politics
Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!
Rules:
- Post only links to articles. Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.
Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.
Example:
- Articles must be relevant to US politics and contain quality and original content. Social Media adjacent hosts like Substack are allowed, but ONLY if they tie back to a company/subsidiary. No personal or friend group blogs and no self-promotion. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and re-hosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
- Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing other users of being bots or paid actors.
- No memes, trolling, misinformation, or low-effort posts/comments (including reposts). If you see posts like this that anger you, do not engage. Report, block, and live a happier life than they do. Any slap-fight is subject to comment removals. Fights full of rule violations will result in temporary bans to cool off.
- No manipulating votes via bots or alt accounts; this will result in permanent bans. Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
- No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in an account ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be permanently banned.
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules and use critical thinking when reading, posting, and commenting. Users that repeatedly have comments or posts removed, weaponize reports, or violate the code of conduct, will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users. The reason(s) behind moderator action(s) are publicly available through the Modlog.
That's all the rules!
Civic Links
• Congressional Awards Program
• Library of Congress Legislative Resources
• U.S. House of Representatives
Partnered Communities:
• News
view the rest of the comments
This is an ENORMOUSLY important ruling. When everybody was getting all excited about SCOTUS giving Trump full immunity, there were reasons to remain optimistic.
There had never been guide rails on the presidency before, and for the first time, guide rails were installed, when SCOTUS said he had immunity for OFFICIAL acts. That's a really important qualifier, especially considering there were NO rules before.
So what are "Official" acts? It seems obvious that the ONLY Official acts would be the presidential responsibilities as outlined in the Constitution. By using the qualifier "Official," they are drawing a clear line between official and unofficial duties. He has immunity for Official things, but not for anything outside of his "Official" duties. This judge has stated specifically that paying hush money, and engaging in a cover-up, are not "subsumed" (included/ covered) in Presidential Immunity. He is making a clear distinction between Official and Unofficial acts, with unofficial acts, such as crimes, not covered.
This is the first time that a judge has said that the president doesn't have full immunity for EVERYTHING, especially criminal behavior. The importance of this cannot be overstated. This means he doesn't have immunity for ANY of his criminal activities.
This corrupt, treasonous pedophile is criming all over the place thinking he is protected by immunity, and his lawyers are equally stupid, so he just keeps digging a deeper hole for himself, and that's where he will ultimately end up.
When does he get arrested for stoking an insurrection while plotting a coup? Same thing for him laying plans right now for fucking with the way states conduct their elections?
I cannot wait for anyone who worked for him to start getting consequences, by the way. So many dumbfucks thinking they are above the law: Bondi, Blanche, Stephen Miller, and so on.
When he stole the election in 2024, he was fighting the justice system with two major cases - The Jan 6 Insurrection, and the Stolen Documents Case. Those cases didn't go away, they were just suspended. When he's out, if Dems are in power, they could revive those cases, and I will be screaming for them to be re-opened on Inauguration Day.
And there are a LOT of others who will go to prison, and there may even be some executions for those whose irresponsible behavior led to the deaths of thousands, such as Musk, Hegseth, RFK, Jr., and Trump, of course.
Agreed and great point. One thing that has always been odd to me is that while he can cry it might have been official — he wasn’t president when this happened, and I’ve never seen this issue raised or reported.