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Donald Trump still can’t shoot someone on Fifth Avenue

1 year 4 months ago
I'm no great fan of today's Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity, but I've seen some fairly outlandish responses about how this makes the president a king, or it allows the president to assassinate political opponents, etc. Everyone needs to cool down a bit on this. First, it's true that this is the first time ...continue reading "Donald Trump still can’t shoot someone on Fifth Avenue"
Kevin Drum

Vermont Man Who Cursed At, Flipped Off Cop Scores Settlement From The State

1 year 4 months ago
You know, rather than paying out thousands or millions in lawsuits for retaliatory arrests, maybe states should just spend more money on skin thickening for their police officers. It’s not like case law isn’t pretty much completely established at this point. Flipping the bird to a cop is protected speech. So is complaining, however profanely, […]
Tim Cushing

‘No kings in America’: Biden slams U.S. Supreme Court ruling granting Trump immunity

1 year 4 months ago

Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision granting the presumption of criminal immunity for official actions taken by a president fundamentally altered U.S. democracy, President Joe Biden said from the White House Monday evening. Speaking for less than five minutes, Biden said the 6-3 decision contradicted the spirit of the country’s founding — set to be celebrated nationwide this week on […]

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Jacob Fischler