President Joe Biden warned Monday that a Supreme Court ruling granting presidents broad immunity from prosecutionwould make an unchecked Republican Donald Trump “more emboldened to do whatever he wants” if he regains the White House in November’s election.

Biden, under intense pressure after his disastrous debate performance against Trump last week, urged Americans to think carefully about their election decision and signaled he had no intention of dropping out of the race.

Criticizing the decision by the court’s conservative majority — which all but guarantees Trump will not face trial in Washington ahead of the November election over his actions during the violent riot on Jan. 6, 2021 — Biden said it now fell to the American people “to do what the courts should have been willing to do but will not.

“The American people have to render judgment about Donald Trump’s behavior.”

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      The court’s ruling represents a victory for Trump. The conservative majority found that some of his actions, including his efforts to use the Justice Department to pressure states to replace certain state’s electors with pro-Trump electors, are “absolutely immune” from prosecution.

      So, political witch hunts of state electors are on the table, apparently. I think that’s what I would do if I was Biden. Start using the Justice Department to stack the electors, especially in red districts. The investigations alone would be a gold mine.

      I’m sure there’s a lot of other mob boss level shit a person could do with this superpower that I’m not considering. Here’s some ways Trump did this.

      Anyway, I looked into drone strikes and military strikes in general. If there was a national emergency caused by an attack on the U.S., it’s properties, or armed forces, he can basically do whatever he wants. Otherwise, congress has to approve all military deployment. Drone strike or Commander and Chief pulling out the 9mm.