Maybe Obama should have been charged, just to set the record straight, but likely this wasn’t attempted because (1) Trump was too busy grifting to put any weight behind this, (2) all of those killed were on foreign soil, and (3) they were all working with Al Qaeda. This is getting into the realm of whether or not killing an enemy combatant is murder and what really defines an enemy combatant. I’m sure there was also pressure from both sides to specifically not answer these questions.

Either way I’d rather live in a country where a President gets charged after leaving office as a rule, than live in a country where a President can practically burn everything to the ground and walk away untouched.

This particular trial covers events that happened during his presidency. Unless she says “Fuck it!” and declares most of his actions to be unofficial (which Trump will appeal) then there’s going to be some serious gaps in evidence.

YES! GITMO! I knew we kept that around for a reason. 🤩

Pretty sure their timing of releasing this ruling and immediate adjournment was no coincidence. I hope the conservative justices shit bricks the next time they’re all in the same room.

Which Congress would’ve approved this? The one that couldn’t get the federal minimum wage increased or the one that couldn’t pass a border security bill?

I’m guessing “The Blueprint: Obama’s Plan to Subvert the Constitution and Build an Imperial Presidency” was actually more projection than it was a condemnation of actual policies.

Direct from the decision (page 31):

If official conduct for which the President is immune may be scrutinized to help secure his conviction, even on charges that purport to be based only on his unofficial conduct, the “intended effect” of immunity would be defeated.

He can’t appoint justices without Senate approval. He only needs 50 Senators to approve though. The rest can be bombed for reasons that apparently don’t matter.

Not really. Exercise of a Presidential power, no matter the reason, is immune from prosecution. If it’s legal to drop a bomb on ISIS it’s legal to drop a bomb on a pornstar.

The official act is telling a department to give special treatment to a company. That’s out of bounds for trial.

You also missed the part where SCOTUS said official acts can’t be admitted as evidence. So what if a President gets $5B from some company so regulators look the other way. A jury would only hear, at best, that a President received money for an act that never occurred.

Well, European cousins, hope you got more room in those countries of yours. 😬

Petty politics is basically all they know at this point. Tell them noses are totally woke and they’ll start cutting off their own.

Whatever he does he needs to put this into effect now. The only way we’ll get this Congress to reign in Presidential power is if they think it will hinder Biden.

Without a majority in both chambers it seems like we’re fucked. Precedent means jack shit to the majority of the SCOTUS so we basically need to codify 50+ years of decisions. Even then we need to claw back some sanity at the state level.

Turn America fascist (ANY%)

That’s a good point too. This basically means transgender people can’t go to gyms. A bathroom is one thing but changing rooms can make people a bit uneasy even when everyone is the same gender. This is going to lead to public disturbances and trans people getting arrested (definitely what the GOP wishes they could put into law).

Making factual statements that aren’t common knowledge to support a position you didn’t declare is also lazy.

There’s also death. Don’t forget about death.

He is under the thumb of Israel though.