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Mr. Ected

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15. Only one person in all of America is afforded this much legal protection

Mon May 7, 2018, 07:50 PM

May 2018

The President of the United States.

Is he to be treated like a normal citizen, or is he insulated from justice for crimes he committed before and after his presidency?

If any court deems the latter, we may need to revolt.

If, however, a court mandates his testimony, and he refuses, then we have a crisis on our hands that the constitution doesn't address: can the man who has the nuclear codes be led away in handcuffs, and if Congress and 60 million Americans block the path, then what?

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Schiff: Trump will need to comply with a subpoena [View all] Mrs. Overall May 2018 OP

... DonViejo May 2018 #1

Even this illegal president of the USA is still subject Iliyah May 2018 #2

There you go. That's the defense. He'll say that he is not really the pResident and erronis May 2018 #7

"the same privilege as other presidents have" NastyRiffraff May 2018 #3

"assert the same privilege" bucolic_frolic May 2018 #4

SCOTUS and Nixon RainCaster May 2018 #5

Time for a new strategy catrose May 2018 #6

Not such a crazy idea woundedkarma May 2018 #9

Trump thought that a bald lawyer with an Italian name greymattermom May 2018 #13

Giuliani is completely out of his depth on topics like executive privilege and campaign finance law. Nitram May 2018 #8

People are still expecting sanity woundedkarma May 2018 #10

The reason for the separation of powers: checks and balances. Sophia4 May 2018 #11

What if it even goes to the Supreme Court and BigmanPigman May 2018 #12

Kick. sarcasmo May 2018 #14

Only one person in all of America is afforded this much legal protection Mr. Ected May 2018 #15