Colin Dickey: If the Supreme Court decides in favor of Trump’s claim that a sitting president has immunity from prosecution, the logical and legal thing for Biden to do would be to simply assassinate him before the election

If the Supreme Court decides in favor of Trump’s claim that a sitting president has immunity from prosecution, the logical and legal thing for Biden to do would be to simply assassinate him before the election

Might as well take a few of those supreme courts justices out also. Why not?

Here's your ideas guy everybody

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Or just have the CIA assassinate every member of the Federalist Society.... "It's the only way to be sure".

There's a real Fire Nation vibe to this skeet

Thank you! I don’t think people have fully thought through all the great stuff Biden could do if Presidents are allowed to do crimes. He could blow up oil and gas drill sites! He could take out Fox News! Dream big, people

It's weirdly funny that this is EXACTLY the kind of thing Fox News would love to fearmonger about, but can't, because it's their guy who wants to make it possible

How many would it take for them all to say a President isn't immune?

The three surviving justices?

There’s the rub.

Ouch.

Dark. But I like where your head's at 😈

then no need to expand the court! 🥰

Trump ordered the assassination on US soil of American citizen Michael Reinoehl by a US Marshals taskforce in Sep 2020. There is precedent.

‘Straight to Gunshots’: How a U.S. Task Force Killed an Antifa Activist (Published 2020)www.nytimes.com New accounts from the scene raise questions about whether Michael Reinoehl, suspected of killing a far-right Trump supporter, pulled out a gun before officers fatally shot him.

I hope SCOTUS rules that the presidency grants immunity, but only for direct action by the president. /s Could Biden be a mass shooter who makes the world better?

the darkest Dark Brandon ever

I will never, ever forget Michael's story and how this shit happened. All to appease some chuds in a fucking Telegram channel....

I mean just the fucking fact that no one in power has launched an investigation into this? No one has a problem with a POTUS using the US Marshall Service as a hit squad to go settle a score in a local homicide matter? Merrick Garland sucks. Feels like I'm eating crazy pills over here and shit...

"Death by single-scoop sugar cone"

Don’t tempt me with a good time

Better yet, assassinate four Supreme Court justices.

Four? Why not all six?

I figured the other two would realize they'd been put on notice.

The question is: which two do you save? Does Thomas survive because his corruption displays his naked self-interest and guarantees he'll go along to get along, or is he one of Biden's targets _because_ of that corruption?

Eliminate the three Trump picks + Thomas. Alito and Roberts can be intimidated.

how much would youtube weigh tho

Alito can’t be intimidated. He’s one of those smug libertarian types who’ll never roll over.

Eh, might as well also go for Alito at that point too, purely because he’s annoying.

You save the two oldest.

The Pelican Brief was fiction. And like so many pieces of speculative fiction ("Let's Not Invent The Torment Nexus"), it was not recommending assassinating Supreme Court justices as a thing that would be a good idea.

I never read it. And if you think that anything in this thread, starting with the OP, is a serious proposal, you may need to recalibrate your humor/sarcasm monitor.

It was pretty good (only had two Justices assassinated) but no, I did catch that there was sarcasm around.

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They literally argued this! thehill.com/regulation/c...

Trump team argues assassination of rivals is covered by presidential immunitythehill.com Former President Trump’s legal team suggested Tuesday that even a president directing SEAL Team Six to kill a political opponent would be an action barred from prosecution given a former executive&…

Wow.

Even better- start sending certain SC justices to Guantanamo

Prison gives the possibility that the next President could let them go. The final solution is final.

I'd vote for Biden if he did this.

I mean can you imagine not ??

Wrong. That sends the wrong message. Biden should assassinate the Supreme Court.

Both. Both is good

Seems like a *terrible* idea for the supreme court to empower the presidency with the legal authority to violently create new supreme court vacancies, but then I am not a federalist society vegetable. So what do I know?

The scope of the case seems to be immunity in conducting official duties. Trump claims interfering with the election was an official duty. Even if they rule in his favor, I don’t know if POTUS sanctioning assassinations would qualify. That would likely be another SCOTUS case... …or a civil war.

Biden could declare Trump a national security threat (which has the benefit of being true) and assassinate him as part of his official duties. We have the precedent of Obama's extrajudicial killing of a US citizen via drone strike.

That wasn’t on US soil, guy was an expat and had joined Al-Queda, right? It’s going to be harder to justify doing that to a political opponent, even one that would absolutely do it if re-elected. Same for creating SCOTUS vacancies. Action short of assassination, like detaining him… maybe.

Biden doesn't need the Supreme Court to do that. He already has authority under the 2012 NDAA to have the Army disappear someone without access to a lawyer and without telling anyone where that person is. They don't even have to admit they have them, rendering habeas corpus moot.

If that is true, you’re think it would be done more often to individuals who are suspected of espionage or terrorism. The liberal press, at least, would be all over it. Can it be done to US citizens or in US territory? Despite their other concerns, ACLU did not think so.

Indefinite Detention, Endless Worldwide War and the 2012 Nationalwww.aclu.org

Presidents have sanctioned assassination in the past. It's just been overseas, not domestically.

Oh I know. I was referring to elected officials and political opponents right here.

Nixon’s enemies list rewritten as a hit list. All official and legit.

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