▲ 389 ▼ Biden Says Presidents Can Be Subject to Criminal Prosecution (www.bnnbloomberg.ca) submitted 2 years ago by Mazdak@lemmy.org to c/politics@lemmy.world 27 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago (2 children) The whole leader != ruler thing seems to trip up a lot of people on the right. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TechyDad@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago To be fair, there seem to be many on the left that don't get this either. I've seen people insisting that they won't vote for Biden again because he didn't enact a long list of Progressive desires. They completely ignore that Biden can't just singlehandedly declare new laws. He needs things to get through Congress. Then, he can pass them, but they can be overturned by the Supreme Court. With the 50-50 split Senate and the Republican controlled House, it's difficult to get much passed. With the conservative Supreme Court, it's hard to keep things from getting overturned. If Biden had large Democratic majorities in the House/Senate/Supreme Court, then perhaps there would be a valid criticism, but even then blame wouldn't be focused on Biden alone. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bquintb@midwest.social 1 point 2 years ago You mean losers dont understand power. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TechyDad@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago To be fair, there seem to be many on the left that don't get this either. I've seen people insisting that they won't vote for Biden again because he didn't enact a long list of Progressive desires. They completely ignore that Biden can't just singlehandedly declare new laws. He needs things to get through Congress. Then, he can pass them, but they can be overturned by the Supreme Court. With the 50-50 split Senate and the Republican controlled House, it's difficult to get much passed. With the conservative Supreme Court, it's hard to keep things from getting overturned. If Biden had large Democratic majorities in the House/Senate/Supreme Court, then perhaps there would be a valid criticism, but even then blame wouldn't be focused on Biden alone. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bquintb@midwest.social 1 point 2 years ago You mean losers dont understand power. permalink fedilink source parent