President Joe Biden warned Monday that a Supreme Court ruling granting presidents broad immunity from prosecutionwould make an unchecked Republican Donald Trump “more emboldened to do whatever he wants” if he regains the White House in November’s election.

Biden, under intense pressure after his disastrous debate performance against Trump last week, urged Americans to think carefully about their election decision and signaled he had no intention of dropping out of the race.

Criticizing the decision by the court’s conservative majority — which all but guarantees Trump will not face trial in Washington ahead of the November election over his actions during the violent riot on Jan. 6, 2021 — Biden said it now fell to the American people “to do what the courts should have been willing to do but will not.

“The American people have to render judgment about Donald Trump’s behavior.”

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      6 months ago

      He is above the law and can’t be prosecuted, but others still can be.

      Ex. he issues an order to seal team six to kill trump.

      Biden can’t be charged for that. But seal team six is still governed by the ucmj. Killing a non combatant for no reason even if the commander in chief gives the order might be a bit of a problem under the ucmj.

      There’s also the oath you take when you join the military

      “Defend the constitution of the United States of America against all enemies foreign and domestic”. Killing a political opponent might be a bit of a problem when a person actually looks at that oath.

      The seal team would probably say no for both of the above reasons. Biden couldn’t be charged but others still can be.

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        Killing a non combatant for no reason even if the commander in chief gives the order might be a bit of a problem under the ucmj.

        Kill them too. 🤷‍♀️

        Also I think a drone strike would be more effective. Biden knows where they live, after all.