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ceejayoz02/19/20251 replyview on HN

> The disincentives that have always prevented the executive from blatantly violating the law are still in force and unchanged.

We’re just gonna pretend Trump v. United States, 603 U.S. 593 (2024) doesn’t exist, are we?


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dizzant02/19/2025

That opinion specifically defers to lower courts to define the precise limits of the President's immunity. I refuse to believe that the collective effort of the judicial branch would construct those limits in a manner that enables dictatorship.

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