Summary
Donald Trump is seeking “temporary presidential immunity” to delay or dismiss a civil lawsuit filed in Delaware by co-founders of Trump Media & Technology Group, who accuse him of blocking their full stake in the company.
Trump argues that defending lawsuits during his presidency would distract from his official duties, citing the burden of managing numerous pending cases.
His legal team claims state court lawsuits undermine the presidency.
This effort follows broader Supreme Court rulings expanding presidential immunity, though critics cite concerns over accountability.
Monarchy or dicatorship… is there much difference between the two tho?
Yes there is. Or there can be. A monarchy doesn’t automatically mean the King/Queen actually has power.
The Netherlands, for example, is a monarchy, but is a parliamentary representative democracy. I think monarchies are ridiculous, we should just get rid of it. But you definitely can’t call Willem-Alexander a dictator.
Indeed. European monarchies are like this. The monarch has no real power, they can only sign the laws passed by the parliament. It’s basically like a president of the republic in countries like Italy. Except you can’t vote to choose a new one.
Turd’s model of monarchy is akin to those absolutists we remember before France invented their well known and completely democratic way of unelecting a king.
The English parliament unelected a king by similarly sharp means over a century before that, though they left the aristocrats alone.