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[-] zcd@lemmy.ca 67 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

So theoretically the current president could fire up seal team 6 and clean house…

[-] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

Why just use one SEAL team? Much quicker if you use them all.

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Why use a team at all? As commander in chief doesn't Biden get touch any gun he wants?

He could just set up an XM250 and blast all the Justices he doesn't like as they leave court.

Mr. Biden, how did you restore legitimacy to the courts? Well I just started blasting...

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Dick Cheney has entered the chat, as an example of why elderly people might not be the best people to be pulling the trigger.

[-] maynarkh@feddit.nl 10 points 2 months ago

SEAL team 6 is not an actual SEAL team, they are a special counterterrorist group instead of naval special forces. Their name was to confuse the Soviets in 1980.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Implies the existence of at least 5 other SEAL teams. ;)

Or the old X-Men quote:

[-] HurlingDurling@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Send in all the seals

[-] JonEFive@midwest.social 1 points 2 months ago

Hey now, this court case is about the presidential ability to assassinate rivals, not the presidential ability to use the armed forces against American citizens on American soil. We would need the national guard for that.

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