Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 5 days agoJust to get this straight. If I stand outside a voting center and give each person 500 bucks to vote for me. That is illegal? But if I am a Dipshit In Chief and offer 5k that is 100 percent legal?message-squaremessage-square163linkfedilinkarrow-up1584arrow-down18
arrow-up1576arrow-down1message-squareJust to get this straight. If I stand outside a voting center and give each person 500 bucks to vote for me. That is illegal? But if I am a Dipshit In Chief and offer 5k that is 100 percent legal?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 5 days agomessage-square163linkfedilink
minus-squaremrmaplebar@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up56·5 days agoTurns out the president is above the law, and can only be impeached, given the rare condition that the opposition party has a supermajority in Congress, of course!
minus-squareArtisian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·5 days agoPresidential immunity only extends to official acts see here. That said, its so poorly defined as to be irrelevant at the moment. Still, I suspect distributing checks from the federal government that was not appropriated by congress would very much fail to qualify.
minus-squareulkesh@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 days agoWhen there are no consequences, everything is an official act.
Turns out the president is above the law, and can only be impeached, given the rare condition that the opposition party has a supermajority in Congress, of course!
Presidential immunity only extends to official acts see here. That said, its so poorly defined as to be irrelevant at the moment.
Still, I suspect distributing checks from the federal government that was not appropriated by congress would very much fail to qualify.
When there are no consequences, everything is an official act.