• witten@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    The U.S. Supreme Court somehow handed down a major ruling that stops him from deploying National Guard to American cities… and he’s abiding by it. Is that what a king would do?

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      23 hours ago

      He’s sending cbp and ice instead. The guard was just a stop gap while the pardoned the future ice recruits. Which scotus allowed until ice was staffed up.

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      The same Supreme Court that gave him license to do whatever he wants without any legal repercussions as long as he calls it presidential affairs?

      That’s a king. He’s a king.

      As an aside by doing this the Supreme Court effectively retroactively exonerated Nixon. The US is a joke.

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        You’re conveniently glossing over the fact that kings don’t adhere to any court rulings.

        You know what this is? You just want to feel justified in your nihilism. If he already has absolute control as a king, then nothing can be done and we all might as well give up, right?

        Wrong. The regime hasn’t fully concentrated power, they aren’t invulnerable, and anyone who pretends otherwise is fucking complicit.

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        1 day ago

        without any legal repercussions

        He can’t be indicted. That’s not really the same as “without any legal repercussions”. The Supreme Court can stop him, and has on a few occasions. He doesn’t have to be a literal monarch, he’s a fascist pedophile which represents the worst our species has to offer. That’s plenty reason to be rid of him.