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To: spacejunkie2001
Most of what I’ve read says they’ll Grant immunity

Highly unlikely (as in almost ZERO chance) they will grant blanket presidential immunity.

They will probably kick the question back to the lower court to discern which are "official" acts, covered by presidential immunity, and which are not.

That decision will then be appealed to SCOTUS. This process will take months.

43 posted on 06/14/2024 8:19:24 AM PDT by M. Thatcher
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To: M. Thatcher
They will probably kick the question back to the lower court to discern which are "official" acts, covered by presidential immunity, and which are not. That decision will then be appealed to SCOTUS. This process will take months.

Yep, LOTS of months.

45 posted on 06/14/2024 8:21:25 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: M. Thatcher

You’re saying that the ruling will be 5-4 (or worse) against DJT? How do they kick it back to the lower court if not ruling against him?


47 posted on 06/14/2024 8:39:53 AM PDT by spacejunkie2001
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To: M. Thatcher

After the embarrassing Manhattan clown show, that ship has sailed. If a majority was inclined towards limited immunity, that all changed. It’ll be a much broader affirmation of immunity.


52 posted on 06/14/2024 8:53:28 AM PDT by Sidebar Moderator
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To: M. Thatcher

Even Bragg’s case will be well within the blast radius. Note that the case alleged that major felonies were committed by Trump after he was sworn in.


55 posted on 06/14/2024 8:56:20 AM PDT by Sidebar Moderator
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To: M. Thatcher
As I've written here, the problem I have with defining what is an "official" act is that it can often be triggered by external events outside the control of the President. My example of President Bush reading a storybook to schoolchildren when 9/11 happened is one such case.

This is the nature of being the sole elected official of the executive branch. The President can't "punch a timeclock" every time he starts doing an "official" act and then punch out when he's done with that act. Then next whisper in his ear might be a national emergency, whether he's giving a speech on the Mall or having dinner with donors.

Rahm Emanuel famously told Obama to "never let a crisis go to waste." What's going to happen when the Democrats and the LAAP-dog media figure out how create a crisis by entrapping the President into "non-core" acts and then begin harassing him over his liabilities due to those acts?

I would like to see SCOTUS close that door forever by declaring the President's existence in office as being "core" to the job.

-PJ

69 posted on 06/14/2024 12:17:40 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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