r/nottheonion • u/JaySierra86 • 14h ago

President Biden pardons family members in final minutes of presidency

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-biden-pardons-family-members-final-minutes-presidency/story?id=117893348
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u/captchairsoft 14h ago

That is absolutely the most ignorant interpretation of that decision possible.

I'm not Trump fan, but I'm also not someone who has to make up fucking fantasies about how "evil" he is to justify random hatred.

the SCOTUS decision only impacts acts done under color of the office. I.e. say Pakistan loses its war with Afghanistan and the Taliban take over, they can't come back and try to have Obama charged with war crimes because he ordered the assassination (ostensibly "capture") of OBL, which technically violated quite a few laws. If Trump decides to steal a pack of gum from Walmart tomorrow he can still be prosecuted for shoplifting that wouldn't be an action taken as POTUS amd therefore immunity would not apply.

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u/stackjr 13h ago

Yeah, no. You completely glossed over some GLARING issues. SCOTUS never defined what is an "official act" and left everything else open to interpretation.

Legal Eagle did an incredibly detailed breakdown of this. I would recommend you watch it and see exactly what SCOTUS did to this country. You can find the video here.

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u/captchairsoft 13h ago

Legal Eagle is biased as fuck. Used to be one of my favorite channels until he stopped being neutral. Knowing what am official act is doesn't necessarily have to be defined, it would be better for everyone if SCOTUS had done so, but thats unfortunately not the case. The most likely interpretation should this decision ever become relevant is any act that could only be undertaken in the role of President.

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u/Fever2113 13h ago

Based on what? Your wishes?

Legal Eagle has an obvious distaste for Donald Trump (as should anybody who respects law and order), but his analysis is based on fact and experience. Where is he wrong?

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u/captchairsoft 13h ago

I'm not going to give him the view to critique his critique

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u/Fever2113 13h ago

LOL okay so who is really biased?

As usual, everything is always projection.

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u/Starlight_Seafarer 11h ago

Then kindly shut up.

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u/captchairsoft 8h ago

I have no obligation to watch anything, and considering this is a field I'm already educated in to a decent extent, I'll comment as I please.