Re: BREAKING: Trump said he's sending Elon to go get abandoned astronauts

On Tue, 04 Feb 2025 08:54:29 -0800, Paul S Person
<psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:

On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 13:07:41 +0000, quadibloc <quadibloc@gmail.com>
wrote:
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Also, while pardoning the January 6 rioters was very bad, and especially
including
those who committed acts of violence against police officers because he
was too
lazy to review the cases individually was bad indeed... going after the
FBI agents
who were doing their jobs in hunting them down is, I think, one of the
most
egregious acts in a Presidency that has been a litany of egregious acts
so far.

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It is clear that you feel the Shock.
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But do you feel any Awe? I sure don't.
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Or has Trump failed once again?
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As to the FBI agents, he may be in for a /big/ surprise: government
employees who are acting within the parameters of their duties
/cannot/ be held personally accountable for the actions they take.
Instead, the government is to be held accountable.
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And, thanks to the Supreme Court, Biden has the same immunity (for
actions taken while President) as Trump does for acts within the scope
of his duties. Those members of Congress whining about Trump's
"violating the law" need to remember that he is allowed to do exactly
that by the Supreme Court Moscow Mitch and the other Republicans
allowed him to assemble.
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It's not quite that wide ranging
"Presidents have immunity from criminal prosecution as it relates to
core constitutional acts of their office, presumptive immunity for
official acts, but none for unofficial acts, a divided Supreme Court
ruled July 1."

Now exaclty where the limits are legally I'm not really qualified to
say, and exactly where the current Supreme Court would say the limits
are is a different question as well