Anonymous
Post 07/01/2024 10:47     Subject: The President is Above the Law
Anonymous wrote:Well Biden is so old he should just order Seal Team 6 now and be done with Emperor Trump. Not much time left for jail. Then we can get back to democracy.

Drone strike on the next Federalist Society gathering.
Anonymous
Post 07/01/2024 10:46     Subject: The President is Above the Law
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Well. If this is what the SC says then President Biden needs to do what is necessary to defend democracy's future. It is his duty as president and, ergo, acting in his official capacity and give him immunity.

The Democratic Party respects the institution too much to ever actually do that, though it would save the United States.


Country before party, right?
Anonymous
Post 07/01/2024 10:46     Subject: The President is Above the Law
Anonymous wrote:Well Biden is so old he should just order Seal Team 6 now and be done with Emperor Trump. Not much time left for jail. Then we can get back to democracy.


Yep, he would be "presumptively immune."
Anonymous
Post 07/01/2024 10:45     Subject: The President is Above the Law
Well Biden is so old he should just order Seal Team 6 now and be done with Emperor Trump. Not much time left for jail. Then we can get back to democracy.
Anonymous
Post 07/01/2024 10:41     Subject: The President is Above the Law
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why is this even going to Supreme Court? They ruled back in the 70’s.


And look at the record of the Roberts court since Trump's three justices have been seated. They have discarded any respect for stare decisis. They no longer consider precedence to be a guiding principle in their decisions.

Yup.

“The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Donald Trump may claim immunity from criminal prosecution for some of the actions he took in the waning days of his presidency in a decision that will likely further delay a trial on the federal election subversion charges pending against him.

In the most closely watched case before the Supreme Court this year, the ruling rejects a decision from a federal appeals court in February that found Trump enjoyed no immunity for alleged crimes he committed during his presidency to reverse the 2020 election results.”
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/01/politics/supreme-court-donald-trump-immunity/index.html?Date=20240701&Profile=cnnbrk&utm_content=1719844548&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
Anonymous
Post 05/01/2024 19:02     Subject: The President is Above the Law
Anonymous wrote:Why is this even going to Supreme Court? They ruled back in the 70’s.


And look at the record of the Roberts court since Trump's three justices have been seated. They have discarded any respect for stare decisis. They no longer consider precedence to be a guiding principle in their decisions.
Anonymous
Post 05/01/2024 18:50     Subject: The President is Above the Law
Why is this even going to Supreme Court? They ruled back in the 70’s.
Anonymous
Post 05/01/2024 18:49     Subject: The President is Above the Law
NEVER!
Anonymous
Post 05/01/2024 17:53     Subject: The President is Above the Law
Are Trump's lap dogs going to wait until the end of term render their decision?
Anonymous
Post 04/30/2024 21:58     Subject: The President is Above the Law
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Well. If this is what the SC says then President Biden needs to do what is necessary to defend democracy's future. It is his duty as president and, ergo, acting in his official capacity and give him immunity.

The Democratic Party respects the institution too much to ever actually do that, though it would save the United States.


I'm not sure that the Democratic Party is above using the law to their advantage. President Biden does not have to execute his opponent, but he can decide that Mr. Trump is too much of a threat to the American public and that he should be detained for questioning. He can have the military arrest Trump and hold him in Guantanamo Bay or similar to have him interrogated about the January 6 coup attempt, at least for a few months. Once the election has passed, President Biden could be satisfied that Mr. Trump is no longer a threat to the American public and release him.

And he would have immunity as granted by the SCOTUS.


He could stack the supreme court and then bring the case again, and have him tried for treason.
Anonymous
Post 04/30/2024 21:23     Subject: The President is Above the Law
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Well. If this is what the SC says then President Biden needs to do what is necessary to defend democracy's future. It is his duty as president and, ergo, acting in his official capacity and give him immunity.

The Democratic Party respects the institution too much to ever actually do that, though it would save the United States.


I'm not sure that the Democratic Party is above using the law to their advantage. President Biden does not have to execute his opponent, but he can decide that Mr. Trump is too much of a threat to the American public and that he should be detained for questioning. He can have the military arrest Trump and hold him in Guantanamo Bay or similar to have him interrogated about the January 6 coup attempt, at least for a few months. Once the election has passed, President Biden could be satisfied that Mr. Trump is no longer a threat to the American public and release him.

And he would have immunity as granted by the SCOTUS.
Anonymous
Post 04/30/2024 18:31     Subject: The President is Above the Law
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This case will be found for Trump. At what point will enough be enough and we as a nation take action against this farce.

No...it will be sent back to the lower court to determine which of the charges apply to Trump's official duties and which apply to his actions on behalf of himself. Which will delay it past the election. So if we want to convict him we have to defeat him in November.


No
Special counsel can take Justice Barrett's advice and only charge Trump for his unofficial acts. Trial can start in August


He's already been charged. If Smith supersedes the existing indictment with a new one, that restarts much of the pre-trial process. And of course then Trump will claim that the alleged acts are official, Chutkan will then have to rule on that, and it will go back up on appeal. So your suggestion would just delay things even more.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2024 10:08     Subject: The President is Above the Law
Anonymous wrote:Well. If this is what the SC says then President Biden needs to do what is necessary to defend democracy's future. It is his duty as president and, ergo, acting in his official capacity and give him immunity.

The Democratic Party respects the institution too much to ever actually do that, though it would save the United States.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2024 09:50     Subject: The President is Above the Law
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We have had liberal, conservative, a few unqualified Supreme Court justices but we have never had anything like this.

They did not argue the facts of the case. They just made things up to force there predetermined ruling. This court is corrupt.

Democrats ignore this at their own peril.


This. The Supreme Court is so corrupt. We need term limits and age limits. We need this lifetime appt of these corrupt justices to end.

This Supreme Court is about to decide that a President can decide to assassinate a corrupt person and couldn’t be prosecuted for it. Hmmmm… 🤔


I mean ... right?
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2024 09:39     Subject: The President is Above the Law
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This case will be found for Trump. At what point will enough be enough and we as a nation take action against this farce.

No...it will be sent back to the lower court to determine which of the charges apply to Trump's official duties and which apply to his actions on behalf of himself. Which will delay it past the election. So if we want to convict him we have to defeat him in November.


No
Special counsel can take Justice Barrett's advice and only charge Trump for his unofficial acts. Trial can start in August


Not necessarily. Justice Thomas asked a question during oral argument:

JUSTICE THOMAS: Did you, in this litigation, challenge the appointment of special counsel?

MR. SAUER: Not directly. We have done so in the Southern District of Florida case, and we totally agree with the analysis provided by Attorney General Meese and Attorney General Mukasey. And -- and it points to a very important issue here because one of their arguments is, of course, that, you know, we should have this presumption of regularity. That runs into the reality that we have here an extraordinary prosecutorial power being exercised by someone who was never nominated by the president or -- or -- or confirmed by the Senate at any time. So we agree with that position. We -- we hadn't raised it yet in this case when this case went up on appeal.

While not a direct question before the Supreme Court in the briefings (though arguably it was briefed by former AGs Meese & Mukasey), the Court court could include it as a threshold issue and remand it as part of the case back to the D.C. district court to answer before getting to the question of official acts. That might allow Judge Cannon to rule on the issue in her case (since it sounds like the issue has been briefed there already), mooting out the January 6th case in D.C.