Bolton: SCOTUS should make ruling on Trump immunity 'top priority'
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- Опубликовано: 23 апр 2024
- Former national security adviser John Bolton weighs in as the Supreme Court considers former president Donald Trump's claim he should enjoy absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for anything related to his presidency.
#CNN #News
What would be really nice. If bolton was charged with his war crimes. Instead of being a regular talking head on this network. 😂
I agree!
Yup! He’s a war monger…
So yall are not democrats? Did we finally take over?
Don't call him Trump. Call him president trump you disrespectful creature
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Bolton is a joke. He should have spoken up when it mattered…
He had a choice: either hold out for a subpoena to testify at the impeachment trial, or get a million dollar advance for stating those facts in a book published after the trial was over.
Just another macho manly-man-talking right-wing grifter. This is the guy who advocated for the US withdrawing from the United Nations -- which the United States founded -- and NATO -- which the United States founded. Putin advocates for the same thing.
Gotta sell those books though...
YYYEEESSS EXACTLY
And he will go on fox news and defend trump. Two faced.
@@daryl9053 The million was the advance. He keeps it even if the book doesn't sell.
Who cares what Bolton thinks.
Only the dangerously out of touch elite.
Please Vote Everyone Out And Start Clean. If The House Would've Been Cleaned , Trump Would've Still Been Our President.
Instead WE HAVE The Biggest LYING Old Clown Man Dest
It's propaganda 101, repeat the overall message every chance you get.
@@jshricks It isn't only the elite -- you don't understand the need for elites, so you'd settle for brain surgery performed by a plumber -- who listens to and believes this grifter. A whole lot of non-elitists fell for Reagan.
Bolton's book is fascinating. You really should read it. "The Room Where it Happened: A White House..." by John Bolton. It reveals Trump for who he really is -- an ignorant fool who is totally self-centered and doesn't care at all about anyone but himself. He doesn't even care about our country. He'd sell us out in a minute for all the attention he'd get. He really is that bad.
*Especially important is the NEW 2024 Foreword to Bolton's book: in the PAPERBACK* version. Bolton is very clear about the DANGER that is Trump.
John Bolton had a chance to hold Trump to account, but he wrote a book instead. Total failure.
Hey delusional he never "had " him!
This government is full of failures.
@@ortho-g9826, wrong. He was in Trump’s government.
His report says different @@naylas3908
He didn't just write a book -- he got a million dollars for doing so. His "patriotism" is for-profit.
I can’t believe that they have to rule on something so ludicrous!!!!
Totally agree, their have too sacred obligation and it took a bit too long to reach that decision, therefore it should be done by lower court in timely manner before election.
No, he should not have immunity.
It's not just an immunity question. It's a question of the 1st amendment. He can say whatever he wants; even lead people as long as he doesn't take part in the act .
Brother, what a ridiculous situation. Depending on bolton to exhibit moral character. Is this the best corporate media can do? Pathetic
I'm sad cnn has given in to corporate profit greed!
The point is that Bolten was Trumps enabler.
@@TimJCOOL-ng8puCol. Larry Wilkerson & Col MacGregor both have a dim view of this neocon . How many officers are needed for military Tribunal?
@@boweevil6442 I don't know but, they definitely should.
Bolton was there, knows the clown and witnessed his f***ery first hand unlike the hemorrhoids on fox and newsmax who've only witnessed used DEPENDS.
What do lawyers wear to court?
Lawsuits.
Daddddd🙄
Quite good!
Good one 😂
Funny good 1😂
A good fun fact to know.
Unusual for Bolton not to be talking about starting a new war somewhere.
John Bolton is a prolific War Hawk. Lol we know! He's in his element when talking about military armed conflicts and foreign policy.
Democrats love starting wars and lying
@@Phenomental1ty And he's never been near the inside of a miliary uniform. He's as tough a macho manly-man as Reagan and Trump.
Don’t give up. He did talk about regime change in Teheran.
