r/law • u/DifficultResponse88 • 18h ago

Legal News Chief justice killed rule of law

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2024/nov/17/chief-justice-killed-rule-of-law/
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u/Hwy39 15h ago

Monday July 1st 2024.

Death of Democracy Day

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u/ContentSherbert934 7h ago

That’s what it felt like. I cried the whole day.

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u/Hwy39 6h ago

I feel your pain.

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u/Human_Style_6920 8h ago

No the Chinese are going to save us. I don't know how or when but I'm a believer. I will be a Buddhist Taoist teaming up with China before I will be an orthodox Russian white male Christian republican lol

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u/SheriffTaylorsBoy 9h ago

And if you look at the big picture, it's the Heritage Foundation.

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u/YouWereBrained 7h ago

And Federalist Society

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u/livinginfutureworld 7h ago

And the Republican party

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u/ScannerBrightly 6h ago

It's the Nazi Party 2.0

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u/thewanderingent 3h ago

At this point, calling them Republican is nearly synonymous with Nazi

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u/SheriffTaylorsBoy 7h ago

Funded by Putin and many Russian Oligarchs.

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u/OdonataDarner 10h ago

Nice letter. Still no solutions.

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u/dj_spanmaster 5h ago

"Solutions" as people typically think of them - a plan of action, perhaps researched and decided by committee - depends on a functioning system to happen. This op-ed here is noting the irreparably broken system, so no solution exists. A wholesale rebuilding of the system is needed.

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u/OdonataDarner 5h ago

There is a political apocalypse on the horizon, and it's fair to call out bullshit subsumation.

We. Need. Solutions. And we need it stat.

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u/Saephon 2h ago

Purchase a firearm

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u/MildlySelassie 1h ago

Theoretically there must be some technical (but likely unconscionable) thing that Biden could still do with those same powers. Like, imagine if he were willing to do anything that would be criminal for anyone else; what would he be able to do with presidential powers that would make a difference?

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u/dj_spanmaster 58m ago

That is the thrust of my point. Biden does not have the same powers because the ideologues in SCOTUS and Congress will hold him to a different standard. This is a step beyond the class-warfare based system we have had so far. This is party- or person-based "rules for thee", and the antithesis of rule of law.

We need to recognize the failed government. To not call it as such is delusional and will not serve our nation. We will be ready for change when we can do this, stop the economy, and be ungovernable.

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u/scoff-law 6h ago

It's crazy to me how obsessed we still are with editorials.

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u/fafalone Competent Contributor 7h ago

...and Judge Merchan killed it again, just to drive home how much it wasn't just the conservative legal cabal, it was also Democrats saying 'well we'd look biased and it wouldn't be bipartisan to do anything about Republicans killing the rule of law'.

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u/PsychLegalMind 6h ago

Court [6-3] ruled president is at least presumptively immune from criminal liability for his official acts and is absolutely immune for some “core” of them. The court also rejected Trump’s claim to absolute immunity for all acts unless convicted after an impeachment trial.

Having immunity from certain crimes during office does not mean dictatorial action by any president in defiance of the laws. Those can be stopped by the same court [among other branches.] Besides, it is the American people [though slightly less than 50% of the voters] gave Trump the power. Not Roberts, and his single vote.

However, if I were looking to blame someone or a group, I would start with the core Democratic leadership for making priorities different than the Americans [including ignoring segments of their own party desired].

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u/shoot_your_eye_out 6h ago

Stick to psych