• Th4tGuyII@fedia.io
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    4 months ago

    Not that I would ever suggest it, but I bet the moment a president even attempted to abuse this official power against these six conservative traitors to democracy, they’d desperately try to walk this decision back - they only care for the potential of abuse when it negatively affects them

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      They wouldn’t even need to actually abuse power at all.

      Just order the secret service to take over their personal security details, and attach members of the seal teams to each detail…. “As advisors”.

      It would be an implicit threat, sure, but also, a totally legal one, and they could hardly argue that “ensuring their safety and wellbeing” is not an official act,

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        4 months ago

        Go a step further and detain them in safe houses… claim that because of their decision their have been death threats and its in the interest of natuonal security. Give them basically no freedom of movement or agency of their lives… I bet they would change their tune quickly.

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          4 months ago

          Trust me. Swapping out security details like that is enough. More than enough.

          You swap out a single driver unexpectedly, and most these paranoid wankers notice. They’d freak out. You remove every one they’re used to?

          Oh they’d be screaming bloody murder before they ever got on the car.

          The point is to retain the prima facie moral high ground while making the point…

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      4 months ago

      I’m not advocating for violence. But I’ll put it this way. If I ended up on a jury for a murder trial for someone who killed one of the justices that decided for this. I would dedicate my life to nullifying that jury so hard. Not advocating. Just saying.