@@arjan2777 not in my vocabulary to give up , fight always for truth and our country
It shouldn't take more than a WEEK,instead of 2 months
It should take 10 seconds
I say 2 seconds total.
"Is America ruled by a dictator who is above the law they wield"
-a 'question' SCOTUS feels is needing of their time, in actual reality.
"No." Done.
I'm getting sick of The Lorax
Lol, spot on .
Why?
@@four4eyes right.
Why do you keep having this traitor on your channel Bolton is a disgrace to our country.
Because it needs a traitor to know an even bigger traitor named Trump.
They won’t. I don’t care what political party your in this Supreme Court is full of rejects. We need to start over
😍😍😍😍
Rejects?
Maybe you're a reject.
@@uberrox452
Watch more Hannity.
Especially when he’s gabbing with Koppel.
4/25/2024 We need to update, revamp, reform, increase and have ethics reforms. Joe Biden is a good man but too timid to take this on. The Supreme Court has been stacked with justices nominated by presidents who lost the majority of the vote (with the exception of Bush Jr in 2004) Mitch McConnell should have a warm spot in hell for the part he played
How the hell is this even considered? Plus that's against the constitution so this all politics...
Biden has complete immunity he is the most corrupt we have ever seen and nothing.
it's all politics. time to clean up SCOTUS. its become a travesty to justice. damned shame as it's the highest court in the land. SMH
@@cyndybutler7330 The Impeachment Clause refutes Trump's claim.
@@jnagarya519 no it don’t 11 republicans was arrested because they proved Biden isn’t our president , do you really think that 200 million real Americans are stupid ? I was a democrat and I’ll be voting for trump over child molester joe
@@cyndybutler7330 ok state where it says president are immune and please send the memo to Nixon and fwd it to ex-presidents bush, Clinton and Obama..oh so president Biden has full immunity so why try impeachment??
"Total immunity" would make any current or future President a King with authority to do whatever they wanted and suffer no consequences. I don't think SCOTUS will rule that way.
If they rule as Trump wants, President Biden should immediately have Trump arrested.
Are we sure that they wouldn’t? I don’t trust justices that have been corroding our system for decades now. They answer to the Heritage Foundation who selected them for a purpose. Project 2025 is a product of the Heritage Foundation. They chose the rules, installed the players and they know they are going to win because they chose the decision makers. Sad day for America
Doesn't take a "rocket scientist" to have the wisdom to know that no one should be given immunity from crime.
10%. , hunter is too
Cuts both ways Karl or Karlita MARX!
Unless what you perceive as crime is different for the office of the President. Example: The executioner at a death row is immune to the crime of murder as long as the murder is sanctioned by the Governor, etc.
Yes not even senile Biden....
Trump vô tội,Trump chẳng có tội gì cả tất cả đều là sự vu cáo của những kẻ lạm quyền.
Not one story about the mass graves found in Gaza?????
CNN isn't what it used to be.
A Hamas mass grave. Hamas used that particular hospital as a place to torture people it suspected of disagreeing. Hamas tortured and murdered a great many Gazans.
@@user-cjl3bjc0cms8 just pulling all that info out your ass? That’s pretty cool you can just make things up. I would probably get your head checked.
Boggles the mind a Supreme Court of the US is debating whether an individual is immune to prosecution for crimes committed once he or she becomes president
What crime? You don't even know.
Clinton Bush Obama were all protected
SC already said Trump was innocent
You would have been great in the Salam Witch trials. Who needs a court when you have a little girl pointing the finger.
It boggles the mind that you have no idea about any of the phony cases against Trump. But since you're a Democrat, it doesn't boggle my mind or any other intelligent person. We expect ignorance and stupidity from the Left.
The court should not allow itself to be played by trump FROM the guy who allowed himself to be played by trump . WOW thats rich.
