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It declared the president to be immune from prosecution for actions falling within the scope of his office. It did not declare that the president cannot be imp
by AnimalMuppet 1y ago
It declared the president to be immune from prosecution for actions falling within the scope of his office.
It did not declare that the president cannot be impeached. It did not declare that the president cannot be criminally charged for what he does that exceeds the scope of his office (though it's a high bar to prove it). And most of all, it did not declare that whatever he does is automatically constitutional.
- unethical_ban 1y agoIt declared that he is literally above the law for anything that the most devoted loyalist court can consider part of the job. He could order the assassination of rival politicians for national security purposes and we would get a 6-3 ruling that nothing can stop him except the GOP congress.