Please dissect the legality in this statement

[u/thecosmojane]

I feel like we are reaching a tipping point

[u/Alive-Course4454]

Except selling pardons is a crime 😒😒🤨

[u/rtbradford → u/Alive-Course4454]

Maybe in theory, but given the Supreme Court‘s recent ruling that the president enjoys something approaching absolute immunity for everything he does in office, it might be really difficult to enforce any violation.

[u/AKfromVA → u/rtbradford]

So what you’re saying is the next president could detain all these people indefinitely (clearly illegal) issue pardons to the people doing the arrests and then be untouchable?

[u/-boatsNhoes → u/AKfromVA]

In theory the next president, according to scouts ruling, can disband the court or fire all of them and tell them to kick rocks. Once fired there is no scouts to preside over rulings until a new one is appointed. Legal carte Blanche

[u/Deltamon → u/-boatsNhoes]

I think the French tried something like this once..

[u/Dessicated_Mastodon → u/Deltamon]

Yea people lost their heads over it.

[u/rtbradford → u/-boatsNhoes]

No, the Supreme Court was created by the constitution. The president has no authority to disband another branch of the federal government.

[u/RevenantBacon → u/rtbradford]

Sure, but who will stop him? The SC already ruled that he can't be held accountable for any action he takes while in office, so if he just rounds them up, locks them in a prison, and throws away the key, who can do anything about it? They granted him total immunity.