Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 30 days agoIf Biden wanted to could he have people kill Trump since he is in office and SCOTUS said it was ok?message-squaremessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareIf Biden wanted to could he have people kill Trump since he is in office and SCOTUS said it was ok?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 30 days agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-squareandrewta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·30 days agoHe could not be prosecuted for it, but my understanding is that the people who killed Trump could be prosecuted because it’s still a crime (it’s just that Biden can’t prosecuted for it)
minus-squareSkua@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·30 days agoCouldn’t Biden in turn just pardon the killer?
minus-squareandrewta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-230 days agoTechnically he could but then that was always a possibility of any federal crime going back to the inception of the US
He could not be prosecuted for it, but my understanding is that the people who killed Trump could be prosecuted because it’s still a crime (it’s just that Biden can’t prosecuted for it)
Couldn’t Biden in turn just pardon the killer?
Technically he could but then that was always a possibility of any federal crime going back to the inception of the US