A new variant of Trump Derangement Syndrome has gone viral, and its latest victim is California congresswoman, Rep. Zoe Lofgren (a Democrat, of course), who threw out the idea that Joe Biden could use the U.S. military to take out conservative judges on the Supreme Court.
So. Much. Democracy.
"I guess, you know, theoretically, President Biden, acting within the scope of his official duties, could dispatch the military to take out the conservative justices on the Court!" Rep. Lofgren said on MSNBC (maybe the least violent thing said recently on MSNBC …)
The responses were brutal 👇
This follows news earlier this week that the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that presidents have "absolute immunity" for official acts within constitutional authority:
Under our constitutional structure of separated powers, the nature of Presidential power entitles a former President to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority. And he is entitled to at least presumptive immunity from prosecution for all his official acts. There is no immunity for unofficial acts.
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the opinion:
We conclude that under our constitutional structure of separated powers, the nature of Presidential power requires that a former President have some immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts during his tenure in office. At least with respect to the President's exercise of his core constitutional powers, this immunity must be absolute. As for his remaining official actions, he is also entitled to immunity. At the current stage of proceedings in this case, however, we need not and do not decide whether that immunity must be absolute, or instead whether a presumptive immunity is sufficient ...
The President enjoys no immunity for his unofficial acts, and not everything the President does is official. The President is not above the law. But Congress may not criminalize the President's conduct in carrying out the responsibilities of the Executive Branch under the Constitution. And the system of separated powers designed by the Framers has always demanded an energetic, independent Executive. The President therefore may not be prosecuted for exercising his core constitutional powers, and he is entitled, at a minimum, to a presumptive immunity from prosecution for all his official acts. That immunity applies equally to all occupants of the Oval Office, regardless of politics, policy, or party.
And Democrats have been freaking out ever since.
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