#Trump Immunity

[deadpresidents]

"The President of the United States is the most powerful person in the country, and possibly the world. When he uses his official powers in any way, under the majority’s reasoning, he now will be insulated from criminal prosecution. Orders the Navy’s Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune. Organizes a military dissenting coup to hold onto power? Immune. Takes a bribe in exchange for a pardon? Immune. Immune, immune, immune. Let the President violate the law, let him exploit the trappings of his office for personal gain, let him use his official power for evil ends. Because if he knew that he may one day face liability for breaking the law, he might not be as bold and fearless as we would like him to be. That is the majority’s message today.

Even if these nightmare scenarios never play out, and I pray they never do, the damage has been done. The relationship between the President and the people he serves has shifted irrevocably. In every use of official power, the President is now a king above the law.

Never in the history of our Republic has a President had reason to believe that he would be immune from criminal prosecution if he used the trappings of his office to violate the criminal law. Moving forward, however, all former Presidents will be cloaked in such immunity. If the occupant of that office misuses official power for personal gain, the criminal law that the rest of us must abide will not provide a backstop. With fear for our democracy, I dissent." - Justice Sonia Sotomayor's dissenting opinion

[ridenwithbiden]

PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY ie Trumps Immunity

[tomorrowusa]

Thursday was a relatively good day for Trump at the US Supreme Court but a relatively bad day for him at the hush money trial in New York.

Trump keeps saying he wants to testify in the hush money trial. But if he does, he can be asked about his liability in the E. Jean Carroll case and that would remind the jury that he's an adjudicated sex offender.

Not sure why Trump would think that his testifying would be good for his case.

Video of Trump confusing E. Jean Carroll for his ex-wife Marla Maples shown during lawsuit trial

Given Trump's aversion to truthfulness and established reality, he opens himself up to charges of perjury even if he is somehow acquitted of all 34 felony counts.

In Washington, the US Supreme Court doesn't seem like it will rule that presidents are fully immune from prosecution. But it does looks like it could send the case back to a lower court which could delay Trump's attempted coup trial until after the election.

[garudabluffs]

Trump’s bombshell move pays off? Supreme Court responds to his request to hold 'immunity' smackdown

Feb 13, 2024 #SCOTUS#Trump#immunityThe Supreme Court has responded to Donald Trump’s request to put a hold on last week’s DC Circuit court ruling rejecting his immunity claim. Chief Justice John Roberts is giving the special counsel one week to respond to Trump’s request, though it is unlikely that Jack Smith’s team will need that long. Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner, MSNBC legal analyst and host of the "Justice Matters" podcast, joins The ReidOut to discuss.

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[wildliferehabstudent]

I'm seeing an uptick in people calling not to vote for Harris as a protest against the war on Palestine.

I'm taking it all as propaganda, and I'd encourage you to do the same.

I absolutely support Palestinians, from the very bottom of my heart. I'm sickened and devastated by what's going on. I've donated what little money I have to spare.

But y'all. Harris at least is calling for a ceasefire. Trump said Israel should finish the job. He said he wants generals like Hitler had. He genuinely, truly, deeply wants a genocide, both here and there.

Not voting, or god forbid, voting for Trump, will make things infinitely worse. If he wins, it's all over. And his running mate is worse.

Please please please, get out and vote for Harris. It is genuinely our only chance at peace for anyone.

[serial-unaliver]

ultimately what "the left" in the imperial core actually needs to accept is that there is nothing inherently wrong with feeling discomfort when recognizing any form of privilege you may have and no one should have to water down their arguments to nothing for the sole purpose of not hurting feelings. the right never made you feel "welcomed", right wingers cannibalize each other constantly, they don't even want to fucking date each other because they're that miserable in conservative circles, what happened is you saw benefit in reactionary ideals that managed to outweigh the downsides. this doesn't mean you can't grow and change as a person but it does mean exercising cognitive empathy where you never did before!

[alwaysbewoke]

[odinsblog]

The U.S. Supreme Court is a fucking joke. Richard Nixon would have loved this ruling. I guess it would be totally cool now if Biden called in an air strike at Mar-a-Lago. For “official” purposes, of course.

[deadpresidents]

I'M NOT SURPRISED AND STILL SHOCKED.

[beauty-funny-trippy]

[afriblaq]

How many people need to die at the hands of police before we realize promising to give police total immunity is a dangerous idea? (warning: distressing)

@NowThisImpact.

[thellawtoknow]

Trump’s Immunity

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[originalleftist]

There are really just two issues that matter this election:

One is climate- Biden put us on a path to halve carbon emissions in 6 years and reach net zero by 2050. Harris will continue that. Trump will actually increase use of fossil fuels while gutting regulations.

Every person on Earth will be harmed and endangered by that, regardless of your identity, location, or views.

The other issue is the peaceful transfer of power. Whatever problems you may have with Harris, she'll leave peaceably in 4 or 8 years. Trump will not. This is not fear mongering or hyperbole. He has said that if he wins we'll never need to vote again. He met his last electoral defeat by inciting and enabling a violent insurrection. Sure, he's an old man, but he's surrounded by young men who share the same contempt for democracy and the rule of law- like his Vice Presidential nominee, JD Vance, who will assume power if he dies in office.

We were lucky to get him out once, barely. His people are much more prepared for a coup now, he'll have broad legal immunity now thanks to SCOTUS, and he's openly vowed to become "a dictator on day one" and deploy troops on American streets.

Any issue with Harris is a temporary problem, and you can try again in 4 or 8 years. With Trump, you can't.

THE ONLY REASON TO ELECT TRUMP IS IF YOU ACTIVELY WANT THE WORLD TO BURN. And don't care how many actual people burn in the process. And if that is your position, then by your own choice you are an enemy of all humanity.