• Shadehawk@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    Nearly 250 years as a country and it’s never been an issue until a criminal became president.

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      5 months ago

      There have been multiple Supreme Court cases regarding the scope presidential immunity.

      Mississippi v. Johnson (1867) Spalding v. Vilas (1896) Barr v. Matteo (1959) Chippewa Tribe v. Carlucci (1973) National Treasury Employees Union v. Nixon (1974) Nixon v. Fitzgerald (1982) Clinton v. Jones (1994)

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        5 months ago

        But the orange man! It’s funny to watch the comments from people who didn’t read or understand the ruling.

        Really this is just confirming what has been said previously. It isn’t really ground breaking.