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It's not illegal when the president does it. So the Supreme Court has said.
by quantified 2y ago
It's not illegal when the president does it. So the Supreme Court has said.
- bediger4000 2y agoI think you're missing a nuance. When Trump is the president, it's not illegal when the president does it.
- quantified 2y agoFor now, true. We can't generalize until there are more presidents with this supreme power. I kind of want to see him take gold from Fort Knox for some "official purpose". Why not? It'd be such a flex, if we're getting this treatment it may as well be interesting.
- db48x 2y agoNo, it didn't. Go reread the decision. It states that the President has absolute immunity for any enumerated power. That's every power that the Constitution explicitly gives to the Executive branch instead of one of the others. If the Constitution says that the President can, or indeed must, do a thing then no court may rule it a violation of the law.