If inciting an insurrection towards their own government is an action without legal repercussions, I don’t see how the law would be less lenient about straight up firing a gun at an opponent.

I by no means want any party to resolve to violent tactics. So even though I play with the thought, I really don’t want anything like it to happen. I am just curious if it’s actually the case that a sitting president has now effectively a licence to kill.

What am I missing?

    • eightpix@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      Wait, maybe the justices just gave Biden the authority to do just that.

      …

      Naw. See, if he did, that’d delegitimize the presidency and cause a constitutional crisis.

      But, if a Republican President does it, it’s an exercise in upholding American freedom and the true authority of the office. See the difference?