Filmmaker Michael Moore desires President Joe Biden to make use of the Supreme Court docket’s ruling on presidential immunity from earlier this 12 months to squeeze some progressive coverage priorities into his final 100 days in workplace.
In a Saturday submit on Substack, the “Bowling for Columbine” director outlined 13 calls for he thinks Biden ought to tackle earlier than his time period involves an finish in early 2025, calling the concepts his “bucket list for Scranton Joe.”
Pushing again on the notion that Biden has turn into a lame-duck president, Moore wrote, “You’re not done. You’ve still got 100 days left in office! And the Supreme Court has just granted you super powers — AND immunity!”
“You don’t answer to anyone,” Moore continued. “For the first time in over 50 years, you don’t have to campaign for anything.”
Moore was referring to a Supreme Court docket ruling made in July, which declared that presidents have “absolute immunity” from felony prosecution for acts finished in an official capability as commander in chief.
The “Fahrenheit 9/11” director went on to once more remind Biden, “You have full immunity! No kidding! No joke! That’s not hyperbole! You can get away with anything! And what if anything means everything to the people?”
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Amongst Moore’s requests had been canceling all pupil and medical debt, abolishing the demise penalty, ending the commerce embargo towards Cuba, stopping weapons shipments to Israel and demanding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu conform to a cease-fire.
Making a ultimate plea to Biden, the documentarian wrote, “C’mon Joe. I know it doesn’t look like it, but you’ve been around a while. You know what to do. We’re Americans. This is what we are built for.”
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Moore’s concepts made for a novel interpretation of the Supreme Court docket’s ruling. The excessive court docket’s resolution instantly put a damper on the Division of Justice’s plans to prosecute former President Donald Trump for his try and thwart the peaceable switch of government energy after shedding the 2020 election.
