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   Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jul-2024 04:22:01 JST Paul Cantrell

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   Thanks for laying all this out. I agree it’s a trap either way. If anything, I think Biden and other parts of the establishment will err in the other direction: underutilizing the power they have, even the powers they •should• have, out of some mixture of self-discipline and fearful hoping that someone else will rise to the challenge.

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     Hasani Hunter (hasani@my-spaces.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jul-2024 04:22:04 JST Hasani Hunter

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     7/7 Basically this ruling from the Supreme Court is a trap. If Biden doesn’t do **all** he can to protect the nation from threats foreign and domestic, then one can say he isn't fit for office.

     On the other hand, if he imprisons Trump or” Seal Team 6s” him, then what's to stop him from doing it again and again and seeing threats everywhere. All in the name of National Security?

     Biden's villain arc would be complete. It is just a matter of time.

     Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

     #SCOTUS

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     Hasani Hunter (hasani@my-spaces.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jul-2024 04:22:07 JST Hasani Hunter

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     6/ Back to Biden and villain arcs, as we get closer to election day, you might start to hear more questions of Biden about what he is prepared to do if Trump is really the threat to the republic that he and the democrats says he is. This reminds me of the scene where Nick Fury asked Thor that very question.

     As soon as you go down that path, Biden would be functionally no different than Trump aspires to be. But it would be for the greater good, he could argue

     https://youtu.be/aO45UAHkoUU?si=Lr-1zCdWZc2D_dzb&t=49

     #SCOTUS

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     Hasani Hunter (hasani@my-spaces.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jul-2024 04:22:10 JST Hasani Hunter

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     5/ The president can essentially have his own goon squad with the military and can deploy them domestically. And to resolve the issue of them being held accountable for any crimes they might commit, here comes another blanket pardon to ease their minds.

     In short, this is so fucked in some may ways, that I'm having a hard time grasping the scope

     #SCOTUS

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     Hasani Hunter (hasani@my-spaces.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jul-2024 04:22:13 JST Hasani Hunter

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     4/ It becomes quite hard to gather evidence of the crime when the President can just issue blanket pardons to those with knowledge in his or her administration.

     If congress goes ahead with impeachment, then the President can just go to SCOTUS and say: “Congress can't impeach a president without evidence” thereby nullifying the only check the legislative branch has on the executive.

     #SCOTUS

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     Hasani Hunter (hasani@my-spaces.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jul-2024 04:22:15 JST Hasani Hunter

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     3/ With the Supreme Court saying in one hand, the president has “presumptive" immunity for “official" acts and in the other providing no test or definition of what an official act is, coupled with one cannot use an act of the president as evidence of a crime, this circular logic effectively creates a position that has no legal accountability.

     And if congress thinks they can impeach and convict, then they are mistaken. First of all, to impeach you will need to gather evidence

     #SCOTUS

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     Hasani Hunter (hasani@my-spaces.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jul-2024 04:22:17 JST Hasani Hunter

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     2/ The US revolution was basically predicated on two things:

     1. No taxation without representation (something about Tea exports being taxed, but importing Tea from East India Company wasn’t)

     2. Not being lorded over by a King ( see 1)

     This ruling by the the Supreme Court flies in the face of this.

     Even though the Magna Carter of 1215 was a document establishing rights of Barons (thus making the King somewhat accountable), it got the ball rolling against the “divine right of kings”

     #SCOTUS

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     Hasani Hunter (hasani@my-spaces.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jul-2024 04:22:18 JST Hasani Hunter

     1/ Just about every villian arc starts with the villain becoming completely corrupted because they knew they were doing bad things but for “good” and “necessary” reasons.

     The Supreme Court is giving Trump unlimited power and I have a few thoughts on this.

     1. How is their power to give?

     To be able to give unlimited power, one must have it. And that poses questions about judicial power in a way that is incompatible with our (US) system of government

     #SCOTUS