Right, this is why we fought a war to get rid of the monarchy.
Ever since Donald Trump was elected, I always had the impression that he just doesn’t properly understand that being elected president is a fundamentally different thing from being crowned king.
The whole leader != ruler thing seems to trip up a lot of people on the right.
To be fair, there seem to be many on the left that don’t get this either. I’ve seen people insisting that they won’t vote for Biden again because he didn’t enact a long list of Progressive desires.
They completely ignore that Biden can’t just singlehandedly declare new laws. He needs things to get through Congress. Then, he can pass them, but they can be overturned by the Supreme Court. With the 50-50 split Senate and the Republican controlled House, it’s difficult to get much passed. With the conservative Supreme Court, it’s hard to keep things from getting overturned.
If Biden had large Democratic majorities in the House/Senate/Supreme Court, then perhaps there would be a valid criticism, but even then blame wouldn’t be focused on Biden alone.
What a crazy legal defense. ‘Your honor, I’d like to dismiss these charges because I privately unilaterally decided while president that silently dissolving the the Constitution, usurping all powers of the other branches of government and asserting the divine right of kings is actually an unenumerated presidential power, which I secretly exercised three years ago but only decided to reveal now. Anyway, because of this, I’m actually the presiding officer in this court. Case dismissed.’
Obviously, I’m aware that it’s just a delay tactic, but even so, it’s truly bonkers.
Have you ever watched the Air Bud movies? They say things like “well there’s no rule that says a dog can’t play basketball.” A lot of things are like that, unless there is someone to say “yeah, but if you do that we’re picking up the ball and leaving” or the better “yeah, but if you try we’ll pick you up and throw you out.”
Stupid senile Brandon is at it again, spouting stupid bullshit. Everyone knows if you don’t want to be criminally prosecuted you need to put an ® next to your name. The rule of law only applies to Democrats.
That’s great, but unless you codify it, it’s not exactly binding or even guiding (like past legal precedent).
The standing DOJ policy is that presidents will not be criminally prosecuted while in office – not that they are immune from criminal prosecution forever for any acts taken while holding office. Two wholly different things.
Right, the DOJ doesn’t want to look like a political tool for corruption.
Can be and shall be are two different things.
