‘Exposed’: Republican SCOTUS justices doing ‘everything in their power to protect Trump’ expert says
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- Опубликовано: 4 май 2024
- The Supreme Court heard arguments on Donald Trump's claim of absolute presidential immunity on Thursday, with his lawyer suggesting that this could include actions like staging a military coup or ordering political assassinations-an argument widely deemed absurd.
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Then Biden could refuse to leave office in November?
Basically yeah BIDEN SHOULD JUST SAY IM NOT LEAVING AND THATS IT BECAUSE I HAVE IMMUNITY
and Biden could make Trump go POOF* and disappear into Guantanamo Bay ~ crisis resolved ~ and would b entirely legal.
That's why they will kick the can down the road till after Biden is reelected then say there's no presidential immunity like Trump claims.
Or God forbid trump won then they would legally make him an autocrat with full immunity.
It's so incredibly biased towards trump no wonder people are outraged.
@@petergreen9815That's what really gets me,they seem dissociative of the fact they are arguing essentially for Biden to have these powers as trump isn't president.
So if they say trumps lawyers are right Biden should be straight onto seal team 6...
@@mrblonde1264exactly! I just hope Biden makes the call!
They lied in their job interviews why would we expect anything different.
@@billr.2210 Why?
@@billr.2210*imodium
@@billr.2210Trump deserves prison....
@@timjohnun4297 Why did they lie in their confirmation hearings? So that they could get on the Supreme Court and take away Americans' rights.
and it's only just begun, they've got years ahead of them.
What’s stopping Biden from taking out Trump then?
Or staying in office forever.
@Mike-li5yq, I love Biden and am proud he is my President but I'm not sure he should be doing that job when he's ninety years old. lol
Or SCOTUS for that matter.
@@Chez8922-kf6cyHe could just appoint someone in his place…
I'd donate to the legal fund.
Why hasn't Clarence been recused: his wife was involved in this case?
He would have to recuse himself.
why biden doesnt excuse himself from ukraine
his son made money with ukraine?
@@conorkennedy3304 That would require ethics.
His wife isn’t involved in this case in the slightest. She’s not a plaintiff, defendant or witness and hasn’t been charged with anything related to the case.
@@reason6835She was involved in the January 6 insurrection , one of the prime things that Trump wants immunity for his part in!
I REALLY want to hear one of the liberal justices say "so could Biden just refuse to leave office ('in the interest of the country,' of course), and declare himself president for life, and he couldn't be prosecuted for it?
Or could he have all the conservative justices on this court removed, or imprisoned, or worse? What's to keep him from disbanding the Supreme Court entirely?"
Maybe they aren't saying that for that reason
I don't think Biden would pull it though but he should just to compete the country going down the drain
@@mountaindewherbert my point is that someone needs to make those people realize that any change they made to protect Trump would also apply to Biden.
If they grant him immunity, Biden needs to act. He'll have complete immunity to do what has to be done to save the US as a democracy.
They won't.
Seal Team 6 are you listening?
Which is why they won't actually make a ruling until after the election. The whole thing is a dog and pony show, what'll actually decide the ruling is who wins the election.
I know people keep saying that, but it’s not true at all. That’s not how immunity works. Presidential immunity is granted by the courts on a case by case basis. When there’s a legal action against a president, he has to sue in court and assert his immunity in order to get the court to stop the legal action against him. Sometimes they grant it, sometimes they don’t. Biden would also have to assert immunity in court and he might not get it.
There’s an exception to this in civil cases brought by private citizens. Presidents enjoy blanket immunity from being sued by private parties, so the courts just automatically throw out any civil actions against him brought by private citizens.
Really blind communist?.
It's a shame that the Judges r protecting Trump and not the Country and people
They are untouchable and corrupt.
It's a shame you're that dumb
Follow the money
@@Chez8922-kf6cy No, they are not untouchable. We have to vote responsible people into congress to get responsible picks for the bench and to get a proper impeachment going for those who turn out to be corrupt.
Betrayal, but not surprising.
This is what happens when a branch of govt is allowed to self-govern. The biggest flaw in the framers' design
Yup. No enforceable code of ethics. They are untouchable.
Like Briben Biden does ?
😂😂😂😂 cry more.
There were concerns about an imperial Supreme Court back in 1787. Hamilton handwaved them away. Hamilton was wrong.
@@alviverdeus Jefferson blew a gasket when he saw the powers that the court was asserting -- including many that I agree they should have.
I naively thought the Supreme Court was here for the people and the country. But that's not the case.
what makes you say that?
