• @Psychodelic@lemmy.world
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    463 months ago

    I keep seeing this BS getting spread so here’s an actual quote from one of the justices on the SC.

    Sotomayor warned that the ruling “will have disastrous consequences for the Presidency and for our democracy” and that it sends the message: “Let the President violate the law, let him exploit the trappings of his office for personal gain, let him use his official power for evil ends.”

    She added, “Even if these nightmare scenarios never play out, and I pray they never do, the damage has been done. The relationship between the President and the people he serves has shifted irrevocably. In every use of official power, the President is now a king above the law.

    I have no idea why so many people from the reddit/lemmy demographic feel compelled to downplay and “well akshully” this shit. People should be in the streets burning shit right now. Or we could just wait and see, I guess

    • @Master@lemm.ee
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      43 months ago

      We are in the wait and see phase. People should be protesting and burning shit… but the last set of protests had cops using excessive force. Most of us still have things we can lose. Not as many as before but we are all hoping someone else takes the trash out.

      • @revelrous@sopuli.xyz
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        53 months ago

        Probably better to protest now before trump starts handing out lethal rounds to the national guard.🙃

      • flicker
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        213 months ago

        Well the person you’re replying to provided a source to back up their claim. Your answer is just “I’m right.” Do you care to do as your opponent did, and provide a source for your spurrious claims?