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In reply to the discussion: No, Biden Did Not Order the FBI to Assassinate Trump at Mar-a-Lago [View all]jaxexpat
(7,794 posts)would have probably seen the current state of the union such that the executive would need be within the confines of immunity to perform "his duty" to save the country from the clutches of a madman, an express reason (on a painfully short list) wherein executive immunity should ever be employed.
"Alex, what could the executive do if some populist madman was turning the whole of our experiment into a dung heap for reasons only his disturbed mind could surmise?" asked Mr. Madison. "Well, James, he should suffer no prosecution were he to secure, in his time, the future of the country by whatever means, I think", Hamilton replied.*
* actual transcript of a conversation taped before a live audience in the winter of 1786. Found, along with 137 unmatched socks and gloves in my closet yesterday. Quite exciting. Don't you think? Anyone need a one-of-a-kind cuff link? People always ask for "link", could be handy.