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.
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The problem that it is not only the democrats that could go to prison. There are plenty of Republican in the Senate that have a lot to hide. So they won’t vote for real law and justice AG.
It’s a good recipe for a stable, functioning government for the next 250 years! NOT! The Republic would promptly crumble if such legislation ever passed.
The issue of danger to the Republic was addressed in the Immunity decision.
I thought he said that Trump was going to put everyone in jail. Why can’t he make up his delusional mind?
The Republicans have only a 7-seat advantage in the House and the Democrats are hopeful of taking control (gerrymandering has possibly made some seats easier for them to capture).
So if they have the White House, Senate, and House next year, they can pass a Bill of Attainder condemning Trump for insurrection and have him imprisoned. Of course they may deem it necessary not to call it a Bill of Attainder, but with a Supreme Court majority it would pass muster.
Not that I think this scenario is a likely one.
Making a speech was unofficial???? Poor dumb dems - need a dictionary....
These politicians apparently don’t understand the live by the sword die by the sword truth.
Only the judiciary can make that decision whether the act was official. Schumer is an inexperienced lawyer talking out his butt. Merely declaring the duty as unofficial after the fact is not for the Senate to determine. Courts and juries make that decision based on the evidence
Yes, ex post facto. A term that CS may have heard once, in law school. He probably can’t even spell “attainder.”
Besides, Democrats do what they will.
To cash large checks and write his memoirs.
Ex post facto laws are prohibited by the Constitution. For very obvious reasons.
Schumer is a fascist totalitarian. And if he believes he could do this, a rather stupid one. He is so disgustingly venal.
Schumer has to LOOK at Himself in the mirror every morning!!! THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH PUNISHMENT FOR THAT UGLY DOG!
If your title ends with a (D), then it’s hosting the “news” at CNN, or a weekly guest on the View. The really bad ones get to be regulars with Joe Scarborough.
Not to mention separation of powers. The legislative doesn’t get to tell the Executive what to do in the Executive’s lane.
Schumer is one of those Jews that collaborated with the Nazis.
He’s continuing that now.
Fair enough.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has a new plan ......................, pledging to legislatively declare Trump’s actions surrounding January 6th as “unofficial.”>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Chucky has a problem.Such a law would violate the Article 1, Section 9, Clause 3. No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed. Article 1, Section 9, Clause 3. No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.
Chuck the smuck is a fascist.He thinks he can just pass a law which punishes anyone he wants.....jut as if he was King George III or worse.
Chucky, you are going down.
So he unofficially offered national guardsmen and unofficially told his supporters to demonstrate patriotically and peacefully, and unofficially tweeted them to respect law enforcement. OK. So prosecute him for all of that.
Guiliani has been disbarred by the illegimate NY bar. He can't be the AG.
“He can’t be the AG.”
He can’t be U. S. AG because of his status in NYS?
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