If the Washington Post headline tomorrow isn't "SCOTUS Rules POTUS Can Assassinate SCOTUS Without Criminal Liability" I don't know what we're even doing
Are any commentators offering a refutation of the "President orders assassination of opponents, pardons the assassin" hypothetical after this ruling, or are they just shrugging and saying it won't happen?
Does each assassination have to be adjudicated to determine whether it's an official act?
So, couple of questions:
1) does the immunity extend to the executive branch member and that member's subordinates?
2) if the executive branch member enlists a contractor or volunteer to execute the directive, does the immunity extend to the contractor or volunteer?
Until recently, I wouldn't have thought that the president's party would have mattered.
But that suggests another follow-up question:
Does this decision apply to the current administration?
Genuinely hoping to understand this:
If he had been convicted in his 1st impeachment (the 1 where he w/held military assistance from an ally to try to force that ally to assist in his 2020 campaign, to the later benefit of an opponent of U.S., which had aided in his 2016 campaign) ...
1/2
