r/politics • u/rollingstone Rolling Stone • May 15 '24

Biden Challenges Trump to Two Debates. Trump Immediately Accepts Soft Paywall

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/biden-challenges-trump-debates-1235021164/
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u/willdesignforfood May 15 '24

You raise a good point. But his behavior during this trial definitely wouldn’t help his cause to be one of the 9/10.

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u/Mendozena May 15 '24

His behavior hasn’t done shit to him in the past either. He’s never going to jail.

Only thing that can stop him is the voters.

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u/NoveltyAccountHater May 15 '24 edited May 15 '24

Only thing that can stop him is the voters.

He definitely could receive real prison time for his three other cases. Unfortunately, Cannon let the defense grind his Florida confidential documents case to a halt, the federal case in DC is being delayed by the Supreme Court judging if presidents are immune from prosecution (could a president be prosecuted for ordering Seal Team 6 to assassinate a rival without being removed from office through impeachment), and the Georgia case is a sprawling RICO trial that even if it started today would be unlikely to finish before election day.

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u/Soft_Trade5317 May 15 '24

(could a president be prosecuted for ordering Seal Team 6 to assassinate a rival without being removed from office through impeachment)

Fuck it, rule he can. That gives Biden a clear and legal way to stop Trump AND open the court for new appointments that can immediately reverse it. I would never advocate anything illegal of course. But I do hope that if they decide to kill democracy, Biden doesn't pussyfoot around and let it happen and uses everything that SC says he can do to save it.

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u/NoveltyAccountHater May 16 '24

Except of course the Supreme Court will not rule that way, they will just delay (or at best will give some convoluted exception that only applies to Trump's actions).