pingveno

joined 2 years ago
[–] pingveno@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Wish granted. Those apps are now all rewritten as Swing Java applets.

[–] pingveno@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No president has done it and it certainly was not the intent of the pardon power. But it is not explicitly forbidden. Hopefully if he tries it it gets ruled against, but after SCOTUS made that horrible ruling about presidential immunity I have little confidence.

Trump getting away with a pardon and then getting assassinated is, in my mind, one of the worst scenarios. It martyrs him in the eyes of his cult. At the same time, it sets out legal precedent for a future fascist/authoritarian to pardon themselves for misdeeds in office. He's an old man anyway and won't last much longer. Let's hope it does not come to pass.

[–] pingveno@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

It is hard to go after a federal official for state crime. They have a lot of immunity around official acts. And for good reason. Imagine a right wing state criminalizing something based on their agenda, then prosecuting Democratic officials to enact a nationwide right wing agenda based on those laws. It would be chaos.

[–] pingveno@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Trump is 100% going to pardon himself. And I have little confidence that the courts will stop him. They will talk about history and tradition when it suits them, but I can totally see them making an exception for yet another unprecedented action.

[–] pingveno@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Exactly, and those take resources to grow. Water, fertilizer, pesticide, herbicide, oil, farm equipment, and so on.

[–] pingveno@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Sure, not a fascimile. Who Framed Roger Rabbit had characters from competing studios. Apparently Steven Spielberg had enough clout that he was able to get cross licensing deals made.

[–] pingveno@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yup, like, what is it replacing? If it's food that goes directly to humans, let's not do that. If it's corn for ethanol, that has little worth. Covering it with solar panels isn't terrible by any means.

[–] pingveno@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Need more Who Framed Roger Rabbit type work.

[–] pingveno@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Nah, timeline's off. He had a stroke before being elected.

US Senators have no recall mechanism. Fetterman is up for reelection in 2028. We will see what happens then.