Dershowitz: ‘You Cannot Charge a President With Obstruction for Exercising His Constitutional Power’

[NYcarbineer]

So the president is above the law ?

What part of "for Exercising His Constitutional Power" didn't you understand?

Obstruction of Justice is a constitutional power?

 

[tycho1572]

 

[Windparadox]

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Nixon was impeached, in part, for obstructing justice.

 

[NYcarbineer]

This is for all the forum idiots who think Mueller can charge Trump with obstruction of justice:

Dershowitz: 'You Cannot Charge a President With Obstruction of Justice for Exercising His Constitutional Power' - Breitbart​

Monday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz batted down the merit of obstruction of justice charges aimed at President Donald Trump for what he said was exercising his constitutional power and authority regarding the firing of then-FBI Director James Comey and instructing the Department of Justice what to and not to investigate.

“If Congress were to ever charge him with obstruction of justice for exercising his constitutional authority under Article 2, we’d have a constitutional crisis,” he explained. “You cannot charge a president with obstruction of justice for exercising his constitutional power to fire Comey and his constitutional authority to tell the Justice Department who to investigate, who not to investigate. That’s what Thomas Jefferson did. That’s what Lincoln did. That’s what Roosevelt did. We have precedents that clearly establish that.”

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Bill Clinton was charged with obstruction of justice.

 

[bripat9643]

So the president is above the law ?

What part of "for Exercising His Constitutional Power" didn't you understand?

Obstruction of Justice is a constitutional power?

No, you fucking moron, firing Comey is a Constitutional power of the president.

 

[hazlnut]

This is for all the forum idiots who think Mueller can charge Trump with obstruction of justice:

Dershowitz: 'You Cannot Charge a President With Obstruction of Justice for Exercising His Constitutional Power' - Breitbart​

Monday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz batted down the merit of obstruction of justice charges aimed at President Donald Trump for what he said was exercising his constitutional power and authority regarding the firing of then-FBI Director James Comey and instructing the Department of Justice what to and not to investigate.

“If Congress were to ever charge him with obstruction of justice for exercising his constitutional authority under Article 2, we’d have a constitutional crisis,” he explained. “You cannot charge a president with obstruction of justice for exercising his constitutional power to fire Comey and his constitutional authority to tell the Justice Department who to investigate, who not to investigate. That’s what Thomas Jefferson did. That’s what Lincoln did. That’s what Roosevelt did. We have precedents that clearly establish that.”

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He jumped the shark when he defended OJ.

 

[hazlnut]

So the president is above the law ?

What part of "for Exercising His Constitutional Power" didn't you understand?

Obstruction of Justice is a constitutional power?

No, you fucking moron, firing Comey is a Constitutional power of the president.

Not when covering up a crime or obstructing justice.

get a fucking clue, loser

 

[bripat9643]

This is for all the forum idiots who think Mueller can charge Trump with obstruction of justice:

Dershowitz: 'You Cannot Charge a President With Obstruction of Justice for Exercising His Constitutional Power' - Breitbart​

Monday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz batted down the merit of obstruction of justice charges aimed at President Donald Trump for what he said was exercising his constitutional power and authority regarding the firing of then-FBI Director James Comey and instructing the Department of Justice what to and not to investigate.

“If Congress were to ever charge him with obstruction of justice for exercising his constitutional authority under Article 2, we’d have a constitutional crisis,” he explained. “You cannot charge a president with obstruction of justice for exercising his constitutional power to fire Comey and his constitutional authority to tell the Justice Department who to investigate, who not to investigate. That’s what Thomas Jefferson did. That’s what Lincoln did. That’s what Roosevelt did. We have precedents that clearly establish that.”

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Bill Clinton was charged with obstruction of justice.

He wasn't charged with obstruction of justice for exercising a Constitional power, moron. He was charged for coaching witnesses how to testify in his sexual assault trial. Despite what snowflakes may believe, sexual assault is not a Constitutional power of the President.

 

[bripat9643]

So the president is above the law ?

What part of "for Exercising His Constitutional Power" didn't you understand?

Obstruction of Justice is a constitutional power?

No, you fucking moron, firing Comey is a Constitutional power of the president.

Not when covering up a crime or obstructing justice.

get a fucking clue, loser

Douchebags like you claim firing Comey was obstruction of justice. So you're claiming he committed obstruction of justice by committing obstruction of justice. There is no crime being investigated. None.

What a fucking moron.

 

[Windparadox]

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This forum is blessed with hundreds of online constitutional experts.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

So the president is above the law ?

The FBI director serves at the Presidents pleasure, he can fire him for literally ANYTHING. So no you can not claim obstruction for a President using a delineated power from the Constitution dumb ass.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

So the president is above the law ?