@@brandon3525be quiet and stop asking stupid questions. Thanks.
@@jdocean1LMAO!
@@brandon3525 Trump's lawyer just agreed that Biden could have the military eliminate him, trump, and everyone he wants...LEGALLY, as long as the party has a majority in the senate, to protect them from impeachment. This is objectively AGAINST the people's will.
Kinda seems like they are doing their job.
Corruption.
JEWISH 😮
I’m full of corruption
From democrats
Hunrterruption!
XagonFly, your brain is fried from gaming much foo! 😂
I believe that the Supreme Court Justices should have a term limit. Additionally, I propose that the Supreme Court Justices should be elected by the people, rather than being appointed by the President. This would allow for greater accountability and transparency in the selection process. Furthermore, if there are any Justices who are found to be corrupt, they can be voted out of office. In this way, we can ensure that the Supreme Court remains an impartial and just institution.
Term limits solve nothing if newly appointed justices are bad. Popular election of judges is a horrendous idea. But the US court system, and Supreme Court in particular, do need significant reform.
justice elected by people?
what?
Hear hear!!!!
If what you propose were to happen, you liberals would still be whining if a decision didn't go the way you wanted it to.
wah wah wah we aren't getting our way so we want things changed so that we do
Why haven't the 3 Trump appointees been recused?
For what?
@keithwhat a question m9337
They aren’t required to recuse just because Trump appointed them. That’s never been a thing. Brown-Jackson doesn’t recuse herself when hearing cases involving Biden. Sotomayor didn’t recuse herself when hearing cases involving Obama.
the same reason Democrat appointed ones haven't recused themselves for their obvious anti Trump bias
@@keithm9337 Conflict of Interest.
JPEG shortage in Mosckoba?
What laws control the SC ? They consider themselves above the law
Only court in the land without an ethics code. They won’t police themselves? That’s fine. We’ll just STOP supporting their rulings. They have no enforcement mechanism after all.
So no surprise they act like the constitution doesn't matter
The only mechanism is impeachment which will never happen, so yes they are above the law to do and say as they please. Thomas knows he should have recused himself but yet again we get the big one finger from him because he’s above the law. There needs to be term limits for the politically appointed judges.
There are no laws that I know of, only impeachment, which will never happen. So many people I’ve spoken to cannot believe that Thomas hasn’t recused himself. This on its own shows how the SC governs itself and should be a big red flag for everyone.
Impeachment is the only way to remove a judge from the SC. Can’t say anything else or my comment will be deleted for 3rd time
Conflict of interest and personal bias disqualifies at least 4 robes.
100%!!
😂😂😂
Pack the court Joe!!!!
translation: it's not fair😭
@@brandon3525 It's not fair when the court doesn't represent the majority of Americans.
It is fair if the majority of Americans are fools.
@@reh3884 their not supposed to represent anything but the constitution. Get it through your thick skull.
@@reh3884they represent the constitution, which make democrat officials mad
Don't they get it that even they won't be safe if they give in to Trump's insanity?
thats correct, a dictator has no need for a court. its astounding they cant see this and look at history, or even russia or north korea right now.
That’s what I keep saying! Trump will turn on them on a dime! He is LOYAL to NO ONE!
I’m insane yes
They'll be his rubber stamp and provide a sheen of legitimacy - that's about it.
The blacks, Jews, and women on SCOTUS WILL BE GONE UNDER FASCIST PRESIDENT
Ask the court if a President wanted to remove a judge by murder in order to appoint another judge that would vote his way, would that be ok?
This is so absolutely disgusting.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
That’s my middle name
Look at me baby I’m orange
Cry harder please! 😂😂😂
The left can’t meme🤣 it really is true
They are forgetting the. President is Joe Biden. 😅
Elie is the man, he deserves his own show….
Yes, he brings the fire.
I lost faith in our federal government and the supreme court. The corruption goes too deep.
R. I. P. America
R. I. P. American Democracy
It was dead years ago. Decades. In some ways, from the beginning.
Dissolve the supreme court
A communist world say .
Why?
Wouldn't a lower court then make the final say?
Every woman is going to vote me away in November
Communist.
Free vacation limits for Justices!
The story is rather simple: Don the Con asked for Absolute Immunity for President. And his supporters in the court figured 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.
Why are the liberal justices being silent? This court needs hero's. It's a disgusting disgrace.
I wondered that, too. Now's the time to SPEAK OUT.
They weren't silent at all. Did you hear the full oral arguments?
