Friday, April 26, 2024

Can other presidents be prosecuted?

Trump's three US Supreme Court appointees thrash out immunity claim Reuters

  . . .For other official acts that the president may take that are not within that exclusive presidential power laid out in the Constitution, Kavanaugh asked whether "Congress has to speak clearly to criminalize official acts of the president by a specific reference."

 Justice Brett Kavanaugh Asks Why Barack Obama Was Never Prosecuted – Twitchy  "The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Thursday about presidential immunity, which Donald Trump claims he enjoys. Of course, the Left always takes these to extremes. Remember back in February when "The View's" Whoopi Goldberg warned MAGA what could happen if the court determined Trump did have presidential immunity: "You know what Joe Biden could do since he is presently president? He could throw every Republican in jail!" We know that's her fantasy, and the justice system is doing its best to throw Biden's opponent in prison, hopefully before November." . . .

DOJ lawyer Michael Dreeben says it's perfectly fine for Obama to drone strike innocent civilians while arguing in favor of prosecuting Trump for "election interference." Remarkable. "The comment came after Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh cornered Dreeben by asking him about presidential immunity and why Obama was never prosecuted. 

"We call the protesters at all of these universities pro-Hamas, and they've made no secret now that that's not an exaggeration. They're wearing Hamas swag. They're chanting, "We are Hamas" and "kill another soldier." They're all flying the Palestinian flag while burning the American flag. Check out their posters:

. . ."Obama really loved his drone strikes. Micah Zenko says Obama ordered 540 drone strikes that killed 3,797 people, including 324 civilians. "'Turns out I’m really good at killing people. Didn’t know that was gonna be a strong suit of mine'." Obama reportedly told senior aid[e]s.... 

. . .Biden killed a family, including seven children, in retaliation for the suicide bombing that killed 13 American service members." . . .

The opening statement by Trumps attorney struck home with me. There are concrete crimes committed by other presidents that haven’t been touched by any prosecutorial standard. If they strip Trump of the immunity, then the last 5 presidents have to take the stand and go to court. D. John Sauer
 

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