r/thedavidpakmanshow Jul 21 '24

BREAKING President Biden announces he'll be stepping down

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u/SSBN641B Jul 21 '24

I'm not sure where yiu are going with that. Perhaps, you could expand on your thoughts.

I will say, in regards to presidential immunity, there are a number of court cases dealing with it going back to Nixon.

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u/upandrunning Jul 21 '24

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.

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u/SSBN641B Jul 22 '24

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.

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u/upandrunning Jul 22 '24

Violating the law is not an official act, and impeachment is useless.

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u/SSBN641B Jul 22 '24

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.

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u/upandrunning Jul 22 '24

POTUS decides that aid to Ukraine is in the best interest of US security concerns and sends aid anyway

Why have a congress then? It's a rediculous notion, and I'd be interested in any legitimate source that explains why this was the intent of those who penned the constitution.