Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 day agoIf Biden wanted to could he have people kill Trump since he is in office and SCOTUS said it was ok?message-squaremessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1132arrow-down111
arrow-up1121arrow-down1message-squareIf Biden wanted to could he have people kill Trump since he is in office and SCOTUS said it was ok?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-squareandrewta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoHe could not be prosecuted for it, but my understanding is that the people who killed Trump could be prosecuted because it’s still a crime (it’s just that Biden can’t prosecuted for it)
minus-squareSkua@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 day agoCouldn’t Biden in turn just pardon the killer?
minus-squareorcrist@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoStates have their own murder statutes. Federal law would be irrelevant.
minus-squareandrewta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 day agoTechnically he could but then that was always a possibility of any federal crime going back to the inception of the US
He could not be prosecuted for it, but my understanding is that the people who killed Trump could be prosecuted because it’s still a crime (it’s just that Biden can’t prosecuted for it)
Couldn’t Biden in turn just pardon the killer?
States have their own murder statutes. Federal law would be irrelevant.
Technically he could but then that was always a possibility of any federal crime going back to the inception of the US