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In reply to the discussion: Adam Schiff nails it: Nobody is above the law. Not this President. Not any president. [View all]SWBTATTReg
(25,998 posts)the history of the constitution, I don't seem to recall anything of the like stating that I can stand out in the street and shoot someone, and no one would do anything (rump's words). As a matter of fact, most 'stand your ground' defenses usually means one's immediate home, perhaps yard? and in some jurisdictions (I don't know if they (gun rights) were successful in pushing these boundaries outwards from the immediate locality of the home/castle doctrine)).
If rump shot someone on Wall Street like he claims he could do, his ass would be hauled into court and jail so fast that what little of his intelligence remained, would drool out of his head. Rump is a beneficiary of one of the most corrupt elections in modern times being that the 2016 election was interfered with on a massive level. I recall Obama pondering what to do, and basically settled on telling turtle neck about the massive interference (who did nothing). Perhaps Obama should have done something, but then what? What could he do in reality? Command the news cycles and counteract all of the negative new cycles about HRC? Postpone the elections? If he would done so, then the repugs would have accused Obama of the same thing that the Russians are being accused of. A thoroughly independent governing body, subject to strictly nonpartisan rules in being elected, beyond and above the supreme court, would need to be impounded and have the ability to monitor and if need be, move w/ authority to hold off elections, impound election results, certify election results, and so forth.
This question needs to be answered, and established as a rule of law, w/ the advent of modern day computer networks and instant communications available across the world, all subject to immediate and massive interference by nefarious entities.