BREAKING: Supreme Court rules Trump is entitled to some immunity in Jan. 6 case

[Billo_Really]

/-----/ Immunity for official acts only. But, we know this was another lame attempt at humor by you.

No, I am actually so pissed off at SCOTUS I am taking them at their word. Biden can now assassinate Donald Trump as an official act.

 

[pknopp]

Really?
The world "constitution"?

North Korea, Russia, Iran, Yemen?

I posted the law and yes. American citizens in other countries still have Constitutional rights where it applies to the US government.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

You didn't think shit through did you? It's not nice or a good thing to weaponized the justice system. It's going to bite you in the ass next year.

It is not going to bite me, it will not change my life one iota. But you can damn sure bet that future Dems presidents will take full advantage of having full and total immunity for any and all "official actions".

By that time I will no longer be living in this country and you morons can deal with what you brought forth to protect you god.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Immunity for official acts only.

and what does a president do that is not an official act?

according to SCOTUS even their tweets are official statements

 

[ThisIsMe]

Nobody said it was.

Okay, so why are you arguing with me?

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

This institutionalized the idea. As I note, giving even more power to the government. A really bad idea.

More power implies NEW POWERS. Please cite these new powers that previous president's didn't have.
Keep in Mind Obama even MURDERED US citizens overseas and Clinton murdered them in Waco.

So what new powers?

 

[WorldWatcher]

But the intention was the the President not be subject to prosecution unless impeached by the House and removed from office by the Senate. Nobody else is given authority to remove a President or prosecute him in his official duties. That was certainly the position of the Founders who wrote and signed the Constitution.

And with this SCOTUS ruling today, it is clear that nobody can prosecute him for anything he does in his official duties after he leaves office without the impeachment process and Senate trial first coming into play. While several presidents have now been impeached, not one was ever removed from office by the Senate.

The transition was for a change from President to non-President to facilitate criminal prosecution.

It does not limit prosecution once they have vacated office for unofficial acts.

The GOP Majority Leader in the above video makes this very clear.
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There appears to be as Catch-22. A President can't be prosecuted while in office because he's President. An ex-President can't be prosecuted once out of office because he wasn't impeached for unofficial acts that may not have even been known about while in office but can't be impeached once he's out of office.

WW

 

[Nuthin' Fancy]

I posted the law and yes. American citizens in other countries still have Constitutional rights where it applies to the US government.

The US constitution only applies in the US.

Another American arrested in Turks and Caicos over 9 mm ...​

CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com › World
7 days ago — Another American who was arrested in the Turks and Caicos Islands in recent months for possessing ammunition was given a suspended sentence ...

 

[Mac1958]

It is not going to bite me, it will not change my life one iota. But you can damn sure bet that future Dems presidents will take full advantage of having full and total immunity for any and all "official actions".

By that time I will no longer be living in this country and you morons can deal with what you brought forth to protect you god.

In a normal time, I'd say this hands the Dems a gift for the campaign.

But I really don't think most people give a shit at this point. That's just where we are.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

In a normal time, I'd say this hands the Dems a gift for the campaign.

But I really don't think most people give a shit at this point. That's just where we are.

Will not be blip, but it might make his followers even more rabid as they know now he can do damn near anything he wants with immunity

 

[Mac1958]

Will not be blip, but it might make his followers even more rabid as they know now he can do damn near anything he wants with immunity

Well, they have a lot of work to do, turning America into a strongman-based right wing authoritarian pseudo-theocracy.

 

[Curried Goats]

In a normal time, I'd say this hands the Dems a gift for the campaign.

But I really don't think most people give a shit at this point. That's just where we are.

What isn't normal about Republicans playing politics with the court?

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Well, they have a lot of work to do, turning America into a strongman-based right wing authoritarian pseudo-theocracy.

They are well on their way, and were just handed a very Christmas present.

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

The Biden administration should immediately take full advantage of this ruling and start making some long overdue executive decisions.

 

[Robert W]

Oh snap!!!


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Scathing Sotomayor dissent: "The President is now a king above the law"​

Justice Sonia Sotomayor did not hold back in her dissent.

“Let the President violate the law, let him exploit the trappings of his office for personal gain, let him use his official power for evil ends. Because if he knew that he may one day face liability for breaking the law, he might not be as bold and fearless as we would like him to be. That is the majority’s message today. Even if these nightmare scenarios never play out, and I pray they never do, the damage has been done. The relationship between the President and the people he serves has shifted irrevocably. In every use of official power, the President is now a king above the law.”
“Orders the Navy’s Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune. Organizes a military coup to hold onto power? Immune. Takes a bribe in exchange for a pardon? Immune. Immune, immune, immune.”
“Let the President violate the law, let him exploit the trappings of his office for personal gain, let him use his official power for evil ends. Because if he knew that he may one day face liability for breaking the law, he might not be as bold and fearless as we would like him to be. That is the majority’s message today.”

Sotomayor deserves to be sanctioned by the Supreme court.

 

[Robert W]

They are well on their way, and were just handed a very Christmas present.

The strongman is Biden. Biden refuses to uphold the laws of the United States and encouraged illegal aliens to show up.

 

[Foxfyre]

The transition was for a change from President to non-President to facilitate criminal prosecution.

It does not limit prosecution once they have vacated office for unofficial acts.

The GOP Majority Leader in the above video makes this very clear.
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There appears to be as Catch-22. A President can't be prosecuted while in office because he's President. An ex-President can't be prosecuted once out of office because he wasn't impeached for unofficial acts that may not have even been known about while in office but can't be impeached once he's out of office.

WW

Well the Supreme Court pretty much correctly concluded Mitch doesn't know what he is talking about.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Well the Supreme Court pretty much correctly concluded Mitch doesn't know what he is talking about.

Mitch knew exactly what he was doing.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Been a really crappy week for the Left.

 

[Robert W]

Well the Supreme Court pretty much correctly concluded Mitch doesn't know what he is talking about.

At this point in time, It is dumb to pull up Mitch given the Supreme court has ruled now in favor of Trump.