I have absolute immunity. My people told me that’s alright. ❤ - Chairman Kim
I disagree with Bolton here. Why does the Supreme Court have to rule itself? Why can't it rely on a lower court's ruling? The fact is, the claim of presidential immunity is absolute nonsense. There is no precedent for it anywhere in the Constitution or in federal law in general. In fact it goes against everything this country stands for and is founded on. No court should need to consider this idea, it's entirely baseless and frivolous.
So avoid facts and show everyone how uneducated you are, brilliant.
they dont want to tick off the MAGA GOPs. if they wait long enough and let some other court bring him down they don't look bad to other GOPs
Trump if anything he should be tried for a misdemeanor not a felony.
The U.S. Supreme Court has previously made a ruling in this area but needs to further define the boundaries of that immunity.
Nixon v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 731 (1982)
...Then you agree Joe Biden is culpable to all these illegal immigrants killing American citizens that he allowed into our country ?
See. This dude is unbelievable. He’s playing both sides. While I don’t completely disagree with some of the stuff he’s saying, these are the types of people that help you and then stab you in the back. With friends like these, who needs enemies!?!
You know they aren’t going to do it quickly
Is CNN under a contractual obligation to ask Bolton about every topic in existence, from geopolitical, legal, economic, and strategic policy to sea monkey brain surgery?
yes ...
he's under contract to ANSWER what they ask ...
'some' of what he says is true ...
It’s the mustache ,it makes him look smarter then he is
@@josephstropoli1449 Alternate Universe Mark Twain.
@@santiagovilla666 Ned Flanders
@@santiagovilla666 Ned Flanders
Nobody should be above the law. Not even the president or former president. Look at the case Nixon vs United States.
Especially the President
couple quotes from the james comey press conference regarding the clinton email server investigation. (from fbi.gov)
“From the group of 30,000 e-mails returned to the State Department, 110 e-mails in 52 e-mail chains have been determined by the owning agency to contain classified information at the time they were sent or received. Eight of those chains contained information that was Top Secret at the time they were sent; 36 chains contained Secret information at the time; ”
“Although there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information, our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case.”
In retrospect NIXON is a hero. Proven.
@@ortho-g9826 nobody who steals for their own gain is a hero . Not even in the grand paradox we call America
>>>>>>>> NIXON WAS A GOOD PRESIDENT !!!!!!!! > RICH < >>>Still Gets BAD-Mouthed !!!!!!! >>> [[ SHEEPELS>WEEPELS]] !! Minds Are STUCK IN A RUT !
I’ve never liked Bolton but he’s telling the truth about Trump I even read
his book and it was frightening how little Trump knew and didn’t want to know about national security.
Too bad that you believe liars. No one can help you.
National security is very simple. You just protect the border
Oh this is going to be fun is this the Twilight zone of comments and replies to quote Pink Floyd on song
"IS ANYBODY IN THERE?"
The CNN audience obviously likes having a president that shits his pants and he's walking across the White House lawn and you can see it plain as day and he blows the Queen of England's mind by cutting a loud fart not very particular are you. You can take the guy who shits his pants I'll take the one that gets s*** done
🎉 you guys can have the one who he s**** his pants
I'll take Trump he's the one that gets s*** done
Trump knows National Security is directly tied to our National energy policy. Biden has yet to figure this out.
I am confused. Does 'Absolute Presidential Immunity" mean our current President can just have "Trump" removed as a clear and present danger. Bang. It's just done ?
Quit putting his sorry carcass a format. Good god CNN
Viewership so low they need physics professors to measure it.
Jhon Bolton is right, when it comes to telling or not the punishment for Trump's misconduct
I used to love John Bolton. He got angry when Trump fired him bc he didn't want to go to war.
He's a big NEOCON baby who saw his dreams slip away.
The story is rather simple: Don the Con asked for Absolute Immunity for President. And his supporters in the court figured that if they rule that the President has Absolute Immunity, not only looks bad for the court, but also gives Biden the freedom to do whatever he wants with Don the Con. So, they came up with a solution that the court would frame the issue in a way to create Maximum Confusion and Delay and Prevent his Criminal Trials.
