Michael Moore Has Some Ideas For How President Biden Should Use Immunity Ruling

Filmmaker Michael Moore wants President Joe Biden to use the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity from earlier this year to squeeze some progressive policy priorities into his last 100 days in office.

In a Saturday post on Substack, the “Bowling for Columbine” director outlined 13 demands he thinks Biden should take on before his term comes to an end in early 2025, calling the ideas his “bucket list for Scranton Joe.”

Pushing back on the notion that Biden has become a lame-duck president, Moore wrote, “You’re not done. You’ve still got 100 days left in office! And the Supreme Court has just granted you super powers — AND immunity!”

“You don’t answer to anyone,” Moore continued. “For the first time in over 50 years, you don’t have to campaign for anything.”

Moore was referring to a Supreme Court ruling made in July, which declared that presidents have “absolute immunity” from criminal prosecution for acts done in an official capacity as commander in chief.

The “Fahrenheit 9/11” director went on to again remind Biden, “You have full immunity! No kidding! No joke! That’s not hyperbole! You can get away with anything! And what if anything means everything to the people?”

Among Moore’s requests were canceling all student and medical debt, abolishing the death penalty, ending the trade embargo against Cuba, stopping weapons shipments to Israel and demanding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agree to a cease-fire.

Making a final plea to Biden, the documentarian wrote, “C’mon Joe. I know it doesn’t look like it, but you’ve been around a while. You know what to do. We’re Americans. This is what we are built for.”

Moore’s ideas made for a novel interpretation of the Supreme Court’s ruling. The high court’s decision immediately put a damper on the Department of Justice’s plans to prosecute former President Donald Trump for his attempt to thwart the peaceful transfer of executive power after losing the 2020 election.