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Right-Wing Supreme Court Rules Trump Has 'Absolute Immunity' for Official Acts (www.commondreams.org)
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"In every use of official power, the president is now a king above the law," warned Justice Sonia Sotomayor. "With fear for our democracy, I dissent."

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[–] WaxiestSteam69@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's over. We didn't even make 250 years

[–] CaptainKickass@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

The average empire only lasts for about 250 years, or 10 generations.

We're tragically average.

[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

the rotting corpse of america just caught fire

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The Supreme Court is munting it.

[–] PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I could've lived my whole life ignorant of what munting was. Now I have a word to describe something I can only think, never say outloud to another living soul.

[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So the new Hitler is handed the means... This is the rhyming history of the Reich. Populists are what kills civilizations and lead to the death of millions. They are the worst of subsentient human behavior.

[–] PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com 4 points 3 months ago

Demagogues. All demagogues are populists, but not the other way around. And the former are the death of civilization. But they get their power from a demagogic society.

[–] Delusional@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Any chance Biden can just create an "ultimate supreme court" that has final say over anything the supreme court looks at and fill the court with rational people instead of traitorous corrupt idiots?

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

As long as it’s an official Presidential act- yes.

[–] verdantbanana@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

the two party system being propped up for so long did not help either

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 3 months ago

And Biden's senile ass won't officially execute all the "Yes" votes in their homes for it and tell the "Nays" to take another vote.