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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd be fascinated to see how this court would rule under a radical progressive president who [b]attempts to assassinate his opponents and openly take bribes.[/b] I am also tired of justices pretending they're historians and have any good thumb on the history of this country-follow plain text if you want to be originalists but don't conjure up convenient analyses of history :roll: [/quote]

Neither of these actions is covered by this ruling.  Those are not &quot;official&quot; duties.  Those are crimes, regardless of who is doing them.  
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If a crime has no enforcement possibility then is it really a crime?[/quote]

Crime absolutely has enforcement possibility.  
Tell me exactly how assassinating Justices on SCOTUS is an official act.  [/quote]

The President can order the military to assassinate anyone - he is the Commander-in-Chief so any order he gives is an official act - and no one is allowed to look at the President's [b]motive and the evidence of the official act is inadmissible. [/b][/quote]

Only inadmissible if it's an official act.  If it's not an official act, then go ahead and inquire about motive and evidence.

See?  The test isn't very workable.  Not a big deal since it's not going to come up very often.  [/quote]

Any military order by POTUS is a core Constitutional responsibility ---&gt; absolutely immune official act

Probably less messy for POTUS to just declare someone a national security risk and detain them at a black site. Again, core Constitutional power, so unreviewable.[/quote]

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