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Re: It's a complicated ruling attempting to draw a line between official and unofficial acts.

By: Cactus Flower in ALEA | Recommend this post (0)
Mon, 01 Jul 24 4:57 PM | 19 view(s)
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What they've done is say there are grey areas, then said "but we can't define them", so they've sent the problem of defining the grey areas back down to the courts and said "give us some ideas".

It's ridiculous. If you're going to change the rules, have some idea about what the new ones will be.

No one has challenged the president's use of his core constitutional powers. They've just said, fomenting a coup is not amongst them. So try the case.

This is deliberate delay, in my view. Nothing grand. It's using the difficulty of defining anything precisely to kick this case into the long grass beyond the election.

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It's a complicated ruling — attempting to draw a line between official and unofficial acts.
By: clo2 in ALEA
Mon, 01 Jul 24 4:36 PM 		Msg. 53413 of 54959

Roberts wrote the Trump immunity decision

Daniel Arkin

Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority decision in the Trump immunity ruling.

It's a complicated ruling — attempting to draw a line between official and unofficial acts.

"This case poses a question of lasting significance: When may a former President be prosecuted for official acts taken during his Presidency? In answering that question, unlike the political branches and the public at large, the Court cannot afford to fixate exclusively, or even primarily, on present exigencies. Enduring separation of powers principles guide our decision in this case. The President enjoys no immunity for his unofficial acts, and not everything the President does is official. The President is not above the law. But under our system of separated powers, the President may not be prosecuted for exercising his core constitutional powers, and he is entitled to at least presumptive immunity from prosecution for his official acts. That immunity applies equally to all occupants of the Oval Office," Roberts wrote.

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/live-blog/trump-immunity-supreme-court-ruling-live-updates-rcna159539#rcrd44922

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