Bolton has a very smart approach for New York gag order issue….“hold” the penalties… so clever! so he can’t “use it” but it’s growing & growing $$$ 4:58
The purpose of the gag order is to protect the safety of the jury, witnesses, court staff and insure the integrity of the trial. Makes absolutely no sense to hold enforcement until after the damage has been done and the trial is over.
@@audio324I heard a legal analyst say that Judge Merchant can sentence Trump to jail but hold incarceration until after the trial is over. If Trump violates the gag order the more time he will receive. He could start with an 8 hour sentence and increase it accordingly. Not perfect. But money is not going to cut it. 1K might be a lot of money for us but is pocket change for Trump
Agreed. Locking him up now will only make him a martyr.
@@garaf1246 Guess the only reasonable solution is to take his phone away and send him to bed without supper….
Dear god - why is CNN giving this creature oxygen?? Bol-ton could have called out the charad before it resulted in the loss of life but did he?? Nope. He chose to sell a book with his name on it instead. Bol-ton is the sci-fi 2-D version of the carboard cutout villain. Please for the love of something more interesting, ignore this lame wanna-be footnote, and do not give him what he most desires. Legitimacy.
You really think John Bolton is the guy to ask about IMMUNITY?
He is a deep state Swamp Monster if you have not figured it out yet.
When the crunch came John Bolton chickened out so he could write his book.
Despite his brilliance, Bolton is a cold, cold fish. Too bad.
If they delay or do the wrong thing we need to get loud!
Stop being the silent majority and let them know we don’t want dictators!
Who said you were a majority?
Maybe U.S. is too young. Europe would burn at this point at time.
the right thing would be to treat like any other appeal,this has nothing to do with the election
@@nunyabusiness3666 - We are. The country said so. MAGA lost one election after another on multiple levels from 2017-now. We fired Trump!
Bolton actual used 'TDS', as if it were a real diagnosis, unlike his 'former' boss's sociopathy. How deranged.
I don't know anything really about this Bolton guy but he's got a face that says, "don't fuck with me"
He should be on trial for war crimes
He'd break in 5 minutes.
His idea on withholding penalty may be a good one.
Re Johnson- Bolton speaks out of both sides of his mouth. Glad to see hez still shameless, politically
This is really sad😢you all should stop watching paid for media and research the real news if you really want the TRUTH! PLEASE GUYS THIS IS CRAZY!
Yeah. Well Bolton isn't exactly a knight in shining armour. Waited until he published a book before alerting the public.
The Supreme Court have already helped Trump.
supreme court said Trump is innocent
They have not
they said he was innocent
@@BeeKndBy taking his appeal now (and rejecting Smith’s back on December) they ARE helping Trump. DELAYING (and in essence stopping the other cases) is all Trump wanted. If Trump wins the election the federal charges against him will disappear. They are helping.
2 3d's of Congress to impeach has always been the remedy. Immunity and Privilege for Chief Executive like Jefferson, Hamilton and Adams are needed as they plainly spelled out.His papers, and looking into fair election that is his right and duty. Congress wants to Epstein the people's choice Show the Trial, Johnny Depp is not more important than leader of Free World? Or does the swamp need total darkness?
This will come down to Roberts.
This guy proudly stated on TV that he is writing in his vote for Dick Cheney this year, Please stop have him on he provides no useful insight whatsoever.
I agree
"You dont want the lawfare to get out of hand" the quiet part said outloud.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
They just need to put him in jail for all his wrong doing he should pay for what he did like they did R kelly bill Cosby oh i forgot he is not s black man if he was they would of been put him in jail quick
scotus is corrupt
You mad bro.
😂😂😂😂
4/25/2024 They have rules that they made, they break and suffer no consequences. There is a lot of money flowing their way through their spouses. And guess what? The rules were changed recently so the sources of their spouses income is now off limits. They are corrupted
Send Bolton to the front lines first.
