And no one is going to do a damn thing about this because the US is not a nation of laws anymore.

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    I’m over these headlines. The Supreme Court said he has presidential immunity. The law doesn’t apply.

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      He has immunity for “Official” presidential acts. Establishing/ promoting a private business concern is NOT an official presidential act.

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      And you’re just going to comply with that?

      I for one would still want to call out whats being done, to make a record for future generations if nothing else.

      Are you really such a good little soldier that the supreme court makes a bad decision and you immediately reorient your entire moral framework to match?

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      They said he has immunity for official duties. This article is about him using the presidential seal for non-official duties. I don’t think anything is going to happen still, but even the insane SC ruling doesn’t give him immunity for this.

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        The ruling outlined that official duties includes pretty much everything he does while president, unless he explicitly states it’s not in his capacity as president or for national interests, which he won’t do in court, so effectively, yes, he has complete immunity. The “official” part is just a fig leaf to give the ruling the appearance of jurisprudence.

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          Sure, but this is about him using the seal in a non-official capacity. Either it’s legal because it’s an official duty, in which case he doesn’t need immunity, or it’s illegal because it isn’t an official duty, in which case he isn’t immune.

          Again, nothings going to happen with this regardless. I’m just stating what’s going on.

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        He’ll just say something like he was using it to build relationships with the leaders of other countries or some ridiculous bullshit. Unfortunately “official” while obvious to us may be more ambiguous to the law.

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      At this point it’s basically just propaganda to give the illusion that something is being done.