Posted on 07/01/2024 6:45:56 PM PDT by lightman
On Monday evening, President Joe Biden addressed the nation on Trump v. United States, a 6-3 decision which found that presidents has immunity when acting in what the Court stressed was their official capacity. How did he manage to do so? He spoke for less than four minutes, and left without taking any questions. In case there was any doubt how he felt, the president screeched that he agreed with Justice Sonia Sotomayor's dissent, declaring "I dissent!"
That doesn't mean Biden wasn't prone to some truly hypocritical points in his remarks, which were very clearly prewritten by someone else and which he read directly from as he spoke.
"Today's decision almost certainly means that there are virtually no limits on what a president can do," Biden claimed at the start, lamenting a case which, again, makes clear that the president is only immune when acting in an official capacity. He went on to claim that "the power of the office will no longer be constrained by the law, even and including the Supreme Court of the United States, adding "the only limits will be self imposed by the president alone."
Despite how he only spoke for short a time period, the president still brought up unrelated topics so that he could rant and rave about the Supreme Court. "This decision today has continued the Court's attacks in recent years on a wide range of long established legal principles in our nation, from gutting voting rights and civil rights to taking away a woman's right to choose, to today's decision that undermines the rule the law of this nation." Recommended Did Anyone Catch What This CNN Host Was Doing During the Trump-Biden Debate? Matt Vespa
He also brought up the events of January 6, 2021 to insist "I think it's fair to say is one of the darkest days in the history of America. Now the man who sent that mob to the U.S. Capitol is facing potential criminal conviction," speaking about former and potentially future President Donald Trump.
What Biden left out, though, is how Trump urged those at the Capitol that day to protest peacefully.
The Trump War Room account also posted such reminders while Biden was speaking, as well as reminded how footage was unearthed last month of then Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) taking responsibility for a lack of preparedness on that day.
Biden then went to make the issue about the election between himself and Trump, with the latter continuing to lead in the polls, especially after last Thursday's disastrous debate performance. He spoke specifically about the case brought against Trump by Special Counsel Jack Smith to do with January 6, which faced a major blow with Monday's decision.
"The American people deserve to have an answer in the courts before the upcoming election. The public has a right to know the answer about what happened on January 6 before they are asked to vote again this year. Now, because of today's decision, that is highly, highly unlikely. It's a terrible disservice to the people of this nation," Biden lamented.
"So now, now the American people have to do what the Court should have been willing to do but will not. The American people have to render a judgment about Donald Trump's behavior. The American people must decide whether Donald Trump's assault on our democracy on January 6 makes him unfit for public office, the highest office of the land. The American people must decide if Trump's embrace of violence to preserve his power is acceptable. Perhaps most importantly, the American people must decide if they want to entrust the president, once again, the presidency to Donald Trump, now knowing he'll be more emboldened to do whatever he pleases, whenever he wants to do it."
After bringing President George Washington into this, Biden claimed that after the Trump v. United States decision, "it'll depend on the character of the men and women who hold that presidency that are going to define the limits of the power of the presidency, because the law will no longer do it."
If such points weren't noteworthy enough, Biden, with a serious face, claimed "I know I will respect the limits of the presidential powers that I have for three and a half years," despite how he frequently brags about defying the Supreme Court when it comes to student loan debt.
"But any president, including Donald Trump, will now be free to ignore the law," leaving out the key detail about presidents acting in their official capacity. "I concur with Justice Sotomayor's dissent today," he went on to say, mispronouncing her name so that he was saying "Sotomayer."
As we covered earlier, Sotomayor's dissent was particularly hysterical, and Biden read from one of many outlandish points that she made. "Here's what she said," Biden said, slurring his words as he went on to quote the justice. "She said 'In every use of official power, the President is now a king above the law... With fear for our democracy, I dissent.' End of quote."
"So should the American people dissent! I dissent. May God bless you all and may God help preserve democracy. Thank you. And may God protect our troops," Biden said before walking off. Reporters shouting questions, such as whether Biden will drop out out the race, went ignored.
As Axios' Alex Thompson pointed out, this was the first time since February that Biden addressed the nation publicly for cameras. The president was particularly angry in that instance as he addressed Special Counsel Robert Hur's report released just earlier that day.
