No, the DoJ and the FBI, you know, the entities that prosecute people.
You mean the entities that Biden, as head of the executive branch, could control as he sees fit (under the “unitary executive” theory underpinning the conservative SCOTUS judges reasoning)?
You’re really, really relying on this notion that the noble bureaucrats won’t comply, and also won’t get replaced with lackeys who would. With Biden as president, you’re likely right – but the power is there for the next person to hold that office to take. Unless Biden does something drastic to force SCOTUS to overturn themselves, anyway.
You’re really, really relying on this notion that the noble bureaucrats won’t comply, and also won’t get replaced with lackeys who would.
No, I’m being realistic. It’s a system of checks and balances, but it only works when you have a sufficient number of good faith actors. When you have a sufficient number of bad faith actors, or those willing to go completely over-the-top in their corruption, the system doesn’t work. Immunity, at the end of the day, is a moot point against that level of bad faith malfeasance, a point you choose to seemingly ignore.
You mean the entities that Biden, as head of the executive branch, could control as he sees fit (under the “unitary executive” theory underpinning the conservative SCOTUS judges reasoning)?
You’re really, really relying on this notion that the noble bureaucrats won’t comply, and also won’t get replaced with lackeys who would. With Biden as president, you’re likely right – but the power is there for the next person to hold that office to take. Unless Biden does something drastic to force SCOTUS to overturn themselves, anyway.
No, I’m being realistic. It’s a system of checks and balances, but it only works when you have a sufficient number of good faith actors. When you have a sufficient number of bad faith actors, or those willing to go completely over-the-top in their corruption, the system doesn’t work. Immunity, at the end of the day, is a moot point against that level of bad faith malfeasance, a point you choose to seemingly ignore.