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minus-squareNougat@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 day agoSCOTUS ruled that a president cannot be criminally charged for any “official acts” taken while in office.
minus-squareDokPsy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 day ago“when the president does it, it isn’t illegal”
minus-squareBaron Von J@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoDid that ruling not also leave it up to the courts to determine what constitutes an official act?
minus-squarenondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoContempt is a civil charge no? So can’t they still throw him in a cell?
minus-squareNougat@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 hours agoThere are both civil and criminal contempt. Doesn’t matter though, since then we get back to “official acts,” which would end up at SCOTUS, who would just wave it off no matter what it was about.
SCOTUS ruled that a president cannot be criminally charged for any “official acts” taken while in office.
“when the president does it, it isn’t illegal”
“They just let you do it”
Did that ruling not also leave it up to the courts to determine what constitutes an official act?
So that it can go up to SCOTUS again, yes.
Contempt is a civil charge no? So can’t they still throw him in a cell?
There are both civil and criminal contempt. Doesn’t matter though, since then we get back to “official acts,” which would end up at SCOTUS, who would just wave it off no matter what it was about.