One reader reminded me that I have to label this as satire.
The times we live in.
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That headline is close enough to some things some Democrats have actually said about his judicial record. He gave a speech (and perhaps wrote an article) stating that Congress should pass a law postponing civil lawsuits until the president is out of office to avoid distracting the president from important duties. The important part of that is that he said Congress should consider passing such a law, not that he would rule that way from the bench. There was another case where he said the president can decline to enforce a law he feels is unconstitutional AGAINST INDIVIDUALS even if a court has said the law was constitutional. He said that was part of prosecutorial discretion. But if a law protected an individual’s right or provided a benefit to an individual that individual could sue to enforce that right and the president would have to follow the law. But the president could decline to prosecute somebody who broke a law.
Anyway, because of the above I wasn’t sure it was a satire until I read the article. I should have realized right off from the 1996 date but as some of the more left-leaning commenters here might agree, I’m not that bright…
I think it might be a good idea to mention that this article is satire, even if it’s not the Onion.
You think it’s not obvious enough?
OK