They weren't silent. There are just fewer of them, unfortunately leading to less of a challenge to Ts attorney, who's a money grubbing attorney, but happens to have the skills 😢
@@ittt6339 i did, but it was insufficient. We need a hero to speak out. They need to challenge Thomas's presence. This is so very important.
I want to vomit every time a liberal justice is like ‘we’re impartial! We’re all friends on the court!’ Like either you care about your country and rule of law or you DONT.
🍄rump RIGGED IT
WE DID.
YOULL CATCH ON FAR TOO LATE.
HAHAHAHA
Mr. Mushroom head himself.
I cheated and then I lied
Conspiracy theories are only valid when democrats claim them.
@@91feloniesGuiltyofrapethat's a liberal for sure
Who holds supreme court judges accountable? What does the constitution say? Did the framers not provide a checking system? If not does this not make SCOTUS an above-the-law body?
Apparently
The only Justice to be impeached was Associate Justice Samuel Chase in 1805. The House of Representatives passed Articles of Impeachment against him; however, he was acquitted by the Senate.
They aren’t supposed to be accountable to anyone. It’s called judicial independence and it exists for a reason. In fact, the problems arise when they ARE accountable to outside interests rather than impartially interpreting the law.
They are following the constitution
@@lynneposada8631maybe......in Turkmenistan
politicians picking justices = reap what u sow
The POTUS has always picked SCOTUS justices. Congress determines whether they serve or not
Exactly. We need to get serious about vetting candidates for congress and voting.
Presidents pick justices. The people pick Presidents.
Bought and Paid for by Diaper Donny
75 percent of our country want Trump to be President again .Time to get together and MAGA.
With Russian money
Stop calling meeeee that
I’ll report that’s mean I have feelings
He's never paid for anything, he's blackmailing them somehow.
Impeach corrupt Justices! 👎
Or just expand the court to thirteen.
@@Chez8922-kf6cyso anti democratic
You guys with impeach, impeach!
@@billr.2210 Who is it running around trying to impeach Biden and Mayorkas?
They can't. They don't have the numbers that would impeach them. We need to start vetting congress candidates much better and vote in those who will do the job. Right now too many of them are not.
Let's not have a supreme Court, period.
Well that's pretty stupid.
The Greatest court of the land is the Greatest joke of the land. The Supreme Court is Compromised.
how are they compromised?
To my ears the justices were filled with rationalizations that I, a layman, could see that! It was embarrassing
So if Biden says.. hey guys this guy I'm running against is a threat to national security... take care of it. That would be legal??? I wish one of the Justices posed that scenario .
well you know if the democrats do it it's totally ok ya know because they face no backlash for anything or none that actually seem to get them in trouble
In fact, they already have proposed a scenario just like that, SCOTUS went ahead with this nonsense regardless.
@@floridaninja8521 since Bush #1 it's been D,R,D,R,D as president. Go ahead and look at how many from each administration have been indicted for breaking the law. It skews heavily towards R's being arrested. If both sides were as bad as one another why aren't they going after the D's during the R administrations? The answer will shock you...
@@Titanticore it wouldn't surprise me to be honest ... the republicans in the senate and house are divide every chance they get.... i mean look at the clinton scandal with the servers and emails which was swept under the rug .... just because they haven't been indicted or brought up on impeachment charges doesn't means that there aren't bad actors on both sides
which party tried to remove a presidential candidate from the ballot of not 1 but 3 states? oh ya that's right the democrats... btw they did that while telling people they were doing it for the peoples good and when the supreme court voted in favor of keeping trump on the ballot the secretary of colorado state actually said on live television on msnbc we might actually have to let the people vote and choose who they want as president... which party in 2016 through 2020 had certain members of congress and news contributors call for the current president to be killed on live television, which party's news networks had multiple people threaten violence on the other side, oh that's right the democrats... how many of those people were tried or brought up on charges 0... actually maybe 1 was, does that mean that it didn't happen no bc i have a full video compilation of them doing that and that same video was shown during a trump trial back in 2021 or 2022 i believe .... so you're argument is kinda pointless
EXPAND THE COURT!!!
13 JUDICIAL DISTRICTS...13 JUSTICES.
TO CORRECT THE CORRUPTION, AND IMBALANCE, THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS,
REFORM OF THE COURT, SHOULD BE A PRIORITY.
I would NEVER vote for donald trump..EVER!!
I wouldn’t vote for myself either
Yeah ok Biden has done such a great job hasn't he. America is fed up with the border crisis crime inflation human trafficking anti semitism protesters our country is dying because of Joe Biden that's why we need Trump back.
Good for you. Who cares. Nobody asked.
