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Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for offic... by dudinax on Tuesday July 02, 2024 @12:39AM (#40853616)
No it doesn't. There's nothing in the constitution that grants immunity to a president and no reason why Donald Trump had to commit the crimes he's charged with.
Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for offic... by ac29 on Tuesday July 02, 2024 @01:19AM (#40853767)
If every past, present, and future legal scenario was explicitly and unambiguously addressed by the constitution, we wouldnt need the Supreme Court.

In reality it is an imperfect document that can never possibly be complete.

Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for offic... by dudinax on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @02:30AM (#40863308)
You're suggesting presidential immunity is a new idea, and criminal charges against ex-presidents are a new threat to the executive branch, both of which were wrong. 230 years ago people had already through through this. Immunity isn't in the constitution because they didn't want it in there.

The president already has all the constitutional protection he needs from prosecution: a prosecutor can't remove him from office.