So this means its open Trump hunting season for Biden, right? It is totally legal and cool for him to assassinate Trump, right??

Of course we all know they intend for this argument to only apply to Trump.

Here's a better question, Judge Pan.

Could a president order Seal Team Six to assassinate unsympathetic judges, either of an appeals court or the Supreme Court itself, since that's an "official act?" Because that might be something worth considering.

Then they're saying it would be legal if Biden assassinated Trump right now.

“Could a president order SEAL Team Six to assassinate a political rival? That’s an official act–an order to Seal Team Six,” U.S. Circuit Judge Florence Pan asked Sauer.

“He would have to be, and would speedily be, you know, impeached and convicted before the criminal prosecution,” Sauer replied, setting a pre-condition for such prosecution in Pan’s hypothetical.

Unless it's a Republican, he means.

This is their plan for every election, administrative, and legal matter: let Congress decide.

A body they can buy bribe and beleaguer.

what the fuck

Man, why did Nixon even bother resigning? Why was Clinton or Trump even impeached? They were obviously immune from ever doing anything wrong, ever. The Presidency exists completely outside of the normal checks and balances in our government, the President can just do whatever they want.

he can go live in Russia if that's the kind of "President" he wants

The US really needs to sit down and decide what the president can and cannot do. It won't be the last time magats try this shit.

Completely fucking insane...

Pan reframed the question to include a hypothetical where a president ordered assassination and then was not impeached, and Sauer still hung on to "impeachment has to happen first."

If we have to debate this much whether or not a President should stand trial for criminal charges, I think he did it.

An individual allowed to do anything without consequence is a dictator, not a president.

And so after years upon years upon decades of rhetoric from Republicans warning about the growing power of the Executive and the abuses of the Executive by FDR...

... uh, nevermind all that apparently, if our guy is in charge he should be able to just unilaterally assasinate political rivals.

You know. Like anyone that would vote to impeach him. For assassinating political rivals.

This is literal baby brain logic that actual Elementary School Children could probably understand is stupid.

Hooray for living in Clown World, the dumbest possible timeline.

This is basically logic that can only possibly have come from serious QTard Syndrome, Terminal Stage. Its the only way possible for /the Storm/ to actually happen.

So did the USA become a joke during 45's presidency or before?

Can a lawyer be disbarred for advocating for the dissolution of the Rule of Law?

Seal team six perched in the rafters during the state of the union address.

Biden: And now I will receive a round of applause from my good Republican colleagues. Clap, motherfuckers!

Which is why it's a batshit insane idea.

Remember, his base sees this as strength.

They don't care about the means, they want a "strongman" to kill the Americans they see as their enemies for them.

Modern Republicans don't give a two shilling shit about democracy, they'd rather have an authoritarian so long as it's an authoritarian they're deluded into believing represents their interests.

Just in case anyone thinks these remarks might make him lose a single vote.

I agree, and at the same time I wonder what the current president could fix the issue with the former? I mean, the current president has immunity right? /s

Trump is literally scraping the bottom of the barrel when it comes to attorneys

Trump’s lead attorney D. John Sauer argued that only a president who has been impeached and removed from office in a Senate trial potentially would be subject to prosecution for those kinds of alleged crimes

i.e. a preview of the next administration.

Which law is that written in again?

If you take that argument to the logical extreme, a President who has committed all those bad acts can:

• Stop all investigations of said bad acts, therefore avoiding impeachment.

• Threaten any member of the House that is thinking of voting to impeach him.

• On the off-chance is impeached and is now waiting the verdict of the Senate, have every incentive to offer all kinds of corrupt deals (free pardons, private arms deals, etc) to Senators to buy their vote. This way, they won't be convicted in the Senate and they can keep enjoying their infinite immunity forever.

Neat-o.