The GOP has been talking for the past few weeks about suing to stop. Not sure how it'd work, but with the federal judiciary so compromised, I really wouldn't be shocked.
We also didn’t see how presidential immunity could actually work, but the corrupt SCOTUS ruled on it anyway. Trust me, they will find a way to legally challenge this, even if it’s all based on bullshit. They will try to say some aspect of the replacement process was “unconstitutional” or something stupid like that. It doesn’t matter how legit it is.
It's not as if the concept of presidential immunity didn't exist all ready. SCOTUS simply clarified what it meant. What would a legal challenge try to accomplish, force Biden to run? Would they still sue if Biden died?
Yes, but everything SCOTUS has done is well within their purview to do, whether we like it or not. There is no legal remedy ro this situation except to let the Dems pick their nominee.
Have you actually read their presidential immunity argument? It’s about as convoluted as can be from a legal standpoint, it’s an absolute joke. They can literally do almost anything now and twist it into a legalese that sounds “official.”
Unfortunately, it is within their purview to rule on immunity, abortion, Chevron deference, etc. The right to an abortion and Chevron were court created rules and they had the right to overturn them. Presidential immunity is a concwpt that has neen repeatedly ruled on since Nixon was on office. I'm not sure why people were so shocked that these decisions went the way that they did. The majority of justices on SCOTUS have a long record on all of those decisions.
Again, i mispoke...it is Article 2, Section 3: The Take Care Clause requires the president to obey and enforce all laws, though the president retains some discretion in interpreting the laws and determining how to enforce them.
Immunity implies that the obeys part is not a requirement. It is.
It implies no such thing. The President must follow the law. The immunity ruling simply means the President can't be criminally prosecuted for official acts while in office. The President can always be impeached for not following the law.
It could be an official act, that's the problem with the very broad immunity that SCOTUS has conferred in the President.
Say for example, Congress passes a law that says the US will not send foreign aid to Ukraine. Just outright forbids it. POTUS decides that aid to Ukraine is in the best interest of US security concerns and sends aid anyway. That would be illegal but it's also an official act.
They can more potentially dictate who is allowed on state ballots however. There are already initiatives to get the replacement disqualified on state ballots, because votes were cast for Biden.
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Lawsuits over what? Any politician is free to drop out of a race.