best interest -

[Harpy Eagle]

A member of President Donald Trump's legal team argued on the Senate floor Wednesday that a politician trying to win reelection is acting in the national interest, and therefore a quid pro quo aimed at boosting reelection chances cannot be impeachable.



Alan Dershowitz argues presidential quid pro quos aimed at reelection are not impeachable - CNNPolitics

This is Trumpist America in all its corrupt glory folks. The degenerate Don is now arguing that committing crimes is part of the American way. A President according can commit crimes and it is unimpeachable. America is now Brazil.

America’s can only hope that the MAGAt President is either removed by the Senate or loses the election.

What a loon. That is not an accurate representation of what he said.

his exact words...

“If a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in an impeachment,

 

[basquebromance]

My plea to Senate Republicans: no matter how you're going to vote on impeachment, you can't stop the truth.

your job is not to serve at the pleasure of the President. your job is to answer to the power of the people.

 

[Billiejeens]

A member of President Donald Trump's legal team argued on the Senate floor Wednesday that a politician trying to win reelection is acting in the national interest, and therefore a quid pro quo aimed at boosting reelection chances cannot be impeachable.



Alan Dershowitz argues presidential quid pro quos aimed at reelection are not impeachable - CNNPolitics

This is Trumpist America in all its corrupt glory folks. The degenerate Don is now arguing that committing crimes is part of the American way. A President according can commit crimes and it is unimpeachable. America is now Brazil.

America’s can only hope that the MAGAt President is either removed by the Senate or loses the election.

What a loon. That is not an accurate representation of what he said.

his exact words...

“If a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in an impeachment,

No reasonable person would disagree with those exact words.

 

[MarathonMike]

A member of President Donald Trump's legal team argued on the Senate floor Wednesday that a politician trying to win reelection is acting in the national interest, and therefore a quid pro quo aimed at boosting reelection chances cannot be impeachable.



Alan Dershowitz argues presidential quid pro quos aimed at reelection are not impeachable - CNNPolitics

This is Trumpist America in all its corrupt glory folks. The degenerate Don is now arguing that committing crimes is part of the American way. A President according can commit crimes and it is unimpeachable. America is now Brazil.

America’s can only hope that the MAGAt President is either removed by the Senate or loses the election.

You would think someone who named himself 'JohnLaw' would understand the difference between proof and presumption. The Democrats PRESUMED that President Trump was inquiring on Biden as a potential political opponent in order to manufacture a last ditch Impeachment case. Any high school kid with a brain could work that out.

This thread is about Dershowitz’s claim that a politician can commit crimes to get elected or re-elected and it is unimpeachable, Do you agree?

As long as the crime isn't a "High Crime or misdemeanor" then that is supported by the Constitution.

 

[boedicca]

A member of President Donald Trump's legal team argued on the Senate floor Wednesday that a politician trying to win reelection is acting in the national interest, and therefore a quid pro quo aimed at boosting reelection chances cannot be impeachable.



Alan Dershowitz argues presidential quid pro quos aimed at reelection are not impeachable - CNNPolitics

This is Trumpist America in all its corrupt glory folks. The degenerate Don is now arguing that committing crimes is part of the American way. A President according can commit crimes and it is unimpeachable. America is now Brazil.

America’s can only hope that the MAGAt President is either removed by the Senate or loses the election.

What a loon. That is not an accurate representation of what he said.

his exact words...

“If a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in an impeachment,

Clearly, you've never negotiated for anything in your life. Every treaty ever signed is the result of "quid pro quo" trade offs made between the two parties.

 

[dblack]

I wouldn't want Dooshawitch defending me on a parking ticket. He's a joke.

Are you sure? What if you were accused of killing your ex-wife? And you were guilty?

 

[Frankeneinstein]

I didn't see todays dershowitz' legal wrangling but have seen it many times in the past...all I can say is this thread credits trump with getting the left to see dershowitz the way the GOP has been describing him for decades...much like he has gotten the left to wish everyone would just shut up about hillary already, something the GOP was trying to get the left to do for about 2 decades...
Dershowitz is just the latest in a long line of conversions or admissions trump has exposed/elicited in/from liberals...their socialist/communist intentions and sympathizing is another.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

A member of President Donald Trump's legal team argued on the Senate floor Wednesday that a politician trying to win reelection is acting in the national interest, and therefore a quid pro quo aimed at boosting reelection chances cannot be impeachable.



Alan Dershowitz argues presidential quid pro quos aimed at reelection are not impeachable - CNNPolitics

This is Trumpist America in all its corrupt glory folks. The degenerate Don is now arguing that committing crimes is part of the American way. A President according can commit crimes and it is unimpeachable. America is now Brazil.

America’s can only hope that the MAGAt President is either removed by the Senate or loses the election.

What a loon. That is not an accurate representation of what he said.

his exact words...