YES


On June 20, 2012, President Barack Obama asserted executive privilege, his first, to withhold certain Department of Justice documents related to the ongoing Operation Fast and Furious controversy ahead of a United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in Contempt of Congress for refusing to produce the documents.

Later the same day, the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform voted 23–17 along party lines to hold Attorney General Holder in contempt of Congress over not releasing documents regarding Fast and Furious.

Executive privilege was also used in a lawsuit stemming from the 2012 implementation of the "Net Worth Sweep" against Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The Obama administration did not disclose roughly 11,000 documents from the plaintiffs in the discovery process as they related to the reasoning behind the 2012 actions.

Executive privilege is somthing else.

You are saying that a prez can’t be found to be a criminal for somthing he did even before he was president ?

Firing Comey was not before he was President and is one of the actual powers a President has as granted by the Constitution.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

This is for all the forum idiots who think Mueller can charge Trump with obstruction of justice:

Mueller can't- you can't charge a sitting President with anything.

But the House could charge the President with Obstruction.

Would the GOP EVER charge Trump with anything- even if there were photo's of him handing over the nuclear codes to Putin in exchange for a suitcase full of diamonds?

Don't think so.

If he acted outside his authority to obstruct justice, like Clinton did, they could.

But let's be honest, you don't care about obstruction of justice. You just want trump gone.

is that an excuse for not impeaching him for obstruction of justice, if he committed it?

He can not be impeached for firing Comey no matter what reason he used.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

So the president is above the law ?

What part of "for Exercising His Constitutional Power" didn't you understand?

Obstruction of Justice is a constitutional power?

Firing Comey was part of President Trumps power yes so no you can not impeach him for it.

 

[Care4all]

This is for all the forum idiots who think Mueller can charge Trump with obstruction of justice:

Mueller can't- you can't charge a sitting President with anything.

But the House could charge the President with Obstruction.

Would the GOP EVER charge Trump with anything- even if there were photo's of him handing over the nuclear codes to Putin in exchange for a suitcase full of diamonds?

Don't think so.

If he acted outside his authority to obstruct justice, like Clinton did, they could.

But let's be honest, you don't care about obstruction of justice. You just want trump gone.

is that an excuse for not impeaching him for obstruction of justice, if he committed it?

He can not be impeached for firing Comey no matter what reason he used.

Good luck with that!!! Nixon felt the same way....

There isn't something called, abuse of power charge, for nothing!

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Well, it's almost irrelevant. Just screaming for impeachment appears to be a pretty widespread campaign strategy we can expect.

Could be a good electoral strategy, depending on where you're doing it.

It's a stupid fucking strategy that only appeals to the most hardcore partisan among us. To everyone else it's a major go fuck yourself moment.
You all need a legit strategy if you want to compete

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

So the president is above the law ?

According to the man in the op he is because Hillary is and anyone who isn't a peon is.

I saw him on Fox News tonight and that was his message. Politicians, if high enough, are above the law.

And he didn't mean it as a slur, he was speaking from the heart.

Scum

 

[JoeMoma]

Trump obstructed Justice when he pardoned the turkeys. The turkeys had it coming......Justice was it served. Impeach Trump!

 

[Mac1958]

Well, it's almost irrelevant. Just screaming for impeachment appears to be a pretty widespread campaign strategy we can expect. Could be a good electoral strategy, depending on where you're doing it.

It's a stupid fucking strategy that only appeals to the most hardcore partisan among us. To everyone else it's a major go fuck yourself moment. You all need a legit strategy if you want to compete

What's "legit" at this point? Isn't it all just gotcha and attacks and showbiz?

The Democrats aren't interested in offering a positive alternative. They're just trying to bring Trump down to win in '18 and '20.

This sure would fire up "the base". It worked for Trump.
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[Remodeling Maidiac]

Well, it's almost irrelevant. Just screaming for impeachment appears to be a pretty widespread campaign strategy we can expect. Could be a good electoral strategy, depending on where you're doing it.

It's a stupid fucking strategy that only appeals to the most hardcore partisan among us. To everyone else it's a major go fuck yourself moment. You all need a legit strategy if you want to compete

What's "legit" at this point? Isn't it all just gotcha and attacks and showbiz?

The Democrats aren't interested in offering a positive alternative. They're just trying to bring Trump down to win in '18 and '20.

This sure would fire up "the base". It worked for Trump.
.

YOU are Democrat. Take back your party.
You bitch almost daily about your party and don't even try that I'm not a Democrat shit with me.

You don't like where your party is....DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

And don't even try to tell me you're trying because you backed Hillary from the start. You knew she was a bad candidate but you voted for her anyways because she wasn't Trump. That makes you part of the problem.