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In reply to the discussion: BREAKING CNN - After defying Congress; can Trump circumvent the Supreme Court? [View all]StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)63. Being arrested doesn't mean he would be put into an unsafe situation or even go to jail
Secret Service would make sure that he's not in danger in jail - he surely wouldn't go into general population, something the judge would address when issuing the bench warrant. But Secret Service couldn't interfere with his arrest by claiming they think he would be in danger in jail. They have to do what the judge says, no matter what and if the judge says he's going to jail, Secret Service has no say in whether he does or not. Their power, at that point, would be limited to trying to keep him safe in whatever situation the judge orders him into.
Yes, it's beside the point, but it's an interesting thought experiment, isn't it?
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BREAKING CNN - After defying Congress; can Trump circumvent the Supreme Court? [View all]
real Cannabis calm
Jul 2019
OP
oh, it will be a constitutional crisis, but the AG can shut them down, court order or not
Celerity
Jul 2019
#34
The marshals aren't likelt to defy a lawful court order, especially in response
StarfishSaver
Jul 2019
#36
Well I'd hope so, but who knows what kind of trolls lurk in the Trump Administration.
marylandblue
Jul 2019
#42
The AG can't just "shut them down" - Congress created them and only Congress can get rid of them
StarfishSaver
Jul 2019
#35
Fun Fact: Thurgood Marshall's son was the chief US Marshal during the Clinton Administration
StarfishSaver
Jul 2019
#53
Being arrested doesn't mean he would be put into an unsafe situation or even go to jail
StarfishSaver
Jul 2019
#63
this has all been 'war gamed' out for decades by the rethugs and their paymasters
Celerity
Jul 2019
#37
Unless SCOTUS says it is legal to put the question on the census, I'm not answering that question
MiniMe
Jul 2019
#19
I spent my entire career in media: AND WE ASKED PLENTY OF "QUESTIONS!"
real Cannabis calm
Jul 2019
#28
In college, where I learned to write news, questions were the basis:
real Cannabis calm
Jul 2019
#69