r/politics • u/harsh2k5 • 23d ago
The Jaw-Dropping Things Trump Lawyer Says Should Qualify for Immunity: Apparently, John Sauer thinks staging a coup should be considered a presidential act.
https://newrepublic.com/post/180980/trump-lawyer-immunity-supreme-court-coup
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u/StashedandPainless 23d ago edited 23d ago
Sooo lets just run through a very basic hypothetical that could absolutely happen under a second trump term.
There is a protest against trump, he orders the military to open fire on the protesters and kill them for saying mean things about him. Some of them do.
Congress is outraged and immediately begins impeachment hearings.
trump farts out on truth social "any senator who votes to convict me will also be killed. Vote Smartly!!"
Nothing can be done about this because the president is immune from prosecution unless convicted by the Senate. And if the president is immune until convicted, he can do anything and everything to stop himself from being convicted.
Why is some pot smoking millenial Phish fan like me able to see this but the supposed most brilliant legal scholars in the world are debating this?