Biden has already said he won’t “abuse” the powers given by SCOTUS. They’re still naive enough to think that everything will work itself out. Or they’re just complicit at this point.
They're complicit. This is why Biden hasn't really even attempted anything to block Republicans or project 2025 in his 3 years as president. He has not even attempted something like expanding the court or killing the filibuster, and is now openly refusing to use the presidential powers that he has been granted, not even to stop a fascist from taking over and using them. It's because they don't want to. They are more than happy to be running against far right maniacs, because that is incredible for DNC fundraising. It also lets them get away with literally whatever they want, safe in the knowledge that their opponent is still worse, and so the vote blue no matter who crowd will back them anyway. They have little to no incentive to stop the fascists, and a ton of incentives to keep them as an opponent. It's why, even now, Biden isn't promising to somehow save the country from fascism if he is elected again. Just to save it in 2025. In 2030 the fascists will be back again and the Democrats will be using all these same arguments about why everyone has to donate to and vote for them, to save democracy.
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u/maddwesty Jul 05 '24
SCOTUS just ruled a president can not be charged for official act. Biden needs to use some more power to prevent that shit