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arrow-up1453arrow-down1external-linkRachel Maddow Warns That SCOTUS Trump Immunity Decision Is ‘a Death Squad Ruling’ | Videowww.thewrap.comBuddyTheBeefalo@lemmy.ml to politics @lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square70fedilink
minus-squareBrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·4 months agoThe official act is telling a department to give special treatment to a company. That’s out of bounds for trial.
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·4 months agoThat is presumptively out of bounds for trial. That is a rebuttable presumption.
minus-squareZaktor@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 months agoThe ruling specified he was absolutely immune for conversations with his Justice Department officials, who would either be the people he was instructing to not act or a pretty exact match to whatever other department is being told not to act.
The official act is telling a department to give special treatment to a company. That’s out of bounds for trial.
That is presumptively out of bounds for trial. That is a rebuttable presumption.
The ruling specified he was absolutely immune for conversations with his Justice Department officials, who would either be the people he was instructing to not act or a pretty exact match to whatever other department is being told not to act.