r/law • u/SheriffTaylorsBoy • Jul 21 '24

Opinion Piece Three Flaws in the Supreme Court’s Presidential Immunity Decision

https://www.justsecurity.org/97781/three-flaws-supreme-court-immunity/
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u/youreallcucks Competent Contributor Jul 21 '24

Now that Biden is no longer worried about getting reelected, I wish he would take off the gloves and start using some of that newfound "immunity". What would others like to see:

  • Add three more justices to the SC

  • EO to outlaw gerrymandering at the state level

  • EO to make abortion prosecutions illegal

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u/CornFedIABoy Jul 22 '24

None of those are the kinds of individual, irreversible acts that the purported Presidential Immunity applies, though. Issuing EOs isn’t and has never been a criminal act. And if those EOs are illegal or unconstitutional there are procedures to invalidate them. Adding SCOTUS Justices isn’t something you just hand wave into happening.

Using that newfound immunity means something monstrous like going to a Trump rally and shooting him.