why can’t Biden simply say “This is an official act and Kamala is the presidential nominee.”
Because it’s up to the political parties who the nominees are, not the government. So it’s not an official act. Biden could withdraw as a candidate anytime he likes until he’s nominated. After that, he could withdraw as nominee anytime he wants. But he has only influence as to who his replacement would be, not absolute say.
Trump as president could make a citizen stateless and/or imprison them and/or torture them and/or murder them. If you don’t believe that or are unwilling to accept it - google it. I’ll wait. There’s no hurry here.
An “official act” is whatever the president says it is if the court agrees. To stop the 6-3 GOP SCOTUS veto Biden can restructure the court now so whatever he does is an official act. Don’t try to convince me a future Trump can strip citizenship, jail, torture, and murder a huge number of people no problem but smol bean President Biden is powerless right now to deal with a minor bullshit procedural problem.
Because it’s up to the political parties who the nominees are, not the government. So it’s not an official act. Biden could withdraw as a candidate anytime he likes until he’s nominated. After that, he could withdraw as nominee anytime he wants. But he has only influence as to who his replacement would be, not absolute say.
Trump as president could make a citizen stateless and/or imprison them and/or torture them and/or murder them. If you don’t believe that or are unwilling to accept it - google it. I’ll wait. There’s no hurry here.
An “official act” is whatever the president says it is if the court agrees. To stop the 6-3 GOP SCOTUS veto Biden can restructure the court now so whatever he does is an official act. Don’t try to convince me a future Trump can strip citizenship, jail, torture, and murder a huge number of people no problem but smol bean President Biden is powerless right now to deal with a minor bullshit procedural problem.
He can do whatever he wants. He can execute Trump with an anti-artillery gun. But he won’t do that because he doesn’t care.