Posted on 07/09/2024 3:49:22 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has a new plan to ensure Donald Trump spends the rest of his days in prison. Amid the battle over Joe Biden's senility among Democrats, Schumer moved to a different topic, pledging to legislatively declare Trump's actions surrounding January 6th as "unofficial."
That comes after the Supreme Court delivered a mixed opinion on the matter in late June, stating that "official" acts are indeed subject to presidential immunity while "unofficial" acts are not. That set up a long legal battle whereby the special counsel prosecuting Trump must litigate each action to determine what category they fall under.
Naturally, Democrats were not pleased because the development all but ensured the former president would not go to trial before Election Day. With the other cases against Trump facing similar delays, their desired knock-out blow had been thwarted.
Schumer believes he has a plan to get around that and expedite matters. Taking the Senate floor on Monday, the majority leader announced that he wants to reclassify all of Trump's actions leading up to January 6th as "unofficial" acts, bypassing the lengthy court battles that have been set up.
I have no idea what constitutional power Schumer believes he has that would allow such a gambit to even begin to pass muster. Separation of powers exists, and the legislature has never been able to dictate what qualifies as an official act of the presidency. If it could, then there would be no actual official acts because any hostile Congress could arbitrarily decide on a whim to reverse any such qualification.
(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...
Maybe Biden needs a visit from his own Secret Service for saying this :
“ I have one job, and that’s to beat Donald Trump. I’m absolutely certain I’m the best person to be able to do that. So, we’re done talking about the debate, it’s time to put Trump in a bullseye,” Biden said.”
Hey, Chuckie! What goes around comes around. Nervous yet?
Yep, it’s more likely that Merchan will be going to jail.
Schuuuuuuuuuuu-Mah is an evil, hate-filled, reptilian SOB.
Schumer Is pure evil
Communist and has been his entire life
What’s amazing is that he never reforms at all
I am simply amazed at the bonehead moves these nimrods are pulling in their blind attempt get Trump. Not realizing that everything they are doing can be used against them.
Laws don’t mean crap to Dems when they are gunning for Trump.
Yet the press and the courts will totally ignore everything.
Then when caught, they spout, but but Trump, bla, bla, bla, Democracy is at risk.
So we must break the law to preserve our power.
This shows that the (D)s are the “What Constitution?” party.
As others have posted, this is exactly why the founders put the Bill of Attainder and Ex-Post Facto Law provisions into the Constitution.
(D) response to that objection: “What Constitution?”
Democracy Communist style.
Lord, how long will this evil be with us?
There are those of us who wish Chuck Schumer could be set up for a trip out behind the barn & receive a good general thrashing; not just for this issue, but on general principles.
May Upchuck choke on his own vomit!
I f-ing hate these people.
time to dig, dig, dig to put chucky in prison forever.
“...Schumer is a fool. He wanted to get rid of Netanyahu, and he wants to get rid of Trump.....”
And America wants to get rid of this traitorous piece of NY feces.
He should be already rotting in a jail cell for threatening SCOTUS judges....whadda an idiot this clown is.
Ex Post Facto law, violates the Constitution - but no surprise from Upchuck Schemer, that what he does all the time.
Hopefully starting with the Clinton crime cartel and Schwartz Gyorgy.
And make it swift.
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