• kava@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    This is standard campaigning strategy. If the news cycle is bad for your candidate, try to refocus the narrative. Now people aren’t talking about Biden’s age but the SC decision.

    They’re making a bigger deal about it than it actually is in order to better their chances for campaign.

    I don’t see the conspiracy in this, it’s standard stuff.

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      5 months ago

      So, the Biden administration had the majority conservative Supreme Court rule that Presidents are immune from prosecution. Obviously, Biden is hiding his power level. /s

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        5 months ago

        You’re not understanding me. I’m not claiming he orchestrated this decision. I’m saying his campaign is using this decision as an opportunity to deflect attention away from the concerns around his age that erupted after the debate.

        Never let a good crisis go to waste and all that. Am I speaking Greek?

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            5 months ago

            It’s PR 101. I’m not making a controversial statement. Biden would be stupid not to. He has competent campaign officials.

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                  They’re making a bigger deal about it than it actually is

                  If, however, the court’s decision frees future presidents to act in corrupt, even criminal ways, then the “rule for the ages” articulated in this opinion will have a major impact upon the separation of powers among the three branches of government, potentially giving far more power to the president than has been the case throughout American history. That will have huge implications for the functioning of the presidency and the stability, if not existence, of American democracy. source

                  It’s a big deal. Of course Biden would rather talk about the case, it undermines the entire democracy. His age will continue to be a focus of the election, Republicans will not let it go.

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                    I’ve read a couple of the majority opinions and dissenter opinions

                    The president already had presumptive immunity for official acts. This basically just reinforces the precedent and sets up a framework for determining official vs unofficial.

                    Nothing about this ruling fundamentally changes Trump’s position except that he has the option of claiming he was “acting officially” for example during Jan 6th. Then it will go up to USSC and they will determine the specifics case by case

                    Why does it not matter as much as it seems? Because a president already had presumptive immunity for official acts before.

                    Yes, it’s important. But it’s not the end to democracy. It essentially creates a check against the executive branch by the judicial branch. And honestly, I’m OK with that considering how powerful the executive branch is.

                    Biden’s campaigners don’t care about any of that. It’s their job to get people to vote. They don’t care about the truth. I get it, I would do the same thing in their position.

                    Everybody talking about replacing you because of your terrible debate performance? Blast the “End to democracy” tagine as loud as you can so that news cycle changes.

                    It worked like a charm, I think it was a good strategic move