10 Things Trump Could Do With “Absolute Immunity”
Trump wants ‘TOTAL IMMUNITY’. Of course he does! Here are ten things he could do with it.
“The core idea of our Constitution, of American law, of the founding of our country, is that no person is above the law. Everyone is subject to the Constitution. No, you cannot cross the line. Giving a president absolute immunity “would be a dictatorship,” – said Norm Eisen, a CNN legal analyst.
The Supreme Court’s decision to hear Donald Trump’s audacious claim of presidential immunity from prosecution — with oral argument a leisurely seven weeks off … The justices have just made a bad situation far worse than it needed to be. – Washington Post
Complicit MAGA Justices on Supreme Court
“The appeals court panel that unanimously rejected Trump’s immunity claim did so on a broader basis. Unlike a different appellate panel that considered the issue of Trump’s immunity in the context of a lawsuit for damages from those injured on Jan. 6, 2021, it didn’t parse whether Trump’s acts were in his official capacity or instead in his role as a presidential candidate.
From the start, this long-shot bid for presidential immunity has always been Trump’s play for time. With the Supreme Court’s complicity, it has worked like a charm.” – Washington Post
Corrupt MAGA Justices
“The most unforgivable is the Court’s failure to act with urgency to resolve an issue arising from an insurrection and attempted coup where the defendant seeks reelection to the presidency. That defendant has promised to pardon his co-conspirators in the coup attempt. He has threatened to become a “dictator for a day” on his first day in office. He has vowed to use the FBI and DOJ to punish his political adversaries.
And yet, the members of the Court cannot rouse themselves to act with urgency—something they have done repeatedly to advance conservative causes. And they have remained silent in the face of Justice Clarence Thomas’s corrupt involvement in a case in which his wife Ginni Thomas is a material witness—at the very least.” – Robert Hubbell
Would be dictator
“Forty-six different presidents, including Trump during his first term, have been functioning since 1789, and Trump, trying to become the 47th, would be the first to argue that a president should have “absolute immunity.” All of those presidents also abided by the tradition of a peaceful transfer of power. Trump, by contrast, actively tried to stay in power.
Trump currently faces four different criminal cases. In addition to the federal case, a case in Georgia also concerns Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Smith is also prosecuting Trump for mishandling classified information after he left the White House. And the Manhattan district attorney indicted Trump in relation to hush-money payments made around the 2016 election.” – CNN
TakeAway: No one is above the law. Vote for President Biden to protect democracy and the rule of law.
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