Biden has two months of unchecked power per SCOTUS. Should he use it? If so, how?

[LonePirate]

I think he should grant immediate amnesty/pardons for anyone the right deems to be here illegally. Make them legal residents.

I'm not going to advocate for Biden to do anything that is illegal; but the above action is well within traditional presidential powers.

[RidinWithHarris]

1. The Supreme Court has said practically anything Biden can do is legal

I know Biden won't act on this, but he's got a whole lot more than "traditional presidential powers" at the moment.

[Zeitghost]

4. No, they clearly did not

They said that many of the things he could try would be immune from criminal prosecution. But they would still be clearly illegal and subject to court intervention to stop them, immediately if necessary.

[MayReasonRule]

2. Whatever He Can Do To Mitigate The Current And Soon To Come Harm I Am 100% In Favor Of Him Doing

I am not a statesman thus I hesitate to articulate for fear that I may deviate from the true course of rectitude.

I am confident that Biden is a statesman surrounded by equally competent statesmen that do not suffer fools gladly.

Reason will never desist in it's fight against delusion and malevolence, because reason knows that it's absence within the fight, delusion and malevolence will always rule.

May reason rule.

[Baitball Blogger]

3. He needs to help Ukraine.

[Unwind Your Mind]

39. My immediate thought too

[Bobstandard]

5. Fix the Dreamers somehow.

I don’t know how he could do it but this is way up my wish list.

(There’s a good chance they’re ( Biden & Harris) gaming how to avoid future prosecutions and will make some kind of deal to not rock the boat).

[Omnipresent]

6. Maybe he can legalize recreational marijuana.

By executive order.
Let maga try to put that genie back in the bottle.

[tritsofme]

10. An executive order can't override state laws on marijuana, let alone federal ones.

It’s not a magic wand.

[EarlG]

7. The problem is that if Biden spends two months exercising his unchecked power

Trump will just exercise HIS unchecked power as soon as he arrives in office, and undo everything.

[flvegan]

9. This. n/t

[TwilightZone]

12. Yep.

[shanti]

15. He'll do that anyway?

We're screwed.

[Horse with no Name]

16. He is going to anyway

That’s my thought

[HereForTheParty]

40. I don't think Trump could reverse pardons

nm

[AkFemDem]

8. No way.

There actually ARE a lot of cartel criminals here illegally- as Kamala Harris has said many times in her rally speeches. I don’t want those fuckers given immunity.

The Dreamers are another story- just fix that shit now.

[MayReasonRule]

11. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said unequivocally that he will use the lame duck session to confirm more judges...

Regardless of who won the presidency or control of the Senate.

“We are going to use the lame duck to confirm judges. And we’re going to do everything we can to get as many judges done as possible, trying to overcome the Republican obstruction,” Schumer told NBC News in a recent interview.

This is from Oct. 5, 2024, on NBC News online

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/president-poised-inherit-fewest-judicial-vacancies-generations-rcna169049

Perhaps that is something that will be done.

[lees1975]

22. Well, that's something.

But why does a lawless country need judges? We had an attorney general and he didn't do squat.

[MayReasonRule]

23. IF Federal Judges Are Going To Play A Role It Is Better For Biden To Appoint As Many Of The 43 As He's Able

Time will tell.

Here's to each of us making our way in life and finding our way towards life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Here's to not letting the fascist bastards keep us down.

[2naSalit]

13. Whatever it takes to...

Protect the Constitution and the People of this country. If that means locking up someone, no matter who, he can do it just like -45 said he would to to Biden. Though Biden probably wouldn't recommend torture while in custody.

[GaYellowDawg]

14. What would be the point?

It would be different if we'd won and there was a clear danger. But we lost. It wouldn't be just the leaders we'd be fighting. It'd be the country. We're outnumbered, we don't have the billionaires, we don't have the propaganda machine, we don't have the churches, and we apparently don't have the ability to recruit enough new voters.

I can't and won't speak for any of you. But my plan is to shut up, hunker down, and hope that I haven't posted in enough places and spaces for the knock to come on my door in the early hours.

We tried, but they started in the 90's, established a massive propaganda machine, wrecked public education, enlisted the churches, and now they have an unbeatable coalition of a) the evil, b) the stupid, c) the greedy, and d) all of the above (e.g., fundamentalists). They played the long game, and they have won.

