A Loophole That Would Swallow the Constitution | If Donald Trump can disappear people to El Salvador without due process, he can do anything.
If Donald Trump can disappear people to El Salvador without due process, he can do anything.
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It's not a "loophole". It's just straight up illegal.
no don't you remember when they said a president cant do anything illegal?
What they said, was that a president can't be prosecuted for "official acts" as president. Not that everything they do is legal.
That's not what happended.
The Supreme Court refused to prosecute Trump (for a blatantly illegal act) and ruled that he was immune to prosecution for "official acts" which they refused to define.
Then they slow walked the case back to a lower court - deliberately - so the determination was not made until after the election.
Then in a state court, Trump was convicted, but the judge delared there was no penalty "because only a federal court could apply punishment".
Then a couple of days later the DoJ dopped the case because "the president is immune from prosecution".
The Supreme Court refused to prosecute Trump (for a blatantly illegal act) and ruled that he was immune to prosecution for "official acts" which they refused to define.
That's what I said.
Then they slow walked the case back to a lower court - deliberately - so the determination was not made until after the election.
That's not what delayed the case. The special prosecutor had to redefine the charges, in order to comply with the latest ruling, by specifying which ones were not included in Trump's "official duties as president". They were allowed to prosecute him for those...but inevitably ran out of time before they could proceed.
*Then in a state court, Trump was convicted, but the judge delared there was no penalty "because only a federal court could apply punishment".
Then a couple of days later the DoJ dopped the case because "the president is immune from prosecution".*
That's because the election happened, and it is long-standing precedent that a sitting president can't be prosecuted...as long as he's in office. They can and most likely still will, return that case to court, as soon as he's out of office.
Pretty sure he's not flying the planes.
It's not a loophole, it's what MAGA have been humping their Trump waifu pillows about.
This is what America voted for. There wasn't enough Americans who cared to stop it from happening.
The America people knew is now gone forever. Trump is king for life and people on both sides will need to die to set things right. This will not be corrected by voting.