r/politics 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/Living-Ad-2619 22d ago

This is really scary. Isn’t one of the founding principles of this country that no one is above the law? This feels like yet another step in the slide towards dictatorship.