⬆️ For people slow to understand the
Implications of #SupremeCourt #PresidentialImmunity, @potus should state this clearly and ask if #MAGA #conservative really want #JoeBiden to wield his new #SCOTUS-given powers without prosecution.
Actually, this direct question should be a central one in #KamalaHarris2024 campaign.
Remind them that Biden has 2 more months AFTER the elections.
Biden should join the campaign and threaten to wield these powers if voters do not reject #Trump and #Project2025.
@rameshgupta @potus
Yeah, but if I have understood correctly, the Supreme Court gets to decide what is an 'official act', not the President, so it wouldn't work for Biden.
@huxley no, it's not quite right that the Supreme Court gets to decide what is an official act.
The US legal system is built on a process of consensus both among the branches but also up and down throughout the judicial branch. The Supreme Court is just one cog in this large process.
Technically, yes, the Supreme Court could hand down a piece of paper stating corruptly that something is an official act unilaterally, but if we're really going down that road then none of the rest matters anyway, and it's all null since the Court could issue an opinion saying anything at all.
@rameshgupta
Exactly. And that's exactly why the judicial branch wasn't granted executive authority. It keeps the Court in check.
You don't have to go down the road of violence. The other two branches could simply ignore the Court if it was really so off the rails.
But it's not, despite sensationalized stories getting clicks.
@volkris @huxley @rameshgupta This is important to remember. The power of an official body comes from anyone caring about their decisions. That “caring” can of course come from threat of violence, but then the people having that capacity to do violence have to care in their turn.