As mildly entertaining as it is to hear about the lifestyles of the rich and famous and their drama and consequences for their bad choices every day in the media, this entire side show circus has been allowed to eat up so much money, so much time and so much of everyone's attention and focus that it consumes valuable resources that could be used to improve the lives of every day Americans, but is instead usurped by celebrity. If the Supreme Court gives immunity to this bloke, we do not have law and order.
SCOTUS = undertaker of the justice and democracy - go for vote - democracy and justice matters
Why would they, their jobs are secure for life no matter what. Look at all the criminal activity of Thomas and his wife. Criminals PERIOD!!!
I agree 100% plus another 100%
Thomas has always been disgusting, and his wife is a damn traitor.
What criminal activity? Wrong think? Seek help
@@psylintzu6036 is a fake attack to justice Thomas by dark group paid by Soros. All Bs
Judges daughter made 89 million working to raise money off this trial joke for Schift and dems? Who is the criminal?
For once I agree with John Bolton. Don't play Trump's game of trying to win sympathy for his criminal behavior. Lay down the punishment but apply at the end of this trial to avoid more delays & appeals!
I’ll be voting Trump on November 5th.
You must be a Democrat and you should have to take sides with losers
Lord forgive them for they know not what they do.
How was it presidential acts when he wasn't president.
Is John Bolton still in ambassador? If he's not why are you calling him ambassador?
John Bolton was US Ambassador to the United Nations in the mid 2000's. It is customary to use their former title when addressing the individual after they are no longer in that position.
@@KatherineTeacher my grandparents always referred to the generals and Admirals they knew as such and they also referred to the duchess's and other royalty that they knew, including the Shaw and King of Persia and Iran. So why do we not always refer to our armed service members by their rank even though it is not as glorious, like Lieutenant Captain and sergeant
@@edwardroche2480call them what they call themselves... VETERANS
Warmonger Bolton needs to retire and get a life.
DEAR Supreme Court:
Please send me a huge bag of money-(big bills)
because I am a law abiding citizen-
WHEN CAN YOU HEAR ME?
They did, they handed you your student loan bill and told Biden it was unconstitutional to make hard working Americans pay for the financial mistakes of college students.
Bolton had his chance to stand up against Trump during his first impeachment , he chickened out.
Why do you have this war monger on the air as if he is a good man?
Bolton is a foil to represent the most extreme point of view on U.S. national security interests.
@@MortonT1958 Haha...sure..."Give war chance!" The interests of the American people or the interests of the war mongering globalist hegemons running the country?
Warmongering Bolton has never met a war that he didn't like.
War mongering democrats and their clueless snowflakes
The fact he thinks this, and is trying to get the Supreme Court to go along, shows he has every intention of breaking the law if he were to get into office again.
Bolton is on CNN's payroll
Any news on the violent "protest"?
A bunch of Liberals out here in Ca. smoking way too much weed.
It’s unimaginable to me how things are deliberately.
When the constitution makes no provision for Presidential Immunity, what's the matter for SC to rule on?.
Bolton is a joke
The MAGA justices in the SCOTUS must be investigated for the intentional delay on this matter and they must be criminally held accountable.
What? You can't be serious. So, anyone who deviates from the left-wing super plan to destroy Trump and deny our "democracy" a free and fair election with the 2 major party candidates shud just be thrown in jail. Why not just call for anyone who's ever supported or voted for Trump to get 10yrs hard labor in a left-wing re-education camp, you know u want to.
Tossing a case onto the docket and getting around to it in a few months is completely normal for the supreme court. I keep hearing from liberals that Trump should be treated the same as any other defendant would be, so why not follow normal procedures here?
Now we truly know who is on President Donald J Trump's side and who's not.
John Bolton, Mike Pence, (Mike Pompeo???), Haler, etc.
The next team Donald Trump will put together will deliver with a resounding victory, resounding economic, political and military success inside and outside the USA.
That question should never even be heard!
