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Schumer pushing bill to strip Trump of court-granted immunity
The Hill ^ | 7/08/24 | Alexander Bolton

Posted on 07/08/2024 4:49:20 PM PDT by Libloather

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced Monday that he and other Senate Democrats will work to advance legislation to strip former President Trump of the immunity he was granted under a recent Supreme Court ruling protecting a president’s official acts from criminal prosecution.

Schumer, invoking Congress’s powers to regulate the courts, said Democrats are working on legislation to classify Trump’s efforts to subvert the results of the 2020 election as “unofficial acts” so they do not merit immunity from criminal prosecution under the high court’s recent 6-3 decision.

“They incorrectly declared that former President Trump enjoys broad immunity from criminal prosecution for actions he took while in office. They incorrectly declared that all future presidents are entitled to a breathtaking level of immunity so long as their conduct is ostensibly carried out in their official capacity as president,” Schumer said on the Senate floor.

Schumer said the court’s conservative justices had “effectively placed a crown on Donald Trump’s head,” putting him above the law and making him “in many ways untouchable.”

“I will work with my colleagues on legislation classifying Trump’s election subversion acts as unofficial acts not subject to immunity,” he announced. “We’re doing this because we believe that in America no president should be free to overturn an election against the will of the people, no matter what the conservative justices may believe.”

Schumer said senators will keep on working on other proposals to “rein in the abuse of our federal judiciary.”

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bill; court; fakenews; immunity; notcourtgranted; persecution; schmuckyschumer; schumer; senate; shortdropsuddenstop; tds
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To: Libloather

HEY upchuckyschlepter !!! IDGARPA what you say !!! So GFY, KMA, FOAD and take a bunch of your SCUMBAG buddies with you.

If this was anyone else you’d be silent...


41 posted on 07/08/2024 5:13:39 PM PDT by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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To: Libloather

Mr. Microphone has not been in the news often enough.


42 posted on 07/08/2024 5:16:57 PM PDT by citizen (Put all LBQTwhatever programming on a new subscription service: PERV-TV)
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To: Libloather

This is an example of the democrat’s “democracy” at its finest.


43 posted on 07/08/2024 5:17:00 PM PDT by farmguy ( )
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To: Vigilanteman

Chucky probably thinks that is some new brand denture adhesive.


44 posted on 07/08/2024 5:19:19 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: All

I’m already getting sick of these (censored, censored) saying that the court “granted” or “gave” Trump immunity.

They merely confirmed something that was there from the start.


45 posted on 07/08/2024 5:20:26 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: bantam

Schumer is why I have Jew, among other fatigues.


46 posted on 07/08/2024 5:22:11 PM PDT by ebshumidors ( )
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To: Sacajaweau
Congress regulates the Supreme Court?? It confirm judges....but that’s it.

Actually, congress can limit what sort of things the SC is allowed to consider. For instance, congress can say that the SC is not allowed to rule on anything involving speeding tickets.

47 posted on 07/08/2024 5:23:59 PM PDT by jimtorr
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To: Libloather

Chuckie Schemer’s world of dilusion ends in January


48 posted on 07/08/2024 5:24:20 PM PDT by ZULU (Remember Joscelyn Nungary, Rachel Morin and Laken Riley. Comey-Barrett and Kavenaugh are idiotd)
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To: Vigilanteman
Also ex post facto
49 posted on 07/08/2024 5:24:43 PM PDT by takebackaustin
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To: Libloather

‘...immunity he was granted under a recent Supreme Court...” and there you have it. The dems position ....


50 posted on 07/08/2024 5:25:03 PM PDT by strange1 ("Show the enemy harm so he shall not advance" Sun Tzu The Art of War)
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To: All

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They can’t do it without Republicans.

However, it hasn’t stopped Biden in 3.5 years.

Election season may block the legislation.


51 posted on 07/08/2024 5:25:13 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Impeachment Inquiry is necessary since Deep State is blocking )
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To: Libloather

Attacking the Institution itself...Now what would you call that?


52 posted on 07/08/2024 5:26:55 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Libloather

Sounds like an unconstitutional bill of attainder to me.


53 posted on 07/08/2024 5:29:08 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Libloather

I’m not a lawyer but it seems to me that Congress doesn’t have the authority to do this...particularly when past acts are concerned.


54 posted on 07/08/2024 5:29:31 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Never Trust A Man Whose Uncle Was Eaten By Cannibals)
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To: Libloather

Just a dog and pony show to distract from Biden.


55 posted on 07/08/2024 5:32:35 PM PDT by grumpygresh (Civil disobedience by non-compliance; jury and state nullification.)
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To: Libloather; All

This jerk should focus on his state, not Trump. Anyway, it’s a toss up between Schiff and Schumer as to who should be droned first.


56 posted on 07/08/2024 5:38:04 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: Libloather

This is so stupid.

Any ruling by the chair in the Special Joint Session can be appealed to the floor, such a motion takes precedence over any other motion. Pence had zero authority independent of the floor.

With 535 individuals voting, one man, one vote, Members and Senators equal, it would have taken 268 votes to set aside at least 37 Biden Electors - and if you think that could have happened, there’s something wrong with you.


57 posted on 07/08/2024 5:40:33 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et de phrases)
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To: Libloather
Article I, Section 9, Clause 3:

No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.

58 posted on 07/08/2024 5:45:42 PM PDT by Tench_Coxe (The woke were surprised by the reaction to the Bud Light fiasco. May there be many more surprises)
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To: Libloather

Nothing says “democracy” like ex post facto bills of attainder.


59 posted on 07/08/2024 5:46:13 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: Libloather

I’ll tell you, in one word, what the Demos fear more than anything else ... “RICO”. And RICO findings will raise the ire of the American people more than almost anything else.


60 posted on 07/08/2024 5:49:18 PM PDT by The Duke (Not without incident)
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