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10. He's already gotten some immunity with their month's-long delay to hold oral arguments...
Thu Apr 25, 2024, 11:48 AM
Apr 2024

and even more if they come up with a list of public v private acts to send back to Judge Chutkan to apply.

What needs to be done is send it back to Judge Chutkan and take off the hold on her trial from starting while they take their time to rule.

Also they need to specify that presidential duties are within the sphere of official acts but campaign duties are not...but in either case a sitting president or former president is not above the law and can not commit crimes with impunity.

The argument that an executive/president has to have immunity is that of either aristocracy or of an autocracy.

Neither applies to a democracy and the mere notion of one person being above the law should be dismissed out of hand.



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