Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 months agoIf Biden wanted to could he have people kill Trump since he is in office and SCOTUS said it was ok?message-squaremessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1150arrow-down113
arrow-up1137arrow-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 · 3 months agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-squareandrewta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months 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-up6·3 months agoCouldn’t Biden in turn just pardon the killer?
minus-squareandrewta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-23 months agoTechnically he could but then that was always a possibility of any federal crime going back to the inception of the US
minus-squareorcrist@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoStates have their own murder statutes. Federal law would be irrelevant.
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?
Technically he could but then that was always a possibility of any federal crime going back to the inception of the US
States have their own murder statutes. Federal law would be irrelevant.