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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 6 days
Chief Justice Roberts decrees the end of DOJ independence in an offhanded sentence on page 20.
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In An Octopus’s Garden… @cephaloctopi.bsky.social · 6 days
How does this ruling impact impeachment? Are there now no high crimes or misdemeanors?
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Revan @docrevan.xyz · 6 days
Impeachment is a completely separate act outside of the judiciary
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In An Octopus’s Garden… @cephaloctopi.bsky.social · 6 days
I understand that in theory but what is to stop an impeached president from citing this decision as the reason why an impeachment is not valid? I guess I’m asking the extent to which this muddies the waters of the remedy.
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Jeremy R. Jenkins @jeremyj.bsky.social · 6 days
As a matter of Constitutional law, it should make no difference. As a matter of politics, it could give additional cover to any of the president's co-partisans in the House and Senate to oppose impeachment.
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In An Octopus’s Garden… @cephaloctopi.bsky.social · 6 days
And this ruling lends some “legitimacy” to that position, I would imagine