“If a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in an impeachment,

Clearly, you've never negotiated for anything in your life. Every treaty ever signed is the result of "quid pro quo" trade offs made between the two parties.

non sequitur much?

 

[Harpy Eagle]

A member of President Donald Trump's legal team argued on the Senate floor Wednesday that a politician trying to win reelection is acting in the national interest, and therefore a quid pro quo aimed at boosting reelection chances cannot be impeachable.



Alan Dershowitz argues presidential quid pro quos aimed at reelection are not impeachable - CNNPolitics

This is Trumpist America in all its corrupt glory folks. The degenerate Don is now arguing that committing crimes is part of the American way. A President according can commit crimes and it is unimpeachable. America is now Brazil.

America’s can only hope that the MAGAt President is either removed by the Senate or loses the election.

What a loon. That is not an accurate representation of what he said.

his exact words...

“If a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in an impeachment,

No reasonable person would disagree with those exact words.

Everyone that is not a mindless partisan drone would disagree with those exact words. Every president believes them being reelected is in the public interest, so by those exact words nothing is off limits.

 

[rightwinger]

A member of President Donald Trump's legal team argued on the Senate floor Wednesday that a politician trying to win reelection is acting in the national interest, and therefore a quid pro quo aimed at boosting reelection chances cannot be impeachable.



Alan Dershowitz argues presidential quid pro quos aimed at reelection are not impeachable - CNNPolitics

This is Trumpist America in all its corrupt glory folks. The degenerate Don is now arguing that committing crimes is part of the American way. A President according can commit crimes and it is unimpeachable. America is now Brazil.

America’s can only hope that the MAGAt President is either removed by the Senate or loses the election.

Democrats will run on these quotes and ask if the voters agree

 

[Billiejeens]

A member of President Donald Trump's legal team argued on the Senate floor Wednesday that a politician trying to win reelection is acting in the national interest, and therefore a quid pro quo aimed at boosting reelection chances cannot be impeachable.



Alan Dershowitz argues presidential quid pro quos aimed at reelection are not impeachable - CNNPolitics

This is Trumpist America in all its corrupt glory folks. The degenerate Don is now arguing that committing crimes is part of the American way. A President according can commit crimes and it is unimpeachable. America is now Brazil.

America’s can only hope that the MAGAt President is either removed by the Senate or loses the election.

What a loon. That is not an accurate representation of what he said.

his exact words...

“If a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in an impeachment,

No reasonable person would disagree with those exact words.

Everyone that is not a mindless partisan drone would disagree with those exact words. Every president believes them being reelected is in the public interest, so by those exact words nothing is off limits.

I can only accept that you don't know what words mean.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

A member of President Donald Trump's legal team argued on the Senate floor Wednesday that a politician trying to win reelection is acting in the national interest, and therefore a quid pro quo aimed at boosting reelection chances cannot be impeachable.



Alan Dershowitz argues presidential quid pro quos aimed at reelection are not impeachable - CNNPolitics

This is Trumpist America in all its corrupt glory folks. The degenerate Don is now arguing that committing crimes is part of the American way. A President according can commit crimes and it is unimpeachable. America is now Brazil.

America’s can only hope that the MAGAt President is either removed by the Senate or loses the election.

What a loon. That is not an accurate representation of what he said.

his exact words...

“If a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in an impeachment,

No reasonable person would disagree with those exact words.

Everyone that is not a mindless partisan drone would disagree with those exact words. Every president believes them being reelected is in the public interest, so by those exact words nothing is off limits.

I can only accept that you don't know what words mean.

your unconditional surrender is accepted.

 

[JLW]

A member of President Donald Trump's legal team argued on the Senate floor Wednesday that a politician trying to win reelection is acting in the national interest, and therefore a quid pro quo aimed at boosting reelection chances cannot be impeachable.



Alan Dershowitz argues presidential quid pro quos aimed at reelection are not impeachable - CNNPolitics

This is Trumpist America in all its corrupt glory folks. The degenerate Don is now arguing that committing crimes is part of the American way. A President according can commit crimes and it is unimpeachable. America is now Brazil.

America’s can only hope that the MAGAt President is either removed by the Senate or loses the election.

Democrats will run on these quotes and ask if the voters agree

That is exactly what the Democrat nominee should do. Run on a take America back platform. That this nation has been taken over by those that hate the constitution. Ask the electorate do you want a dictatorship or a democracy. That is what 2020 is about.

 

[Billiejeens]

What a loon. That is not an accurate representation of what he said.

his exact words...

“If a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in an impeachment,

No reasonable person would disagree with those exact words.

Everyone that is not a mindless partisan drone would disagree with those exact words. Every president believes them being reelected is in the public interest, so by those exact words nothing is off limits.

I can only accept that you don't know what words mean.

your unconditional surrender is accepted.

