Sorry if this is not the proper community for this question. Please let me know if I should post this question elsewhere.

So like, I’m not trying to be hyperbolic or jump on some conspiracy theory crap, but this seems like very troubling news to me. My entire life, I’ve been under the impression that no one is technically/officially above the law in the US, especially the president. I thought that was a hard consensus among Americans regardless of party. Now, SCOTUS just made the POTUS immune to criminal liability.

The president can personally violate any law without legal consequences. They also already have the ability to pardon anyone else for federal violations. The POTUS can literally threaten anyone now. They can assassinate anyone. They can order anyone to assassinate anyone, then pardon them. It may even grant complete immunity from state laws because if anyone tries to hold the POTUS accountable, then they can be assassinated too. This is some Putin-level dictator stuff.

I feel like this is unbelievable and acknowledge that I may be wayyy off. Am I misunderstanding something?? Do I need to calm down?

  • ChainweaselEnglish
    8•3 days ago

    Then maybe it is time to stop being peaceful about it. It obviously doesn’t work, so maybe they’ll listen if we start breaking shit.

    • @grueEnglish
      13•3 days ago

      Breaking shit is the only thing that has ever worked.

      Even the civil rights movement, which The Powers That Be try to credit “nonviolent” MLK with in retrospect, only actually succeeded because the alternative was Malcolm X and The Powers That Be fucking knew it.