Question here.......can the President be convicted of Treason or is he immune from such charges? It is my understanding that he can be impeached but not be given jail time. True?
H will have to be impeached and removed from office first, otherwise he can pardon himself.
“Question here.......can the President be convicted of Treason or is he immune from such charges? It is my understanding that he can be impeached but not be given jail time. True?”
It would be up to congress to impeach or bring charges and THIS congress is never going to do it.
All we can do is vote out the pro amnesty rinos like McCain and Graham, who by the way, is meeting with Obama to push this through.
Graham will also be Obama’s ‘republican ‘ point man for AMNESTY.
Obama looking to give new life to immigration reform (Amnesty to illegal aliens)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2464778/posts
[snip]In the session, Obama and members of his Domestic Policy Council outlined ways to resuscitate the effort in a White House meeting with two senators — Democrat Charles E. Schumer of New York and Republican Lindsey Graham of South Carolina — who have spent months trying to craft a bill.
Assume that the president is caught red-handed in flagrant violation. Dealing with him "criminally" takes two steps. Congress impeaches and convicts him, but the remedy that Congress can impose is limited to throwing out of office and disqualifying from office. After that (and technically, even before that, but no prosecutor is going to charge a sitting president with a crime), he can be charged with a crime and tried for that. The penalty can include capital punishment.
Same sequence would come into play if a president commits murder.