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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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[–] Bookmeat@lemmy.world 82 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Sure, but then there won't be any conservative judges left to let him off the hook for it.

[–] Gimpydude@lemmynsfw.com 61 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Doesn't matter. He'll be dead before they're done litigating it.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

We probably all will.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 44 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's fine. Batman needs to break the Joker's neck, and then turn himself in with the body in tow.

[–] nul9o9@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I will remove judges until it is no longer legal to do so.

  • Something Biden should really proclaim.

I will remove judges until it is no longer legal to do so. I will not be using traditional legal mechanisms to remove said judges.

[–] ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The remaining judges rule that the previous ruling was in error, the President says he was acting under the interpretation of the law at the time, everyone shakes hands and goes home.

Literally how the law works so every SC decision doesn't set off a century's worth of lawsuits

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

The hero's arc

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[–] shani66@ani.social 54 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Unironically yes, and he could easily justify it as 'official business' as dealing with traitors too.

[–] AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago (6 children)

For some reason I imagine shirtless ripped Biden walkinging into the supreme court champer ripping a cig and saying "nothing personal, this is just official presidential business." Slipping on some brass knucks and charging into a fray of bodies.

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He's more likely to slip on the waxed floor and shatter a hip.

[–] cranakis@reddthat.com 22 points 1 year ago

I'm sure everything at SCOTUS is elderly proof.

[–] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 year ago

Which is odd because it’s not at all what he would do.

What he will do is meekly protest this ruling, maybe say something like “I respect the ruling and the rights of the law” and continue to do nothing.

Be nice if he could fight fire with fire for once and show the right what they’re setting up.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 year ago

"Presidential business, Jack"

[–] ruckblack@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Such cringe. The dude is barely conscious.

[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not nearly as cringe as the MAGA idiots that have posters of Donald "Diaper" Trump looking like Rambo.

[–] ruckblack@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's all extremely embarrassing.

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[–] crossover@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

He needs to at least impale senators with the American flag.

https://youtu.be/W8imsr2WmEg?si=-AwvPodkhAWcyF3l

[–] seaQueue@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It sure would be a shame if certain justices scuba vacations happened to be hit with drone strikes

[–] Wiz@midwest.social 12 points 1 year ago

They shouldn't have driven near the exploding spatulas.

[–] ristoril_zip@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think technically he could order someone with the legal authority to use lethal force to do that. So probably the NSA or CIA.

[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

CIA "can't" operate within US soil.

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[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (17 children)
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[–] snooggums@midwest.social 19 points 1 year ago

He doesn't even need to do it personally since no one can question his ability to pardon whoever does it. So he could order it or just ask "Won't someone rid me of these troublesome justices?"

[–] bitwolf@lemmy.one 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He can forgive student loans anyway despite being sued.

[–] evidences@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Not possible in the way you think. First of all he wasn't being sued over student loan forgiveness the government was, generally speaking you can't sue the president.

Second the supreme court ruling is about criminal liability, that is/was a civil case.

And lastly of the 400 billion in student loan debt that order would have forgiven the Biden administration has managed to claw back something like 170 billion in loan forgiveness through other means.

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[–] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They sent it back to a lower court so the actual details can be delayed and decided after the election.

So no, Biden can't. If trump wins he most certainly can.

Both sides

[–] bizarroland@fedia.io 11 points 1 year ago

Okay so in that case what Biden could do is go ahead and execute all of his political opponents and then if the lower court returns that the ruling of the supreme Court is unconstitutional than the new supreme Court can decide whether or not to uphold that.

[–] dmMeYourNudes@lemmynsfw.com 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To decide if the list of trumps illegal actions are considered official like social media posts. Now that the rule is set to protect anything official Biden only has to put it on white house stationary to make any action legal.

[–] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Which consequentially defines what the president can do. SCOTUS did NOT give Biden permission to execute them.

[–] ansiz@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Biden should at least go full Office Space and move all of their desks to the basement of the Supreme Court building. Maybe pass an executive order where the justices all have to ride to work together on a special Supreme Court short bus. I'm fine if he keeps it petty but I just hope he does something to show how dumb of a ruling it is (but probably won't).

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

This is a fine idea

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This isn't really a shower thought. Its been shared and posted and thought by everyone everywhere ad nauseum in a fucking record short timeframe.

Don't you understand? Every post on Lemmy must be about this!

[–] Chocrates@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It still has to be an official act. I don't know how that works.

[–] Griffon@lemm.ee 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No one does. Roberts conveniently left out how he would determine what acts are "official" from his opinion.

[–] Gimpydude@lemmynsfw.com 29 points 1 year ago

Republican acts are official. Democrat acts are not official.

[–] andyburke@fedia.io 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Article II Section 3 says the president shall take care to execute the laws faithfully. I do not see how a president could issue an official illegal order.

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

It doesn't matter. He cannot be found criminally liable now. The law does not apply to him. Fuck SCOTUS

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He could have expanded the courts on day one of office.

All of this could have been avoided.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 year ago

Can we agree that he can definitely use his mouth to say "I endorse doing something"?

[–] kakes@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Tbf people say this about a lot of things the Republicans do.

[–] Holyginz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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