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> they would / should face severe consequences for defrauding the state. They are not above the law I don't know how to reply to a statement this naive. What a
by coldpie 2y ago
> they would / should face severe consequences for defrauding the state. They are not above the law
I don't know how to reply to a statement this naive. What about the past 8 years makes you think these people are not above the law?
> I don't know what checks and balances are available for that case though.
SCOTUS declared the president immune to prosecution. The only check on a rogue president is a 60+ seat majority of the opposite party in the Senate, which hasn't happened since the 1980s.
- drawkward 2y agoThere are other, extralegal, checks on a rogue president. I do not advocate them. But they do exist.
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