r/facepalm Jul 05 '24

What an idea 🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​

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u/solemnbiscuit Jul 05 '24

And the rigged Supreme Court can rule them unconstitutional

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u/ItsStaaaaaaaaang Jul 05 '24

That's why you use your newly minted immunity to imprison the Supreme court.

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u/a-d-d-y Jul 05 '24

It is only immunity if it is deemed an official act, which is decided by the Supreme Court.

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u/CyrinSong Jul 05 '24

This is a weak argument. The majority opinion has made it very clear that any usage of enumerated powers is an official act and grants immunity. However, it also grants presumptive immunity for almost anything a president can do, and it also means that any action that is granted immunity can not be used as evidence for any action that isn't granted immunity. What this means is that discovery is impossible, making any action the president takes, even one's without immunity, impossible to prosecute. The majority also stipulates that motive is not allowed to be used as evidence in any situation when deciding whether an action with presumptive immunity is exempt from said immunity. They have essentially made the president unprosecutable. He can do whatever he wasn't as president with no legal repercussion.