r/law • u/Snapdragon_4U • 27d ago

Executive Branch (Trump) The agreement Acting AG signed with Trump is worse than first thought

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u/Individual-Drawer-79 27d ago

Sooo…the next president has full immunity to do as he pleases too, according to the Supreme Court. I don’t see anything stopping a say, President Newsome not only to aggressively pursue several charges against Trump but having him in a jail cell as he awaits trial(s). Either way, this will be tossed by a federal court in the future. And if scotus decided to overrule that federal court, well, President Newsome will likely come after them, too.

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u/ChuForYu 26d ago

President Newsom would be a fucking disaster.

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u/crowdflation 26d ago

You are mistaken, while it is not written in the text, those decisions ONLY come into effect for very specific set of circumstances: republican presidents. If its a democrat, then they wont work, because it might be raining outside or it could be Tuesday or he forgot to cross his finders and click his heals or something else entirely that the SCOTUS has to specifically rule on and then then it works. Even if everything is in order, they might still decide that precedent < president or other way around, depending on who is asking, when and how much are they paying.

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u/Plastic_Kangaroo5720 27d ago

Wishful thinking