Joe Biden isn't mentally fit to debate Trump.
I would. And will. Trump 2024🎉🎉🎉
Trump must never get anywhere near our Whitehouse ever again! Vote blue and do not rely on our corrupt and partisan judicial system
Yes everybody needs to vote blue so we can have control on every single state so we can turn them like California, New York, Chicago etc etc.
Our Democrat politicians are the best on high cost on living, high crime rate, nice with criminals , homeless by the thousands. See people are leaving blue states to red states and I wonder why are they leaving if Democrats are the better but better on what? On confusing teen that they can be any gender they want. Saying that trans are real women? Yeah election deniers but biology deniers is better? I'm not sure men on 👗 can go to war.😮
Vote Blue Biden / Harris to Keep Trumps out of government and in prison.
LOL. Ya right.
Strip the Court's appellate jurisdiction, by a simple statute enacted under the express authority of Article III. Four or Five of these justices are fascists who belong in prison for aiding and abetting insurrection in this and in the Colorado case (Anderson), and violating their oaths to uphold the Constitution
There was no insurrection. It was free speech. It’s his right to declare an obviously rigged election. He told them to go to the capital and peacefully and patriotically make their voices heard.
If not for McConnell acquitting the POS after impeachment, he would have been thrown out of office then.
My heart shattered when I watched the SCOTUS hearing today.
It was horrifying and absolutely embarrassing for our nation!
scotus is defending your right to vote on who you want
dems the evil in person
want to control who you vote for
Your crying is music to my ears.
@@lynneposada8631hey Lynn, FO.
@@JL-eh2noThe previous presidents never needed immunity to be able to do their jobs. They just didn't do crimes.
A disgrace how partisan they are. As a lay person it is clear to me they, but for one or two, think their word salad will convince sane minded people of their arguments.
Are we saying that these justices are not being investigated????
Get Phoney Willis on the case!
😂😂😂😂😂
Please fix our court system
Supreme Court?.??are not listening this is ridiculous
I hope this is in fact a partisan exaggeration. I hope it turns out to be an unnecessary opinion.
I hope I'm not actually living in an undeclared fascist state in this moment.
Because I'm too old to move-- and yet I'd be tremendously resentful and enraged if it came clear to me that I'm living in a totally corrupt nonsensical charade in which fairness and good conduct are privately scoffed at.
Corruption at its best
You bet by the left.
A sign of the times fortunately or unfortunately
The so-called Supreme Court ought to be asked point blank:
If you grant trump (and by so doing, ANY president) immunity, do you think he will have any further use for you?
You're asking them to think things through? Hasn't happened in years, but you are correct. He also wouldn't need the House or Senate as this would make him a Dictator.
dont worry about trump
he is a peaceful guy
only interested in making the country rich, safe...
worry about war criminals like obama, biden.... think about it
Ah, some one might want to remind Trump's lawyer, that he just agreed that Biden could have the military eliminate him, trump, and everyone he wants...as long as the party has a majority in the senate, to protect them from impeachment. Shamefully, he KNOWS THIS, yet still fights for a criminal who will never pay him.
MAGA=terrorism
By their own logic, Trump can have justices rubbed out if they rule against him. And the MAGA morons in the House won't raise a finger against him (for the same reason.)
Is that really where the GOP wants to take America?
As long as they vote as Trump wants, he’d keep them. At least six of them would.
So nobody can do anything to scotus ? Nobody is above scotus ? So are they god? So we have to obey and kneel down in front of them because they are god ???
Only thing you can do is to increase the size of SCOTUS. There's not many other legal cards to play.
trump is backed by God, he has immunity/
No you Fool; you just PAY them more Silly! Just ask Clarence the Clown justice!
If they give the president immunity...then its the duty of every citizen to ignore the laws of the u.s. 😊
You are so dumb.
Alito is a thug. Which character from Sopranos is Alito? Thomas? Sometimes name calling is name calling. Sometimes name calling is like a crack over the head that lets a little light in.
If the shoe fits......
To support his opinion in Dobbs, Alito had to reach back to the 17th century and cite a British judge who used to have women executed for witchcraft. Alito is a thug and a fundamentalist nut.
Or just a lightbulb moment.
Clean house!
three of these people were put on the court by a person who is before them as a defendant in a criminal case. How do they not recuse themselves? It's insane how disconnected they are.
The question that should have been posed, If a president murders a supreme court judge, only to put his own preferense, Should he be immune?
How about 9 more Justices
Mr. Mystal is absolutely correct. We are afraid to say what we already know. It is exactly what it looks like. It is political 9/11.
