The Supreme Court is currently hearing arguments on Trump’s claim of “absolute immunity.” Several news organizations are carrying the arguments live (including the linked article). You can also listen on several YouTube channels, including:
Even if you’re a partisan hack that just wants to give Trump a copout for all his indictments and free reign for Trump to do what he wants if he wins the election, you have to see how stupid it is to make that call BEFORE he wins the election while his opponent is currently in office. Their ruling in his favor would be carte blanche for Biden to do whatever the fuck he wants to Trump, so long as 34 senators would refuse to convict him for it. Or even to the Justices themselves. Up to and including assassination, apparently. They would really be banking on the fact that Democrats would tend to act in good faith while Republicans are free to abuse their power. But that is a big gamble.
Trump’s hack is done speaking now. I gotta say, I think he did the best he could with an ultra-shitty argument, but he was unable to disguise the fact that it was ultra-shitty. The Justices absolutely destroyed him.
And just so people know, Trump’s lawyer is now on record as supporting the idea that the president can order the military to perform a coup and be immune from prosecution.
Effectively yes, he did say that staging a coup could be considered official duties of a president and possibly legal. The nuance of his argument is even worse.
He claims that the lresident is immune from any prosecution unless impeached and removed from office first. So a coup is legal if he is never impeached, including if he is removed from office due to a failed coup either by the transfer of office or resigning. This would of course provide immunity for someone who was leaving office and time was not available to be removed, say for shenanigans in Janurary.
Right, and the Court could easily release a ruling on the very last possible day in June that gives guidance to lower courts saying exactly that, in such a manner that the rulings on those lower courts are still appealable, and Poof! The Supreme Court hands Trump a resounding loss, in such a manner that delays all of his trials to past Election Day.
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