Another fun day ended at Truth Social. Renowned legal scholar Donald Trump has sued to be granted full immunity for anything he did while in office.
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– Opinion –
A glimpse inside Donald Trump's head (a.k.a. his posts on Truth Social) reveals what the former president occupies at any given time, and today it's clear that the Supreme Court has decided what he did as president. The question was whether to grant immunity for all of this. president.
Even though he appointed three of the justices and conservative justices currently hold a decisive 6-3 advantage, as various legal scholars have pointed out, the president is responsible for all crimes. This seems unlikely, as it would create a precedent for committing or authorizing any crime. Unconstitutional acts while in office.
But it is clear that President Trump is clinging to the hope that the high court will grant him such blanket immunity, which would relieve him of liability in several criminal cases related to the coup attempt. You will be able to escape.
Because clearly, according to the good legal thinking of Donald J. Trump and others, then carrying out a coup would somehow be legal.
He may not have thought of this all the way through, since that would give incumbent Joe Biden permission to do whatever he wants. he Within the next nine months… including illegal actions such as ordering the military to arrest or shoot anyone wearing MAGA costumes on or before Election Day.
In any case, on Friday morning, President Trump posted five posts (three of them in all caps) addressing the issue on his social media sites.
Needless to say, none of it made any sense at all.
For example, Trump has argued that anything less than full presidential immunity (or “immunity,” as he frequently referred to in his posts) would somehow expose a sitting president to threats from the opposition. , claimed that the opposition would threaten to prosecute him. , in the distant future), once she is out of office, “even if everything that was done was perfectly legal and proper” (Editor's note: it is neither “perfectly legal” nor “appropriate” to stage a coup) ).
In his funniest post, Trump suggested:
If presidents are not granted immunity, all outgoing presidents will be subject to immediate prosecution by their opponents. Without complete immunity, the President of the United States cannot properly carry out his duties.
There's just one problem with that “logic”. The only former president ever to be indicted (in four different jurisdictions for various crimes) is Trump himself. (Another editor's note: It was not the “opposition” that indicted Trump; Rather, it was a grand jury).
All 44 of his predecessors have somehow escaped this fate (Editor's note at the end: And, as mentioned earlier, none of them have ever faced criminal charges, so their No one had to claim that they deserved full immunity).
In any case, it will be interesting to see what Trump posts on “Truth Social” on the day the Supreme Court rules against him.
Of course, it wouldn't be much fun if the justices voted for him…because that would be the day the Supreme Court completely abdicates its responsibility to the Constitution.
