] https://www.govexec.com/management/2016/07/poll-clinton-open...