“If somebody breaks into my house, they’re getting shot,” she said, laughing. “I probably should not have said that. My staff will deal with that later.”

  • @trafficnab@lemmy.ca
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    142 months ago

    Shooting people isn’t a constitutionally enumerated right of the office of the president

    She’d have to order one of her executive employees to do it

    • @Cryophilia@lemmy.world
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      62 months ago

      According to SCOTUS, anything the President does could be immune to prosecution, including shooting someone, intruder or otherwise.

      • @BaroqueInMind
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        62 months ago

        Not anything, it’s only shit the SCOTUS deems as “an official act”, so it can be open to interpretation based off the politics of the Supreme Court justices.

    • @zephorah@lemm.ee
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      32 months ago

      I don’t think POTUS or VPOTUS, even pre SCOTUS insane decision on presidential immunity, would be prosecuted for standing ground or engaging would be castle law, even in a state without either. I don’t think any of those offices would be held to duty to retreat either, and rightly so.