Hur decided not to charge the president, characterized an old man with a poor memory. Not helping that view was that while taking questions for that press conference, Biden managed to mix up the foreign leaders of Mexico and Egypt.
Had he spoken any longer or been permitted by his handlers to take any questions, Biden might have short-circuited, considering we're outside the peak hours of when he's "dependently engaged," from 10am-4pm.
Biden was made to come out even after the campaign released a statement.
Biden forgot that he’s President, not a SC Justice, so he doesn’t get a vote.
I’d guess this is probably Jill’s new strategy, keep this guy contained, keep it between him and a microphone and only for short bursts. Keep him away from distractions, the public and any unrehearsed surprises. This guy is a walking landmine and his handlers know too well this guy can screw up real fast in the right uncontrolled setting.
Biden spoke about the character of the person was the controlling authority, not the law. He conflated Democrats as law abiding and the SCOTUS as extremists.
SCOTUS ruled Bidens attempts at cancelling school loans were illegal, yet Biden ignored them. My Daughter in law was sent a check for $16,000 from Virginia for having paid off her loans last year in ‘23; now they sent a letter demanding it be returned. The State executed the illegal INTENT of this president and now finds it had no legal authority to cancel debt for sch loans or reward for repaying it early!
Biden and the DNC organized riots in over 500 cities, pulling police and security allowing mayor’s and state governor’s to preside over destruction of property and loss of innocent lives.
Abortion and Roe vs Wade overturned remanding back to States rights the issues abortion parameters.
Absent today was any 2A talk, EPA or Agency Rules being struct.
Biden threw down the Gauntlet at SCOTUS this evening. Any chance that SCOTUS might have left each agency’s in place for individual litigation to force repeal was probably lost by the DNC. SCOTUS may now pre-emptively kill all Agency rules and force Congress to legislate and enact laws, effectively kill the Administrative State of ‘46. The timing may see a case and the opinions striking RULES just after the November election, humiliating Biden as a lame duck/dick.
I look for the December docket to rock Washington and the Admin State to it’s core. With a 7-2 conservative majority on the Court, the next 40 years will see the Lefts legal gains since the 70s overturned. EPA, Education, Intelligence, State, Military will all lose 50% of their budgets as the scope of Fed Govt receedes.
The corpse has spoken.
WHO CARES!
What is this BS about Trump calling for Constitution to be terminated?
Who really gives a $HIT what Biden thinks.
Must be some way to f@#$ with the fundraising ads his campaign keeps putting on my You Tube feeds. Perhaps if I donate one agarah of Israeli money?
So many lies. So little time to parse them all.
And that one tree is a sugar maple.
FJB
Democratic politicians are a deceitful, unscrupulous crowd.
Sotomayor’s defense is psychotic hysteria which raises questions about her mental health. She says she cries her self to sleep over court decisions. The DEI girls on the court are taking a beating.
Does he not know this protects him also? what idiots, Joe needs to be prosecuted for stealing security docs when he was a senator
I'd love to see his face and hear the answer.
Did I hear him read “end of quote” again from the teleprompter?
The Bolsheviks know they lost another round Biden is just something to keep in the basement as a tax dependent write off.
Leftist hysterics over the USSC immunity decisions sparked calls for (a) the assassination of Trump,
(b) conservative S/C members, and, (c) many other conservative leaders.
<><>“Biden, acting within the scope of his official duties, could dispatch the military to take out S/C conservative justices” – Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)
<><>”According to the S/C, Biden could now send in Seal Team 6 to take all of them out. He could send in the military to take out Trump. He has “immunity” for official acts now! - Harry Sission
<><> CNN’s Jake Tapper ranted about insane, liberal conspiracy theory
<><> that the S/C ruling opened the door to presidents assassinating their political rivals.
<><>liberal Justice Sotomayor on video floated the bonkers notion of a president ordering SEAL Team 6 to assassinate a political rival,
<><>Tapper reemphasized that idea, saying “you can assassinate a political rival.”
Jill’s new strategy to hang onto power, to be sure.......but there’s another fly in the ointment......
crackhead Hunter, a disbarred, convicted felon is now all in, “helping” Dad weather the debate storm.
Sonny boy’s got his own agenda.......depending on a presidential pardon to stay out of jail.
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