Regimes never last forever. Dynastic Egypt fell. Democratic Rome fell. The Roman Empire fell. Incas and Aztecs fell. The Catholic Church fell from power. The Soviet Union fell. The democratic United States has now fallen. The authoritarian version will, too. And since I cannot change the authoritarian U.S. and I cannot leave it, I will have to learn to live in it.

[Orrex]

17. Purge the SCOTUS.

Might as well, because Trump will.

[Trueblue1968]

18. Lock up the maga supremes !!!!!! He shpuld throw them in the slammer. Lol lol

Sorry people, I am not myself.



I am today a lunatic.

[onenote]

19. No matter how often it is pointed out, some DUers mistakenly think the immunity decision makes everything legal.

The whole point of immunity is that it prevents a president from being criminally prosecuted for unlawful acts. But it doesn't make them lawful and it doesn't prevent the courts from intervening to reverse and enjoin unlawful acts nor does it mean the numerous officials who would have to carry out these unlawful acts would do so simply because the president can't go to jail for ordering them.

[LonePirate]

27. OP here. I specifically said he should not do anything illegal.

The Constitution gives him the right to issue pardons and such. The Fifth Amendment protects people from being prosecuted/punished for crimes they have been cleared (or pardoned).

The difference is that SCOTUS will block anything illegal that Biden does. They will not block anything illegal that Trump does.

[Polybius]

20. Do you want us to never win an election again?

[LonePirate]

24. There will be future elections?

[Polybius]

25. I'd say so

[SoCalDavidS]

28. Elections Clearly Don't Matter

More than half this country is willing to vote for someone as VILE as him, and reject a decent, intelligent candidate like Kamala.

All this Bullshit about "our message" is just that. More than half the country couldn't care less about our "message." He had none, and he still won the election. Fuck this country.

[haele]

32. At least one show election.

It will take another 4-6 years to put an agenda in place and for the US version of Putin to rise to the front.
Right now, he's a petty Upper-Mid level Bureaucrat or the "go to" Operations Manager with contacts in several factions - may be in the Heritage Foundation or "Federalist" Society, or any number of conservative think tanks. But whomever he will be, he knows almost everyone who's important behind Project ,2025, and he's not stupid.
The leaders - the Radical Conservatives, Tech Bros, Finance Bois, Media moguls, Evangelicals - they're going to start fighting each other for the chance to drive the Government cart. And they all believe in a zero-sum game.

Haele

[ck4829]

36. WDYM? Acting crazy wins elections. Knocking on doors and appealing to the center didn't work!

[alarimer]

21. Open the books on Trump

Just make it all public. All the sordid details. I realize this may not matter to his voters (who he insulted right to their faces).

[boston bean]

26. He must pardon all the prosecutors and judges who tried Trump.

They were performing official facts.

[Groundhawg]

29. That is false. They did not give him "unchecked power"

[LonePirate]

31. It's unchecked only in theory because a Dem Senate would not convict him.

Just like a Republican House will not impeach Trump for any of the litany of illegal acts he will start committing on 1/20.

[BlueKota]

30. I think he should to protect

the lives of all that will be targeted, but he won't. Our side will still be trying to play by the rule book long after the other side has burned their copy to ashes.

Not meaning to be so negative, but I don't see how we can stop the worst from happening now.

The thing that really is making me most upset. I kept telling people what he was in 2016 and their only response was I was listening to too much news and doomsday prophesying. Now a lot of them are saying damn you were right. No shit Sherlock. Saying that now doesn't help them or me. It's fucking too late.

[Hotler]

33. He better pardon his son. Now is not the time to worry about looking political or his legacy.

Save your family Joe.

[GenThePerservering]

34. He won't nt

[TheKentuckian]

35. What difference does immunity make for legal actions?

If you are not advocating for doing anything illegal then there is no point in talking about immunity.

[Deminpenn]

37. One thing I believe Biden

could do is have DoJ revoke Musk's naturalized citizenship since we now know Musk worked in the US illegally while on his temporary visa, then have him deported. Once that happened, it's possible DoD and/or NASA could terminate his govt contracts.

He should pardon Hunter, too.

[TlalocW]

38. Release the Epstein Files

You know Trump is in there.

[Tribetime]

41. Wasn't there something about sending a Seal Team to execute

A political rival.