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Sotomayor Says Presidents Are Not Monarchs and Must Obey Rulings (www.nytimes.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

Again, where there are no consequences, there is no law.

At the most obvious, SCOTUS said that presidents cannot be prosecuted for "official acts."

But never mind that, it doesn't even matter.

Who would prosecute the president for laws they break while in office? The Department of Justice. DoJ has traditionally been well beyond arms' length from the rest of the executive branch, but then, traditionally presidents haven't just blatantly broken the law while in office, either.

So, today, a president who breaks the law while in office just tells "his" DoJ not to prosecute him.

While I desperately want Sotomayor to be right here, she's not. In 2025, presidents are monarchs.

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