@sideitem.bsky.social: The inability to question motives is the real legal coup. An enthusiastic DOJ wanting to rid a troublesome priest finds a troll post insinuating that Trump is using Mar a Lago to store uranium. Biden treats the post as actionable intel, sends a task force to recover, and a shootout ensues. Fine, no?

*SUPREME COURT PARTIALLY BACKS TRUMP ON IMMUNITY 6-3 conservatives with some partials. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23p...

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So if Biden issues an executive order that Trump, as a grave and ongoing threat to the Republic, be summarily executed by a special forces team, would that be legal? Though I suppose he could resign and be pardoned by President Harris, just to be sure.

Only if that action is "within his conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority" and there's no way it is.

But having a discussion with DoJ officials where he directs *them* to do it *is* one of the things specifically cited there, right?

In the immunity case his discussions are off the table. But a direction to assassinate someone as opposed to discussions about it would be diff I think. But a lot of other stuff is not, including his directions to pence, non-executive branch government officials, the public, Jan 6th rioters, etc.

The inability to question motives is the real legal coup. An enthusiastic DOJ wanting to rid a troublesome priest finds a troll post insinuating that Trump is using Mar a Lago to store uranium. Biden treats the post as actionable intel, sends a task force to recover, and a shootout ensues. Fine, no?

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