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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.”

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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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Schumer trying to change the headlines...


61 posted on 07/08/2024 5:49:42 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist! )
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To: JayGalt

One of these days Chucky’s going to reap the whirlwind and it won’t be pretty.


62 posted on 07/08/2024 5:54:38 PM PDT by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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To: Libloather

If only congresscritters, especially the ones like this slimeball, could face expulsion for knowingly passing unconstitutional legislation. This is a de facto bill of attainder on its face.


63 posted on 07/08/2024 5:57:07 PM PDT by cross_bearer_02
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To: Libloather

Oooohhhh....they soooo want President Trump back in the news....


64 posted on 07/08/2024 6:03:44 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Climate cultists think we should go back to the goo"d times when people starved)
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To: Libloather

Facially unconstitutional on multiple grounds, including separation of powers, and also based on the proposed law’s ex post facto status.

Political noise to foment outrage and distract from the Democrats’ sinking Presidential ship.


65 posted on 07/08/2024 6:10:18 PM PDT by JustTheTruth
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To: Libloather

The Supreme Court did not grant Trump immunity. They simply showed where The Constitution extended it.


66 posted on 07/08/2024 6:11:09 PM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: Libloather

How would this not be ex post facto law. Unconstitutional on its face.


67 posted on 07/08/2024 6:12:08 PM PDT by gas_dr (Conditions of Socratic debate: Intelligence, Candor, and Good Will)
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To: Libloather

Schmuck is smart enough to know that ex post facto laws are Constitutionally prohibited. The Demoncrat base this garbage is aimed at will eat it up.


68 posted on 07/08/2024 6:12:30 PM PDT by allblues (God is neither a Republican nor a Democrat but Satan is definitely a Democrat)
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To: Libloather

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”

I am not a lawyer but I am quite certain grabbing a judicial power (to decide whether a case meets the requirement of the law) and making it a legislative one is not what is meant by “To regulate the courts.”

It would take an amendment to the Constitution to take away the immunity of any and all presidents.


69 posted on 07/08/2024 6:15:45 PM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: JayGalt

“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.

The man is indeed an idiot writ large. That is not what the decision read at all.


70 posted on 07/08/2024 6:16:50 PM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: Libloather

The corrupt commie pig is scared to death of losing his yob mahn. FUCHUCK.


71 posted on 07/08/2024 6:26:26 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (President Trump is a businessman first and a politician second. That's why he's good for America.)
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To: Libloather

My gawd, the audacity of people like him. Their criminal endeavors know no bounds......


72 posted on 07/08/2024 6:27:52 PM PDT by ducttape45 (Proverbs 14:34, "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.")
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To: Libloather

Facially unconstitutional on multiple grounds, including separation of powers, and also based on the proposed law’s ex post facto status.

Political noise to foment outrage and distract from the Democrats’ sinking Presidential ship.


73 posted on 07/08/2024 6:29:43 PM PDT by JustTheTruth
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To: tet68

If it is a bill of attainder, how could it not be next term?


74 posted on 07/08/2024 6:31:25 PM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Re-imagine the media!)
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To: djpg

IMHO, yes. However, when have they actually respected the constitution.


75 posted on 07/08/2024 6:31:28 PM PDT by matt04 ( )
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To: Libloather

What part of the constitutional immunity does he not understand? That’s like passing a law saying Trump doesn’t have free speech.


76 posted on 07/08/2024 6:31:54 PM PDT by for-q-clinton (Cancel Culture IS fascism...Let's start calling it that!)
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To: Libloather

Nothing more than a publicity stunt by a Democrat trying to change the subject.


77 posted on 07/08/2024 6:32:39 PM PDT by mbrfl
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To: Libloather

Sounds like chuckie needs a talking to.


78 posted on 07/08/2024 6:39:30 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Libloather

Shmucer is scuh an alohsse.


79 posted on 07/08/2024 6:40:02 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for which it stands. )
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To: Vigilanteman
Both Bill of Attainder (see also Bill Clinton's censure plus" which they *knew* would be thrown out instantly), but ex post facto.

Schumer is slime.

80 posted on 07/08/2024 6:40:04 PM PDT by grey_whiskers ( The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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