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Trump Lawyer Says Having Political Rival Killed Could Constitute 'Official' Presidential Act
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this post was submitted on 25 Apr 2024
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I don't get it, are they really arguing that Biden can just have Trump killed? And it would be perfectly legal!
No, rules only apply to the out-group.
If Trump wins the election, the SCOTUS will agree and let Trump do whatever the fuck he wants. If he loses, then SCOTUS will not let the ruling go through. The SCOTUS will conveniently wait until after the election to make a ruling on this.
This.
Plus they are arguing this knowing Biden won’t do that and so if it passed then Trump will have free rein if he wins and he will likely try to exercise that option is my guess.
Well no it's dumber than that. If a president can have sometime killed he could then have someone banished or imprisoned. They're literally arguing that the argument they're making is pointless because a president can do whatever they want.
I'm not sure they can realistically run out that clock. But they can absolutely just ignore a past ruling, if they want. Also, Biden just wouldn't do that. He's a shit, in a lot of ways, but not that kind of shit. Buuut the important point is that this argument is effective, accurate or not. Scare the MAGAts about what Biden, or, say, a future President Alexandria Ocasio Cortez might do. It doesn't have to be a realistic threat, just play into their existing narrative.
Why just Trump? add the supreme Court, the senate and the house as an opening act.
They don't think very far ahead do they?
Yep.