▲ 401 ▼ Biden Is Building a 'Superstructure' to Stop Trump From Stealing the Election (www.rollingstone.com) submitted 2 years ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 201 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] aidan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Immunity doesn't make something legal, it just protects you from prosecution unless it's revoked permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) The “immunity” that Trump wants the USSC to give him is effectively intrinsic, monarch-caliber “I am the law” immunity - effectively, he is working to get the court to declare that he is somehow just above the law in a categorical sense. We are not talking about immunity in the context of its understood and agreed upon legal definition in the United States. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] aidan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Oh lol, I mean I think his legal team is just throwing everything at the wall and seeing what sticks permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) The “immunity” that Trump wants the USSC to give him is effectively intrinsic, monarch-caliber “I am the law” immunity - effectively, he is working to get the court to declare that he is somehow just above the law in a categorical sense. We are not talking about immunity in the context of its understood and agreed upon legal definition in the United States. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] aidan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Oh lol, I mean I think his legal team is just throwing everything at the wall and seeing what sticks permalink fedilink source parent
[–] aidan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Oh lol, I mean I think his legal team is just throwing everything at the wall and seeing what sticks permalink fedilink source parent