17 Dec 2024 2:02 pm
----------------------------------------------------------Str8tEdge » 17 Dec 2024, 2:31 pm » wrote: ↑ Dumber and dumber.
You can do it! Post something even dumber than a Supreme Court owned by a president…..
https://www.biscaynetimes.com/viewpoint ... but-that-/
Trump is very proud of the judges that he’s put on the bench, particularly his U.S. Supreme Court justices. He believes “his judges” will protect him. Regrettably, it appears he’s correct.Based on questions from conservative Supreme Court justices during oral arguments April 25, it looks like they may rule Trump has immunity for actions he took in his “official capacity” as president. Defining “official capacity” is the dilemma.One hypothetical scenario presented by a justice questioned whether a U.S. president has immunity if he orders the assassination of a political opponent. Trumps lawyers argued “yes.” This “yes” was supported by at least four justices.Most legal scholars would say that based on our history – revolting from an all-powerful English king – that our legal system is based on no one being above the law. However, our Supreme Court seems inclined to place Trump and future presidents above the law.Conservative justices normally claim they stick to the strict letter of the U.S. Constitution, and this was the reason they provided for shooting down laws permitting abortion. Now, they are reversing themselves and potentially considering adding language to the Constitution that currently does not exist.The U.S. Constitution does not state that a president has absolute immunity. In fact, President Richard Nixon resigned and was pardoned by President Gerald Ford so that he would not be subjected to criminal prosecution. In the Nixon era, it was clear that presidents did not have “absolute immunity.”