Three judges from the Washington DC Circuit Court of Appeals have denied the immunity request from President Trump.
In a rather stark decision reached by the panel [SEE Ruling Here] “We have balanced former President Trump’s asserted interests in executive immunity against the vital public interests that favor allowing this prosecution to proceed,” the court wrote in its ruling Tuesday. “We conclude that the interest in criminal accountability, held by both the public and the Executive Branch, outweighs the potential risks of chilling Presidential action and permitting vexatious litigation.”
WASHINGTON – The judges put their decision on hold only until Monday to allow Trump to ask the Supreme Court to take up the immunity fight on an emergency basis. If he does so, the decision won’t take effect until the high court acts on his request, the appeals panel decreed. (read more)
The court essentially stayed its own ruling, pending a punt to the Supreme Court.
It was ridiculous from the start to pose the immunity question in absolute terms. The Supreme Court will need to define the kinds of conduct for which a president has immunity, and conduct for which presidents are civilly and criminally liable. This will not be easy, and they will try to dodge responsibility.
Judges and members of the Senate and House enjoy immunity for things they say and do as part of their official duties, but not for anything they might do outside those roles. That demonstrates that there is nothing unusual about presidential immunity, and that it is possible to distinguish where the boundary rests between immunity and not. Trump’s lawyers need to learn from their recent drubbing, and reshape where this is going.
SCOTUS will probably eventually be forced to review whether the “crimes” Trump is charged with even exist, and if so, if they are prosecutable. That’s not likely to occur before the DC juries convict on specific charges and the DC court of appeals rubber stamps them.
What vital public interests”?
Presumably, the vital public interest of not allowing Trump to get elected again. (/sarc)
Quick, someone start prosecuting Obama while citing this decision as justification… good likelihood that would suddenly change their minds!
Fraudulent birth certificate, stolen social security number…….
Obama never produced the original birth certificate. The person who saw it died in a small airplane crash. The form of the certificate is the type his grandparents could sign a document saying little Obama popped out at a luai. That form required no evidence, sign under Oath or show the baby. This form was dropped in 1972, but before that was a major route to get Asian babies US birth certificates. That form is not valid for any political office without providing evidence of the birth. The last person who could say was his grandmother. Obama rushed to her side likely to put a pillow over her face.
Finally, anyone remember the break in at the DC US passport office? It involved Obamas records. The break in was conducted by the janitorial company, owned by the. POS Brennan. The main witness was found shot in the head in his car the day before he testified. Obama visited Pakistan in the 1980’s., so there may have been an Indonesian passport and the original passport which would show Obama was not eligible unless he could provide evidence of his birth on US soil.
Yep, the prosecution of Obummer for his indiscriminate drone strikes against (and murder of) American citizens must begin immediately!
FJB
FCS
FNP
Incredible testimony by Mollie Hemingway.
She summed up everything wrong with our elections.
WATCH:
https://gettr.com/post/p2zwff69d8c
https://streamable.com/h41jlo
The SCOTUS has shown itself to be more interested in enforcing politics than the law.
Soros and his family are the first trash that must be removed and prevented from any further influence in the U.S. He has completely subverted (bought off) the justice system by now in all of the blue states and within the DOJ. When his $$ stop flowing, then change can begin.
… which is hilarious, considering Joe Biden, as President, can NOW violate the law at will, and he will NEVER be held accountable because the SPECIAL COUNSEL just declared that he is too old and forgetful to EVER be prosecuted.
WOW.
What is good for the goose is good for the gander (and other gooses). Potentially opens the door to prosecute past presidents for their criminal acts. Objective achieved?