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		catlifeonmars 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Musk-Trump dispute includes threats to SpaceX cont... The point is we won’t find out because presidential immunity also protects against discovery. Cases that previously could have been decided on the merits won’t even make it to adjudication.

nradov 3 months ago [–]

No, that's not how it works. The Trump v. United States case had no bearing on civil discovery.

overfeed 3 months ago | | [–]

Bur it protects against criminal discovery, Civil cases can be quashed by current president uaing methods that used to be criminal for a president.

cosmicgadget 3 months ago | | [–]

What about Nixon?

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