Someone needs to tell Bolton that he’s not on the payroll anymore 😂😂😂
This system is a disgrace.
It isn't the system; it's the corrupt individuals in the system.
"A system of Laws, and not of men." -- John Adams.
"Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
@@jnagarya519I do admire your sense of dignified concept of what used to be. And that’s precisely the problem. Things have changed a lot since the John Adam’s days. THE system is only for the powerful and rich that can afford it. Supreme Court has been corrupted for decades. They answer to no one. They make the rules, they break the rules, they suffer no consequences. And pardon me for pointing out that only the “conservatives” are the ones engaging in such deplorable behavior. They are bringing in a lot of money or through their spouses. We only have a tiny glimpse of that because of course, they have rules protecting their spouses income reports
It's a corporate oligarchy manipulating the Uniparty with cash. The only difference between the two parties is Tax policies.
@@garaf1246 "THE system is only for the powerful and rich that can afford it."
And you think slavery established a vanished equality?
And that having to own property in order to vote applied to the majority?
The issue is law and principle, and holding fast and asserting that in real-time -- not interminable "'tis-tisn't" political name-calling.
@@rogerbrownreacts8528 The only difference between the two parties:
Democrats: Infrastructure bill. Republicans: talk.
Democrats: expansion of health care. Republicans: talk.
Democrats: supporting defense of democracy by an ally. Republicans: supporting illegal invasion of ally.
Etc.
It is not a "uniparty," politically ignorant jackass. It's your view that militates against "bothering" to vote, and therefore capitulates to the very powerful forces you ineffectually and fecklessly rail against from your fake "superiority" over crucial mundanities with which you are too pure to engage.
Listen you have no right to tell the supreme Court when to move a case to the system....
Liz father as vp did lots wrong doings in the mid east
No one should be above the law, that's the foundation of a CIVIL SOCIETY, bar no one.
Obama goes up for Murder 1 then. He droned Americans in the middle east.
Thank you for interview w/ John Bolton. I would like to hear from Liz Cheney. Can you get an interview with her please.🙏Swift Justice needed!
The reason why he’s unindicted still it’s because adding him would only drag out the case, and make it more complicated. Some of those newly indicted have already pled guilty in Atlanta, so they will be rushing to get a plea agreement. Arizona has a seven year statute of limitations so they will get Trump and he most likely will have his case all by himself. This narrative that Bolton constantly pushes implying that they may not have evidence against Trump is insulting. He’s an enabler, who seems to think unless they have Trump on camera admitting to his crimes then he must be not guilty. Bolton is another guy who should never be near the White House ever again.
Just the fact that CNN has Bolton on is all the facts that you need.
This poor woman being paid to spout other peoples needs.
I like CNN
But continue having Bolton
He is such a deplorable person and he didn't have the b... To testify against trump
You like CNN? Roflmao
So The Supreme Court is literally entertaining the idea that a president has immunity when attempting a COUP to stay in office, after being voted out?!?!
What a joke.
John is pissed because Trump nailed his arse. " John here wants a war, but I'm not going to give him one".
Nobody is above the law!!!!
Lotta guys in this administration beneath it though.
.... US CIA is.
But the CIA is?
Child marriage in America needs to be banned nationwide. It’s still legal in most states due to loopholes due to🐘s. Restore Roe vs Wade. Raise the min AoM to 18. This must change now. Survivors need more rights.🌸Ⓐ🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️☭
Not on topic
If SCOTUS worries about any potential abuse of presidential immunity, the sitting president has no choice but to stay until they can make up their mind clearly, no?😅
Trump's little toads were most likely doing their dirty deeds under his direction. Indictments a popping!
Have plenty of popcorn ready.
Why isn’t Biden and his son on trial period. His son is a disgrace like his father. Both should be in prison. When someone does Cocaine in the White House makes them a criminal and deserves to be held accountable. If you looked up I was a Democrat until the way they screwed up our country. I am ashamed to even say I was a Democrat. But I didn’t vote for Biden in the last election.
