• disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
    2·
    5 months ago

    No. It’s new, and I haven’t seen the full transcript. I’m repeating what I’ve read in the news. Do you have a link so I can learn more?

    I understand how the President could theoretically order an assassination then pardon. That was a good point I read in another thread.

          • ltxrtquq@lemmy.mlEnglish
            3·
            5 months ago

            Not all of it, obviously. But if you want someone else to, you should consider not making them search through a different website to try to find it.

      • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
        4·
        5 months ago

        You’re absolutely correct. This is the part that has been left out of every news article I’ve read, and is undoubtedly the most concerning:

        And some Presidential conduct-for example, speaking to and on behalf of the American people, see Trump v. Hawaii, 585 U. S. 667, 701 (2018) - certainly can qualify as official even when not obviously connected to a particular constitutional or statutory provision. For those reasons, the immunity we have recognized extends to the “outer perimeter” of the President’s official responsibilities, covering actions so long as they are “not manifestly or palpably beyond [his] authority.”

        So it’s not just acts committed by the President, but also ordered by the President.

        It’s also vague enough that charges can get bounced around lower courts indefinitely.

        Thank you again for the link. I didn’t see it when I first searched.