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[–] 100 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Remember, the president is absolutely above the law and can commit a coup or order political assassinations with impunity. But he can't make decisions about how to implement policies, even when congress gives him that authority.

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  • [–] 38 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    The seems like the perfect chance to use that immunity. He should use it to sign an executive order to cancel all student debt based on the supreme court decision. Let the republicans object and force the court to either allow it or rule that the president doesn’t actually have immunity.

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  • [–] 37 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    They left the ruling open enough that SCOTUS can pick and choose what is and is not an official act.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Hard to argue that an executive order isn't an official act, but I dount they care about keeping the mask of legitimacy on anymore

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    It's more fun to imagine I spelled donut wrong hahaha

    It's kind of unfortunate that I'm so fatfingered on a phone keyboard and that I primarily use my phone for lemmy

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