• ArbitraryValue
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    4 months ago

    I wonder if Watergate would have been an official act according to this new doctrine.

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      4 months ago

      If swiping documents and selling them to foreign governments is an official act, and the Court seems to believe it should be assumed that, then i don’t see why not.

    • Zaktor@sopuli.xyz
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      The one act outside of the explicit constitutional powers that they gave absolute immunity to was him communicating with his Justice Department. So it 100% would be.