Besides the heroic act of following LBJ, another one could be to deal with 
Trump.  Hard to punish an old person with threat of incarceration.  His defense 
could last years until he died, and meanwhile they argue diminished capacity.   
Let's go Dark Brandon.

-----Original Message-----
From: Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> On Behalf Of glen
Sent: Monday, July 1, 2024 9:25 AM
To: friam@redfish.com
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] [un]official disambiguation?

I don't think so. E.g. Trump's threat to fire the AG for not opening 
investigations seems official, if a bit unethical. So the righties' rhetoric 
about "Biden's persecution of Trump" is nonsense. It would (now) be a clearly 
official act for Biden to threaten the AG for refusing to open an investigation 
into Trump. But the conclusions of that investigation are another matter. The 
effects of such acts percolate down through the admin, then back up through the 
courts. What's missing in action is the 3rd branch, here. And I think it's safe 
to claim the Senate bears most of the responsibility for a defunkt legislature.

Anyway, the hysteria on all sides to this ruling seem similar to the Dems' 
hysteria w.r.t. Biden's debate performance. It's like everyone's lost their 
executive function. I'm starting to think we need to send every citizen through 
pilot training so they can learn to stay calm under duress ... and I'm normally 
the first to insult the Rationalists. 8^D

On 7/1/24 08:49, Marcus Daniels wrote:
> The "outer perimeter" would allow Biden to through Trump in a dungeon, etc.  
> No?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> On Behalf Of glen
> Sent: Monday, July 1, 2024 7:59 AM
> To: friam@redfish.com
> Subject: [FRIAM] [un]official disambiguation?
> 
> https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/jul/01/supreme-court-trump-immunity-claim-decision-updates#top-of-blog
> 
> Anyone care to take a stab at explaining why the ruling doesn't simply kick 
> the can down the road a bit? I mean, how could (say) hiding secret documents, 
> riot incitation at a campaign event, etc. be considered official acts of the 
> Office of the President? I suppose I can see some of the evidence being 
> thrown out, like claims about POTUS not getting involved in protecting the 
> Capitol building. But is this ruling really that damaging to the 
> prosecution's case?
> 


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