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<\/a><\/h1>\nby James Bovard<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\u201cVote for me or the Constitution dies\u201d is President Biden\u2019s latest pitch to revive his faltering re-election campaign.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nIn four minutes of remarks<\/a> Monday evening, he condemned a Supreme Court decision while signaling his plans to pirouette as the reincarnation of George Washington.<\/strong><\/p>\nThe high court ruled that day that a president \u201cmay not be prosecuted for exercising his core constitutional powers\u201d and is \u201centitled to at least presumptive immunity from prosecution for all his official acts.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thanks to the decision, former President Donald Trump likely won\u2019t go to trial prior to the November election on federal charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol clash.<\/p>\n
And Manhattan Justice Juan Merchan said Tuesday that the ruling will also postpone Trump\u2019s sentencing<\/a> in the Stormy Daniels \u201chush money\u201d case by more than two months.<\/p>\nBiden denounced the delay in holding Trump liable as \u201ca terrible disservice to the people of this nation\u201d and urged American voters to signal that \u201cJan. 6 makes [Trump] unfit for public office.\u201d<\/p>\n
Seemingly speaking down from Mount Olympus, Biden declared that presidents \u201cface moments where you need the wisdom to respect the limits of the power of the office of the presidency.\u201d<\/p>\n
How noble of Uncle Joe!<\/p>\n
But then he claimed, \u201cI know I will respect the limits of the presidential power, as I have for 3\u00bd years.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bummer! That line obliterated all the president\u2019s lofty pretenses.<\/p>\n
While Biden piously invoked the \u201crule of law\u201d Monday, he consistently behaves as if his good intentions entitle him to dictatorial power.<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Supreme Court ruled that Biden\u2019s $500 billion scheme to buy votes by forgiving federal student debt was illegal; Biden then openly bragged that the decision striking down his program \u201cdidn\u2019t stop me\u201d<\/a> from canceling student-loan debt with one new scheme after another.<\/p>\nBiden decreed that 84 million American adults working for private companies must get COVID vaccines (though the White House knew the shots failed to prevent infections or transmission), with the president deriding vaccine skeptics as murderers who only wanted \u201cthe freedom to kill you<\/a> with my COVID.\u201d<\/p>\nThe court torpedoed that, too, since the administration had justified the mandate as part of its jurisdiction over workplace safety.<\/p>\n
The Supreme Court further struck down Biden\u2019s illegal extension of a COVID-era eviction moratorium, scoffing at the administration\u2019s attempt to justify the edict via an old law dealing with \u201cfumigation and pest extermination<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\nLast September, a federal appeals court slammed the Biden White House and FBI for conducting an unconstitutional censorship \u201cpressure campaign designed to coerce social-media companies into suppressing speakers, viewpoints, and content disfavored by the government\u201d \u2014 especially, it just so happened, conservatives and Republicans.<\/p>\n
In dismissing that case on technical grounds last week, the Supreme Court got it wrong, notably by ignoring the FBI role in suppressing the Hunter Biden laptop story<\/a> that The Post exposed before the 2020 election.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Biden spoke on Monday as if he worshipped legal procedures \u2014 but his devotion is selective.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nHis Justice Department is scorning a congressional subpoena for the audio tapes of the president\u2019s interview with special counsel Robert Hur (which the White House seemingly fears will further confirm the president\u2019s mental deterioration).<\/p>\n
Thanks to voracious Biden prosecutors, former Trump adviser Steve Bannon began<\/a> a four-month prison sentence Monday for the same scorning of a congressional subpoena.<\/p>\n
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\u201cVote for me or the Constitution dies\u201d is President Biden\u2019s latest pitch to revive his faltering re-election campaign.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n In four minutes of remarks<\/a> Monday evening, he condemned a Supreme Court decision while signaling his plans to pirouette as the reincarnation of George Washington.<\/strong><\/p>\n The high court ruled that day that a president \u201cmay not be prosecuted for exercising his core constitutional powers\u201d and is \u201centitled to at least presumptive immunity from prosecution for all his official acts.\u201d<\/p>\n Thanks to the decision, former President Donald Trump likely won\u2019t go to trial prior to the November election on federal charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol clash.<\/p>\n And Manhattan Justice Juan Merchan said Tuesday that the ruling will also postpone Trump\u2019s sentencing<\/a> in the Stormy Daniels \u201chush money\u201d case by more than two months.<\/p>\n Biden denounced the delay in holding Trump liable as \u201ca terrible disservice to the people of this nation\u201d and urged American voters to signal that \u201cJan. 6 makes [Trump] unfit for public office.\u201d<\/p>\n Seemingly speaking down from Mount Olympus, Biden declared that presidents \u201cface moments where you need the wisdom to respect the limits of the power of the office of the presidency.\u201d<\/p>\n How noble of Uncle Joe!<\/p>\n But then he claimed, \u201cI know I will respect the limits of the presidential power, as I have for 3\u00bd years.\u201d<\/p>\n Bummer! That line obliterated all the president\u2019s lofty pretenses.<\/p>\n While Biden piously invoked the \u201crule of law\u201d Monday, he consistently behaves as if his good intentions entitle him to dictatorial power.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Supreme Court ruled that Biden\u2019s $500 billion scheme to buy votes by forgiving federal student debt was illegal; Biden then openly bragged that the decision striking down his program \u201cdidn\u2019t stop me\u201d<\/a> from canceling student-loan debt with one new scheme after another.<\/p>\n Biden decreed that 84 million American adults working for private companies must get COVID vaccines (though the White House knew the shots failed to prevent infections or transmission), with the president deriding vaccine skeptics as murderers who only wanted \u201cthe freedom to kill you<\/a> with my COVID.\u201d<\/p>\n The court torpedoed that, too, since the administration had justified the mandate as part of its jurisdiction over workplace safety.<\/p>\n The Supreme Court further struck down Biden\u2019s illegal extension of a COVID-era eviction moratorium, scoffing at the administration\u2019s attempt to justify the edict via an old law dealing with \u201cfumigation and pest extermination<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n Last September, a federal appeals court slammed the Biden White House and FBI for conducting an unconstitutional censorship \u201cpressure campaign designed to coerce social-media companies into suppressing speakers, viewpoints, and content disfavored by the government\u201d \u2014 especially, it just so happened, conservatives and Republicans.<\/p>\n In dismissing that case on technical grounds last week, the Supreme Court got it wrong, notably by ignoring the FBI role in suppressing the Hunter Biden laptop story<\/a> that The Post exposed before the 2020 election.<\/p>\n Biden spoke on Monday as if he worshipped legal procedures \u2014 but his devotion is selective.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n His Justice Department is scorning a congressional subpoena for the audio tapes of the president\u2019s interview with special counsel Robert Hur (which the White House seemingly fears will further confirm the president\u2019s mental deterioration).<\/p>\n Thanks to voracious Biden prosecutors, former Trump adviser Steve Bannon began<\/a> a four-month prison sentence Monday for the same scorning of a congressional subpoena.<\/p>\n