109 sats \ 4 replies \ @Bell_curve 8 Jul \ on: The Press Make Wild Claims in the Wake of the Court’s Immunity Decision news
Turley is good, very even handed and reasonable analysis normally
"If Trump gets elected he will weaponize DOJ and prosecute his political opponents!"
On MSNBC, Rachel Maddow warned that the Supreme Court had just unleashed death squads to roam our streets. CNN legal analyst Norm Eisen announced that murder was now legal (at least for presidents), while others predicted that the ruling on presidential immunity would invite “tyranny.”
Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s dissent gave credence to their hyperbolic theories. Sotomayor wrote: “The president of the United States is the most powerful person in the country, and possibly the world. When he uses his official powers in any way, under the majority’s reasoning, he now will be insulated from criminal prosecution. Orders the Navy’s SEAL Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune. Organizes a military coup to hold onto power? Immune. Takes a bribe in exchange for a pardon? Immune. Immune, immune, immune.”
Unhinged verdict by Sotomayor... I thought she was a terrible pick based on her lower court opinions. New Haven Firefighters vs Mayor of New Haven especially
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Drone strike in Yemen killed American citizens.
Apparently immune because he is Obama and it was an official act as Commander in Chief?
On Monday, March 5, Northwestern University School of Law was the location of an extraordinary scene for a free nation. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder presented President Barack Obama’s claim that he has the authority to kill any U.S. citizen he considers a threat. It served as a retroactive justification for the slaying of American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki last September by a drone strike in northeastern Yemen, as well as the targeted killings of at least two other Americans during Obama’s term.
Even when Awlaki’s family tried to challenge Obama’s kill order, the federal court declared that the cleric would have to file for himself — a difficult task when you are on a presidential hit list. Moreover, any attorney working with Awlaki would have risked being charged with aiding a terrorist.
Of course, even those who hold an angelic view of Obama today may come to find the next president less divine.