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“(With) today’s Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity, that fundamentally changed. For all practical purposes, there are virtually no limits on what the president can do. It’s a fundamentally new principle and it’s a dangerous precedent because the power of the office will no longer be constrained by the law even including the supreme court of the United States.”

Throughout his address, Biden underscored the gravity of the moment, emphasizing that the only barrier to the president’s authority now lies in the personal restraint of the officeholder. He warned vehemently against the prospect of Trump returning to power, painting a stark picture of the dangers such an outcome could pose.

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These threads are awash with comments like this but you can't avoid fascism by becoming a fascist.

Shit is fucked but arbitrary killing is not the solution.

[-] Delusional@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Well republican fascism isn't being stopped by the normal way of doing things since they don't even take the law into consideration and keep fighting dirty. Seems to me that someone needs to fight dirty against them. As long as the rule of law and checks and balances can be continued afterwards then we're good but currently, we're heading into christofascism.

As long as the rule of law and checks and balances can be continued afterwards

Historically that never happens and it's naive to think that it would.

[-] SeducingCamel@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

Damn you right guess we just give up the country to trump

That's a false dichotomy.

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