I laugh at you idiots -
Just because something that the President does to help the country, happens to also help him in reelection - doesn't make it actionable.
That Obama dude promised affordable care health to the nation and in return wished to get reelected for it.
Quid Pro Quo
Even though it was a flat at lie, it is not impeachable

 

[Harpy Eagle]

his exact words...

“If a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in an impeachment,

No reasonable person would disagree with those exact words.

Everyone that is not a mindless partisan drone would disagree with those exact words. Every president believes them being reelected is in the public interest, so by those exact words nothing is off limits.

I can only accept that you don't know what words mean.

your unconditional surrender is accepted.

I laugh at you idiots -
Just because something that the President does to help the country, happens to also help him in reelection - doesn't make it actionable.
That Obama dude promised affordable care health to the nation and in return wished to get reelected for it.
Quid Pro Quo
Even though it was a flat at lie, it is not impeachable

And by the way...I agree that what Trump did was not impeachable, but that does not change the stupidity of these words.

The president's view that it is in the best interest of the country is irrelevant to the legality/constitutionality of the action.

 

[Billiejeens]

No reasonable person would disagree with those exact words.

Everyone that is not a mindless partisan drone would disagree with those exact words. Every president believes them being reelected is in the public interest, so by those exact words nothing is off limits.

I can only accept that you don't know what words mean.

your unconditional surrender is accepted.

I laugh at you idiots -
Just because something that the President does to help the country, happens to also help him in reelection - doesn't make it actionable.
That Obama dude promised affordable care health to the nation and in return wished to get reelected for it.
Quid Pro Quo
Even though it was a flat at lie, it is not impeachable

And by the way...I agree that what Trump did was not impeachable, but that does not change the stupidity of these words.

The president's view that it is in the best interest of the country is irrelevant to the legality/constitutionality of the action.

So in Dershowitz's scenario he stated The President has committee a crime- before "the exact words" that we are discussing?

 

[Blues Man]

you cant make this stuff up

Dershowitz: Trump can't be impeached because he believed his reelection is in the national interest

a crooks best interest -

All people who run for president think that their presidency would be in the country's best interest

 

[Billiejeens]

you cant make this stuff up

Dershowitz: Trump can't be impeached because he believed his reelection is in the national interest

a crooks best interest -

All people who run for president think that their presidency would be in the country's best interest

Of course
So Warren is running on the Promise of Forgiving Student debt-
People with student debt will vote for her to do that.
Should she be elected, which would clearly benefit her - she should immediately be impeached for her using the election process for her own benefit.



Or - we could drop the current Impeachment nonsense, finally accept the 2016 election results, and go back to being the USA.

 

[JLW]

A member of President Donald Trump's legal team argued on the Senate floor Wednesday that a politician trying to win reelection is acting in the national interest, and therefore a quid pro quo aimed at boosting reelection chances cannot be impeachable.



Alan Dershowitz argues presidential quid pro quos aimed at reelection are not impeachable - CNNPolitics

This is Trumpist America in all its corrupt glory folks. The degenerate Don is now arguing that committing crimes is part of the American way. A President according can commit crimes and it is unimpeachable. America is now Brazil.

America’s can only hope that the MAGAt President is either removed by the Senate or loses the election.

What a loon. That is not an accurate representation of what he said.

his exact words...

“If a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in an impeachment,

No reasonable person would disagree with those exact words.

Lol,,no one that is if you ask V.Putin, Kim Jung Un or idi Amin.

 

[NightFox]

I'm no fan of Alan Dershowitz, I think he's a glory seeking, elitist blowhard that puts his public image above all else, that being said; the OP along with many other sensationalists "news" outlets reporting this story are IMHO completely mis-characterizing Dershowitz's argument using deceptive parsing and insertion.

Dershowitz was providing an example of how motive cannot be used as the sole basis for impeachment where the likelihood of mixed motive exists since it cannot clearly be shown that the motive for "quid pro quo" was corrupt; in other words Congress cannot get inside the Presidents head and determine that the reason he offered a "quid pro quo" was corrupt.

Dershowitz's hypothetical where the President believes he is acting in the Nation's best interest because said President believes that his/her re-election is in the Nation's best interest is clearly not a CORRUPT MOTIVE; Personally I think it's a bad hypothetical but I do understand what he is arguing and it's NOT what all these nitwits in the biased media are claiming.

The bottom line, Dershowitz wasn't arguing that a President can do whatever he/she wants as long as he/she believes that it is in the best interests of the Nation, he's arguing that the President shouldn't be impeached based SOLELY on (corrupt) motive in a situation where it can be shown that the President may have been in acting on what that President believed was in the Nation's best interests.

Of course all the hyper-partisan lemmings will be way too lazy to listen to the whole argument with an open mind and even attempt to draw an objective conclusion... they're only interested in the headlines that feed their confirmation bias.