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?

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    5 months ago

    So he just has to order the CIA to do it.

    The… the CIA and many other government agencies have a stories history of doing absolutely insane things that are absolutely crimes…

    …And many of those things only get brought to light by a whistle lower or leak ot some Watergate level fuckup of being caught in the act, or years or decades of actual investigation later.

    There are so many problems with this ruling its mind boggling.