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I'm reminded of the nixon quote: "When the president does it, that means it's not illegal."
by eachro 1y ago
I'm reminded of the nixon quote: "When the president does it, that means it's not illegal."
- thrance 1y ago[flagged]
- schmidtleonard 1y agoIt was aspirational then, but after 50 years of working to create the Unitary Executive it is now fact.
- more_corn 1y agoOnly if we let it be fact. Surely there’s a line.
- ujkhsjkdhf234 1y agoThere isn't.
- p_j_w 1y agoThat line was crossed when we re-elected Mr. January 6th.
- 542354234235 1y agoWill no one rid me of this meddlesome priest!
- xaoz 1y agoAt least he seemingly pretended afterwards not to have meant to order "go kill him". The knights who murdered the archbishop weren't so lucky... my direct ancestor fled to Ireland afterwards (as family legend has it).
- rescripting 1y agoThe German people of the 1930s would like to have a word...
- GuB-42 1y agoTrue in most countries. The president or more generally the chief of the executive often has legal immunity. It makes sense because that are the law, at least in part. In democracies there a usually some protection against abuse of that power (ex: impeachment).
- TheOtherHobbes 1y agoThe UK has sovereign immunity. The monarch is literally above the law. They cannot be arrested, questioned, tried, or punished for any reason. Of course it would raise eyebrows if King Charles went on a shooting spree. But what happens behind closed doors is none of the public's business.
- 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 1y ago"I'm not gonna do it, but I need the legal ability to murder innocent people"
- incone123 1y agoWe used to have the concept of the divine right of kings. The current arrangements are a step down from that. Your framing has it back to front.
- bell-cot 1y agoReality: If His Maj just doesn't look fit for purpose, then he can be suspended. Or forced off the throne entirely: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regency_Act_1811#Care_of_King_During_his_Illness,_etc._Act_1811 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regency_Act_1811#Care_of_King_... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdication_of_Edward_VIII https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdication_of_Edward_VIII
- corimaith 1y agoThe Monarch also needs permission from the Mayor of the City of London to enter the city, so we do need to make a distinction between de jure and de facto law here.