Trump's lawyer, John Sauer, argued before SCOTUS that Joe Biden may stage a coup to remain in power in 2024 and cannot be prosecuted due to Presidential immunity.
JUSTICE KAGAN: "How about if a president orders the military to stage a coup?"
MR. SAUER: "I think that, as the Chief Justice pointed out earlier, where there's a whole series of, you know, sort of guidelines against that, so to speak, like the UCMJ prohibits the military from following a plainfully [sic] unlawful act, if one adopted Justice Alito's test, that would fall outside.
"Now, if one adopts, for example, the Fitzgerald test that we advance, that might well be an official act and he would have to be, as I'll say in response to all these kinds of hypotheticals, has to be impeached and convicted before he can be criminally prosecuted."
So let's say Trump wins the election. Biden stages a coup to prevent Trump taking power because insurrectionists cannot hold elected office and a Democratic Senate doesn't vote to impeach.
Biden then eliminates Trump (e.g. for treason), Justices Thomas and Alito (e.g. for being a-holes) and retires, and President Kamala Harris takes office.
Biden cannot be prosecuted for his "official acts" because the President has absolute immunity as long as he is not impeached.
Trump's lawyer actually argued this logic (although not this example - ha!) before SCOTUS.
@spruce112358 saidcorrupt democrats abusing the justice system for political gain…
Trump's lawyer, John Sauer, argued before SCOTUS that Joe Biden may stage a coup to remain in power in 2024 and cannot be prosecuted due to Presidential immunity.
JUSTICE KAGAN: "How about if a president orders the military to stage a coup?"
MR. SAUER: "I think that, as the Chief Justice pointed out earlier, where there's a whole series of, you know, sort of guidel ...[text shortened]... ached.
Trump's lawyer actually argued this logic (although not this example - ha!) before SCOTUS.
@mott-the-hoople saidThese are corrupt Republicans.
corrupt democrats abusing the justice system for political gain…
@Mott-The-Hoople
Here is a small sample of republican fake electors in court:
https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/[WORD TOO LONG].
But you knew that full well. You ask the obvious. A lot of the judges are actually Trump appointees who actually do the job of justice without regard to party affiliations unlike you who ONLY weaponize democrats.
@sonhouse saidjust more democrat corruption
@Mott-The-Hoople
Here is a small sample of republican fake electors in court:
https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/[WORD TOO LONG].
But you knew that full well. You ask the obvious. A lot of the judges are actually Trump appoint ...[text shortened]... do the job of justice without regard to party affiliations unlike you who ONLY weaponize democrats.
there is nothing wrong or illegal about alternate electors while court cases are pending…lawfare
your relying on liberal media and corrupt democrats have you ignorant…even if willfully so
@Mott-The-Hoople
And you have your ears zip tied to Trump's ass so much you can't figure out what is illegal and what is not. They did not declare themselves 'alternate', they tried to push themselves off as THE legal reps but of course you don't care about truth just getting your sociopath narcistic psychopath reelected so he can go on the revenge warpath which you fully support, FUK mere policy, go after all those cursed dems who got your god indicted, even though a bunch of those Judges were appointed by Trump, a GREAT way to run the strongest country on the planet, pull out of NATO add tariffs that will be shoved right back on American consumers. GREAT leader you are pushing.
@mott-the-hoople saidAnd you, sir, are a liar.
just more democrat corruption
there is nothing wrong or illegal about alternate electors while court cases are pending…lawfare
your relying on liberal media and corrupt democrats have you ignorant…even if willfully so
@mott-the-hoople said"The alternate elector certificates for Pennsylvania and New Mexico contained language indicating they would take effect only if the Trump campaign's challenges to the election results were sustained by the courts; but 'alternate' certificates from the other five states contained no indication that they were not genuine."
there is nothing wrong or illegal about alternate electors while court cases are pending…
Regardless, even though the courts did not sustain any challenges, President Trump and his associates tried to pressure officials, in particular Mike Pence, into accepting the fraudulent elector slates and discarding the legitimate ones.
That was illegal and everyone involved in this scheme needs to be severely punished with jail time.
@spruce112358
Which won't happen before November. so if he is by some horrible sign wins, he will disappear those cases and I hear he can still stymie the state cases too.
His base has given up the right to think for themselves, just Trump parrots just like what happened with Hitler after he went to jail and resurged.