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Andrew Parker @andrewparker.bsky.social · 6 days
In the sense that the president couldn’t be prosecuted for giving the order, probably. I’m not 100% sure what he’d have been charged with before But a lot of the discussion of this blurs the distinction between “can’t be prosecuted for making the order” and “can’t be prosecuted for carrying it out”
Avatar b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social · 6 days
right. the president could order troops to suppress protesters using live fire and the supreme court would extend that absolute immunity
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Noah @ncallaway.bsky.social · 6 days
If they do it in DC, or on federal military bases then the President can pardon those who carry out his orders
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Noah @ncallaway.bsky.social · 6 days
Protests in DC, President orders live fire, and then after the event issues a blanket pardon