I'm Sure We Expected, No LESS!!!!!!!!!
I seen it coming from a mile away
@@91feloniesGuiltyofrape with their track record??!! you could see it, for a thousand!!!!!!!!
Will Congress do something! The constitution allows for Supreme Court accountability!
There is no incentive. Congress is political entity, and some of these judges are strongly aligned with parties or other political entities.
WOW!!! SCOTUS!! Some should be wearing their MAGA Hats, shirts & Flags!!
So what happens when the USC puts in a really dumb ruling (for team trump) but Biden is the sitting president?
Corruption all the way to the top
how so?
That is correct: none of these rules would apply to President Joe Biden while he is president.
If this law goes into effect and President Biden is elected to a second term in November, yes it would apply to President Biden.
@@tja3495 Hello. Yes. I mean if it went into effect now while President Biden is in office. The Repubs would fight tooth and nail to prevent this sweeping power to be bestowed on President Biden.
@@tja3495 Nope, the Supreme Court will twist it so it doesn't.
We need an even political amount of justices and they need shorter terms. The fact we have to endure this clown court until they quit or die is unacceptable. The bait and switch these Trump appointed justices pulled when interviewed should be illegal. Something has to change.
The question for the defendant's attorney's about atrocious acts should not be "Could a sitting president do...", but "Can Joe Biden do...xyz". That would make their heads explode.
Watching the end of America.
IKR, very disheartening.
trump and Scotus are trying to save America
democrats even want to not allow you to vote for who you want
open border, high cost of living...
come on, stop voting for who want to destroy USA
Four more years. pause. end of quote. repeat the line. God save the queen!
This is bad! 😱💙🌊💙🌊💙🌊💙🌊💙🌊💙🌊💙🌊
Bye, Bye America, we, the rest of the free World is watching the end of truth, justice and the American way.
Whoever is doing Joy's hair and makeup lately has been on point...Yasssss!!! They have finally got it right I'm loving it ❤️
Her makeup is seriously on point. Beautiful ❤️❤️
Is it ok for Biden to send Trump to jail? It seems that the Supreme Justices are ok for Trump to do that to others.
No you can’t jail your political opponent. Maybe in China or n Korea commie 🙄
No it’s called being a communist
No
We can no longer say” No one is above the Law”. SCOTUS has changed that today!!!! A partisan court!!!!
How do we the people get these insurrectionists out of office?
I love this guy!! He just says it
What do you expect when Presidents from any party are allowed to appoint their own judges. It's a flawed system that needs changing.
All justices need to follow the law, & isolate themselves from all political factions, otherwise they’re a hack🙈💩.
SCROTUS
VOTE BLUE 2024!!!!!!!
how can we get them out they have to be impeached and how does that happen
they should force retirement at "x" age and never mind waiting til they're party is in power! Mandatory retirement.
Thugs
We need term limits for all federal justices Nationwide Wide!
I dont think they will give him immunity but if they do, President Biden needs to take advantage of it. He needs to get rid of Trump and the corrupted justices.
Just think if Trump were be POTUS the supreme court will just go away and people will will ask what happened to them. They disappeared, just like Jimmy Hoffa.
As an Australian, I'm curious as to whether there is any legal accountability for these Supreme Court Justices. If they are biased towards one party ( or in this case, one man) how can they be held accountable if congress itself has a majority sympathetic to that party (or man)?
The Supreme Court should be equal dems vs. reps to prevent corruption!!
Justice must be served. Drop all cases against Trump!
They did lie.
Thanks for this discussion, I find these things very alarming and do not want to watch our democracy dying day by day.
We are either a nation laws or we're not, and how can the decision of five people be allowed to break us up?
Despicapable.
scotus perjured themselves.
We need more of Elie Mystal on this issue. He's the first one I've heard not tip toe around this.
One more thing, you don’t get hundred percent retirement package for life after you leave the seat.
I hope the powers that be can do something about the Supreme Court. There are a few good people on there, but you sure can see the crooks.
how can these republican justices sleep at night? definitely not going to rest in peace at death for such malicious behaviour - they are supposed to uphold 'justice' not save a criminal for their own favouritism........... shame on them
This is terrifying
Roger Stone said it in the video seen on youtube, "our judges".
Amazing that scotus don't have to go in front of a Senate hearing in front of the public
All courts of justice should be separate from money, politics and any semblance of absolute power. Look at America now for the why.🙄
Human rights!
This is a subject that seems to be foreign to the supreme court!
Time to get rid of the unfair justice
Zero credibility left. Totally corrupt at this point.