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Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for offic... by goodluckchuck on Tuesday July 02, 2024 @07:55AM (#40855746)
Not intent, but the location and nature of the order. If it’s not in a war zone, not targeting an enemy combatant, etc. that’s not an order that falls within the scope of the core actions of a commander in chief.
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Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for offic... by ceejayoz on Tuesday July 02, 2024 @08:37AM (#40856032)
Neither is pressuring the Vice President not to certify the election, but they explicitly state it to be an official act. Page 31 of the ruling:

> Whenever the President and Vice President discuss their official responsibilities, they engage in official conduct. Pre- siding over the January 6 certification proceeding at which Members of Congress count the electoral votes is a consti- tutional and statutory duty of the Vice President.

> The indictment’s allega- tions that Trump attempted to pressure the Vice President to take particular acts in connection with his role at the cer- tification proceeding thus involve official conduct, and Trump is at least presumptively immune from prosecution for such conduct.

They're laying out an extremely permissive standard.

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