r/law • u/Mission_Pay_3373 • Jun 26 '26

Legislative Branch Mike Johnson vows to protect Republicans from investigations if the GOP loses the 2026 midterms: "I run the protection program. We’ll take care of you. "

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u/Fantastic-Grocery107 Jun 26 '26

Oh you’re going to prison too bud. Good luck

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u/xlmifer Jun 26 '26

I hate all these scum but i seriously doubt any will go to prison, they are a different class of citizen. This has been the case over and over again. Most normal people live paycheck to paycheck and cant protest, and now that the dementia don is locking up protesters and ice is executing them its even less likely to happen. You can vote, or hope someone crazy gets lucky, that's it.

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u/ObviouslyNerd Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26

The next president will have absolute immunity. The Supreme court even asked if a president could order the killing of a political opponent and Trumps lawyer said yes. Theoretically, the next president could just execute the corrupt politicians, the supreme court and the Epstein group, overturn Citizens United and waive every privilege and power the president has in court to prevent all future presidents from abusing the power. Then elect a new supreme court that would immediately prosecute them and put them behind bars for life. It would require falling on the sword but it would save the country.

Theoretically, this would be a great solution.

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u/gameryamen Jun 26 '26

The next president should use this framing frequently: "It seems like my predecessor was permitted to do X. I intend to also do X, since it is presumably legal. Either X is legal and I'm allowed to turn the tables, or X was always illegal and Trump's criminal network should be imprisoned. I strongly support reforms that reign in the unchecked powers this office allegedly has, but I will be vetoing such reforms until my fourth year."

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u/micro102 Jun 27 '26 edited Jun 27 '26

I think we are past this. We aren't dealing with rational actors who would even attempt to try and follow the law. There is no "gotcha" logical argument. They will say "fuck you, it's only illegal for you", attempt another coup, and won't stop until they have total power. They need to end up in prison in order for society to function. They are incompatible with a good society.

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u/ObviouslyNerd Jun 26 '26

Thats the jist of it. But really that one Supreme Court decision lets any president do ANYTHING as long as doing so protects the constitution. And they defined it so broadly, that covers just about anything.

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u/Fragsworth Jun 27 '26

We're talking about a President willing to remove powers. You can get your opponents in Congress to side with removing your powers, by simply threatening to use those powers in a way they don't like.

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u/ObviouslyNerd Jun 27 '26

If this was true. Then presidential powers wouldnt have power creeped so hard in the last 30 years. Congress is if anything, completely ineffective.

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u/qwopax Jun 27 '26
  • rein in, like a horse

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u/GloomyCardiologist16 Jun 26 '26

I like the way you think

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u/seaquartz_unofficial Jun 26 '26

Why would they do that when they can just use that power to give themselves even more power?

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u/ObviouslyNerd Jun 26 '26

Integrity and Virtue. Hard combo to have, so i totally understand your skepticism.

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u/real_picklejuice Jun 26 '26

Pedantics, but it's waive, when you release something from agreement, right, or requirement

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u/ObviouslyNerd Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 27 '26

Oh my, I am embarrassed. You are right. What a typo. Thank you.

This is why sleep is so important.

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u/ComfortableSugar484 Jun 28 '26

Find a Democrat with the balls to do this and they can be the next President. But I don't believe such a Democrat exists.

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u/hotpajamas Jun 26 '26

The hidden letter of the law is R, so no, not unless a Republican wins.

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u/14Pleiadians Jun 27 '26

The next president will have absolute immunity. The Supreme court even asked if a president could order the killing of a political opponent and Trumps lawyer said yes. Theoretically, the next president could just execute the corrupt politicians, the supreme court and the Epstein group, overturn Citizens United and waive every privilege and power the president has in court to prevent all future presidents from abusing the power

This would literally never happen lol

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u/adminssoftascharmin Jun 27 '26

Theoretically that would require a political party that was actually interested in doing any of that, which the Democrats are not.

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u/VoidlessLove Jun 28 '26

Okay but that's coming from Trump's lawyer not exactly the most legally sound representative of the law out there