US Supreme Court rules Trump has immunity for official, not private acts

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Biden can personally kill anyone at the supreme court and only lose his job now?

“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,” Sotomayor wrote.

So were doomed?

I need to start looking at plane tickets and foreign visas, don't I? I don't know if I want to stick around and fight fascists in a civil war. I've got a life and a family. But I also don't want to stick around if we do nothing and let the country fall into fascism with a few feeble protests. I hate this timeline.

When you are born, you will, with full certainty, know three things: ageing, sickness, and death.

Except for the babies that Trump said were being aborted after they were born. Still too young to comprehend any of that.

Only if he replaces them quickly with friends, otherwise they'll decide certain acts aren't "official". This is designed so that the fascist court can whitewash fascist presidents, but opposing presidents still need to worry.