This is the very essence of the difference that should exist between a President and a King. From Federalist 69:

The President of the United States would be liable to be impeached, tried, and, upon conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes or misdemeanors, removed from office; and would afterwards be liable to prosecution and punishment in the ordinary course of law. The person of the king of Great Britain is sacred and inviolable; there is no constitutional tribunal to which he is amenable; no punishment to which he can be subjected without involving the crisis of a national revolution. In this delicate and important circumstance of personal responsibility, the President of Confederated America would stand upon no better ground than a governor of New York, and upon worse ground than the governors of Maryland and Delaware.

The failure of the Republican party to support this kind of check on Presidential power is why we’re having this crisis now.

  • @[email protected]M
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    2072 days ago

    “Oh, shit, so you mean Biden could have just cancelled all that student debt anyway?”

    “Well of course not, don’t be stupid!”

    • @[email protected]OP
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      1142 days ago

      That’s the problem with being on the side of the rule of law: you’re constrainted by it, but the side of lawlessness is not.

      • @[email protected]
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        322 days ago

        being on the side of the rule of law

        Except when you override prohibitions on arming a county in defiance of the ICC because it’s Israel.

        • @[email protected]
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          822 days ago

          You know he’s not president anymore, right? And that party lost the election?

          Now we’ve got a guy who’s excited for ethnic cleansing so he can open a casino in Gaza.

          Congratulations.

          • @[email protected]
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            91 day ago

            You know he’s not president anymore, right? And that party lost the election?

            Maybe, just maybe, it is because something is wrong in-of-itself and not because it is a wedge issue used to demotivate voters?

          • @[email protected]
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            21 day ago

            Now we’ve got a guy who’s excited for ethnic cleansing

            Damn. You’re right. The real virtue with Joe Biden was his lack of enthusiasm.

            • skulblaka
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              Unironically, yes. We were forced to choose between:

              A) a historic ally of ours is doing something bad… We will speak out against them. We will not yet cut off supplies because we need the world to see that an American alliance can be relied upon. But we will speak out against these actions.

              B) KILL EM! PUT BULLETS IN THE BABIES! KILL EM ALL! BOMBS BOMBS BOMBS BOMBS BOMBS YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHH BABY!!! FULL STEAM AHEAD! WE LOVE YOU MR NETANYAHU!

              Clearly these two things are the same.

              • @[email protected]
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                122 hours ago

                a historic ally of ours is doing something bad… We will speak out against them.

                Was that what the police were doing on Columbia and UCLA?

                You’re being boxed in. Elon bought the liberals under Obama/Biden. He’s buying out the conservatives under Trump.

                Clearly these two things are the same.

                Nothing would fundamentally change

                • skulblaka
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                  122 hours ago

                  Oh, sorry, I wasn’t aware that the Columbia and UCLA police are Joe Biden, or that local police forces take orders directly from the president.

        • Billiam
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          in defiance of the ICC because it’s Israel.

          Without commenting on the US’s attitude towards Israel, the US is not party to the ICC so no act is defiance because the ICC doesn’t have jurisdiction.

        • @[email protected]
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          232 days ago

          Congrats! You are the toad in the (now) boiling water. Pat yourself on the back for a job well done.

          • @[email protected]
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            112 days ago

            Even if they are not American, they are fucked as well.

            They helped hand over the strongest military in the history of the world to fascists. Fascists do not stop at their borders. They are like locusts, hell bent on murder and conquering. I’m glad I got passports so I can get my wife and kids out when shit hits the fan.

            • @[email protected]
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              82 days ago

              I’m glad I got passports so I can get my wife and kids out when shit hits the fan.

              So, um, I have some good news and some bad news…

        • Flying Squid
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          If I challenged you to write an email to a prominent politician, celebrity or business leader asking them to use their access to the media to advocate for Palestine every time you talked about Joe Biden, would you do it?