Former President Donald Trump’s attorney on Thursday argued that a president could order the assassination of his political rival and stage a military coup without being prosecuted for it.
Jack Sauer, Trump’s lawyer, made the “absolute immunity” argument in a Supreme Court hearing in the Department of Justice election interference case against the former president. Trump’s team has repeatedly claimed that the ex-president can’t be prosecuted for “official acts” he did while in office.
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor asked Sauer, “If the president decides that his rival is a corrupt person and he orders the military to assassinate him, is that within his official acts to which he has immunity?”
“That could well be an official act,” Sauer responded.
Sotomayor seemed taken aback at that line of reasoning.
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“How about if the president orders the military to stage a coup?” Kagan asked.
“I think it would depend on the circumstances,” Sauer said.
They should have asked if the president can order the assassination of a Supreme Court Judge or a senator. Would love the justification.
And don’t even frame it as a nameless hypothetical. Get specific.
“Are you arguing that Joe Biden could order the assassination of Clarence Thomas and Donald Trump, and if the Democratic Senate doesn’t convict on impeachment, he gets away with it?”
I would pay good money for one of them to ask that exact question, but sadly, I’m a little too poor to buy my own SCOTUS justice. Maybe we could start a gofundme and crowdsource it?
If I were Biden and the Supreme Court ruled it’s legal, first thing I’d do is put Trump and every justice that ruled in favor in a CIA black site. Then I’d stack the court with justices that would rule it was illegal. Because that shit cannot stand.
I mean, there is no legal reason that Biden could not just put forth more candidates for the supreme court, right now.
Edit: The only actual reason is because Biden is a coward.
I’m not sure. As I said, there is no actual reason for him to not put forward more justices for the Supreme Court.
Huh. Well here’s a though: as Biden’s last act as president, he should just go ahead and order the assassination of Trump. It’ll rid us of Trump, and force the matter into the SCOTUS who will then need to establish precedent case law stating specifically that US presidents aren’t allowed to have political rivals assassinated… cuz apparently that’s necessary. >_<
Why not just “retire” certain members of SCOTUS first. These people should be very afraid when the new president gets into office with these rules.
Ah, playing the fascist game against actual fascists. I wonder who will win that game. Hint: it’s not the non fascists.
Ok, but has anyone checked to be sure that “Jack Sauer” is his real name? That sounds like a fake name a moron would make up. Like Eric Trump is wearing a moustache and trying to argue before the court to win his dad’s affection.
I think we should test this argument out.
