Donald Trump vs United States
It is not a question of the President being above the law but the right of the Attorney General, the head of the US Department of Justice to fire his boss, the Head of the Executive Branch.
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LeopoldBloom · M
sree251 · 41-45, M
@LeopoldBloom It is a sideshow that will be thrown out by SCOTUS.
ElwoodBlues · M
@sree251 SCOTUS will agree with every lower court that the President doesn't have absolute immunity, that the idea is absurd, dangerous, and could lead to dictatorship.
If SCOTUS gave Biden absolute immunity, what would stop Biden from having the conservatives on SCOTUS executed, and replacing them with socialists?? Oh wait, you didn't consider the possibility that presidential immunity would extend to Democratic presidents?? ROTFL!!!
If SCOTUS gave Biden absolute immunity, what would stop Biden from having the conservatives on SCOTUS executed, and replacing them with socialists?? Oh wait, you didn't consider the possibility that presidential immunity would extend to Democratic presidents?? ROTFL!!!
sree251 · 41-45, M
@ElwoodBlues
Hullooooo! We have a US Constitution that provides for checks and balances among the three branches of government. Jack Smith can't get into the act. He is from a lower world of demons where he catches and skewer devils like you and me.
If you ever get to be President, you rise above the rank and file. You will be like a general who gets a salute as you enter the officers' club. It is out of bounds to soldiers.
SCOTUS will agree with every lower court that the President doesn't have absolute immunity, that the idea is absurd, dangerous, and could lead to dictatorship.
Hullooooo! We have a US Constitution that provides for checks and balances among the three branches of government. Jack Smith can't get into the act. He is from a lower world of demons where he catches and skewer devils like you and me.
If you ever get to be President, you rise above the rank and file. You will be like a general who gets a salute as you enter the officers' club. It is out of bounds to soldiers.
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LeopoldBloom · M
@sree251 If you're talking about the current case in Manhattan, SCOTUS won't even grant certoriari to that one. It doesn't include any novel interpretations of the law or evidentiary issues. If the defendant was anyone else, we wouldn't even know it was happening. If Trump loses, he'll appeal and the next higher court will throw it out.
The presidential immunity case being reviewed by SCOTUS right now won't affect the Manhattan case because Trump wasn't president at the time he allegedly committed the crimes in question. Even Trump isn't saying that presidential immunity is retroactive. SCOTUS isn't going to say the president has immunity, either, because that would mean Biden could send Seal Team Six to take out Trump and the six conservative justices, along with all of the Republicans in Congress, and nothing would happen to him. Conservatives tend to not be as outrageous when there's a question of granting special powers to a Democrat. Notice that the Republicans didn't have a problem with clarifying the Vice-President's role in counting the electoral votes to a purely ceremonial one, now that VP Harris will be the one counting them next year.
The DOJ has a policy to not indict a sitting president. That doesn't mean the president is above the law, it means any prosecution is delayed until the president is out of office.
The presidential immunity case being reviewed by SCOTUS right now won't affect the Manhattan case because Trump wasn't president at the time he allegedly committed the crimes in question. Even Trump isn't saying that presidential immunity is retroactive. SCOTUS isn't going to say the president has immunity, either, because that would mean Biden could send Seal Team Six to take out Trump and the six conservative justices, along with all of the Republicans in Congress, and nothing would happen to him. Conservatives tend to not be as outrageous when there's a question of granting special powers to a Democrat. Notice that the Republicans didn't have a problem with clarifying the Vice-President's role in counting the electoral votes to a purely ceremonial one, now that VP Harris will be the one counting them next year.
The DOJ has a policy to not indict a sitting president. That doesn't mean the president is above the law, it means any prosecution is delayed until the president is out of office.
sree251 · 41-45, M
@LeopoldBloom
Why don't you restrict your comments to the Gaza situation. You seem to be out of place talking about matters in the USA.
The DOJ has a policy to not indict a sitting president. That doesn't mean the president is above the law, it means any prosecution is delayed until the president is out of office.
Why don't you restrict your comments to the Gaza situation. You seem to be out of place talking about matters in the USA.
sree251 · 41-45, M
@ElwoodBlues I have just open a new tread to address your incredulity. The sense of authority and command of subject matter you guys have are mind-blowing.
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LeopoldBloom · M
@ElwoodBlues He can't answer, so he's just being insulting.