Things are going to get swampy soon.
If Presidents have full immunity then President Biden should order team Seal 6 to unalive Trump immediately and enjoy his blanket immunity, right?
I’m reporting this to the fbi.
@@rba6725 what is your slow a$$ waiting for?
You're sorry, SOB
It would be up to congress to determine if taking out Trump with Seal Team 6 is an impeachable crime, and if they determine it is not he is home free. I do wonder how many democrats would stay in office next year if they all vote that using the military to assassinate a political rival is acceptable.
Hush money is not a crime, protecting your reputation is not a crime, stop this spectacle
NO - Scotus should have never taken up the case in the 1st place - its ludicrous that to have an UNTOUCHABLE KING in the USA.
He doesn't have "Absolute" immunity. But he does have broad immunity.
🤣👏👏👏
2 3d's to impeach by Congress has always been the remedy. Supremes need to reaffirm Thomas Jefferson.
5 month delay by SCOTUS was genius move by Roberts to help Trump avoid trial before election on D.C. indictment.
Actually it was more of a cover up for Clarence and Ginni's involvement!
You are aware that the trial can still happen before election, surely you knew that.
Chutkan already said she would allow an additional 88 days for preparation.
I can't believe people still listen to CNN when even they came out and admitted they lie about news stories smh.
There are people that can be bought and sold like a commodity.
Supreme Court Judges are no exception.
America deserves and DEMANDS absolute immunity from Trump.
BS!
Omg I’m agreeing with John Bolton 😳
In a brief unsigned order two weeks later, the justices agreed to weigh in on whether and to what extent a former president is immune from prosecution for conduct that allegedly involves his official acts during his time as president. The justices fast-tracked the case for argument during its April argument session, and it instructed the D.C. Circuit to keep its ruling on hold until the Supreme Court issues its decision.
In his brief at the Supreme Court on the merits, Trump tells the justices that allowing the charges against him to go forward would pose “a mortal threat to the Presidency’s independence.” “The President cannot function,” Trump contends, “and the Presidency itself cannot retain its vital independence, if the President faces criminal prosecution for official acts once he leaves office,” because the threat of prosecution will hang over the president’s decision-making process. Trump cites a law review article by then-Judge Brett Kavanaugh, who before becoming a judge worked in the George W. Bush White House, arguing that “a President who is concerned about an ongoing criminal investigation is almost inevitably going to do a worse job as President.“ The same is true, Trump continues, “if that criminal investigation is waiting in the wings until he leaves office.”
Trump maintains that a president can never be prosecuted for his official acts. He points first to a “long history” of an absence of prosecutions, notwithstanding what he characterizes as “ample motive and opportunity” - everything from the appointment by John Quincy Adams of Henry Clay as secretary of state “after Clay delivered the 1824 election to him in the House” to President Joe Biden’s “mismanagement of the southern border.”
Finally, Smith concludes, even if the Supreme Court concludes that a former president has some immunity from prosecution for his official acts, there should be no immunity for the kind of charges involved in this case, involving “efforts to subvert an election in violation of the term-of-office clause of Article II and the constitutional process for electing the President.” Indeed, Smith stresses, Trump’s “concern about chilling official conduct that violates” the Constitution “rings hollow because no President has” a constitutional “interest in using crimes to give himself a second term after an election he lost.” Moreover, Smith adds, the charges also rest on private conduct that is enough, standing alone, to support the charges.
This may be the stupidest case taken to the SCOTUS. No one should be above the law.
Why is that question even being asked? Its a ridiculous idea!
We the people will have to make major changes to the Supreme Court we can not have dishonest people in any part of our government
If a politician seeking office is a man of dignity, good character, honest, law abiding, and a man of his word. Why would he need immunity? This has a lot of tentacles that I will not indulge in. The law is used to maintain civilities among the masses in America only. That order allows you to enjoy the fruits of your labor. Even criminals call the police when it is in their interest, when order or peace in their environment is threatened.