• ealoe@ani.social
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    4 months ago

    One could at least argue that the Iraq invasion was within what was generally understood to be the role of the president at the time, specifically leading the military as its commander in chief. No one expected throwing a coup to be within the normal role of the president, but apparently that’s also covered according to this decision.

    • ✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Would’ve been covered even under qualified immunity. Absolute immunity allows you to break laws you know you’re breaking.