Posted on 02/06/2024 7:16:19 AM PST by CFW
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected Donald Trump’s broad claim that he is immune from prosecution for alleged criminal acts he committed as president in trying to overturn the 2020 election in a chain of events that led to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
Trump will almost certainly appeal immediately to the Supreme Court in a bid to prevent the trial from going ahead as scheduled in March. The Supreme Court could make a quick decision on whether to hear the case and could fast-track any ruling.
The three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that there was no basis for Trump to assert that former presidents have blanket immunity from prosecution for any acts committed as president.
The case is one of four criminal prosecutions Trump faces even as he remains the presumptive front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination.
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What’s their motivation?
These guys in the black dresses also enforced the fugitive slave laws.
A black female and oriental female and a lesbo. What a surprise.
“Judges have absolute immunity not because of their
particular location within the Government but because
of the special nature of their responsibilities.”
Butz v. Economou, 438 U.S. 478 (1978)
“We have distilled the Supreme Court’s approach to quasi- judicial immunity into a consideration of three main factors:
(1) whether the functions of the official in question are comparable to those of a judge;
(2) whether the nature of the controversy is intense enough that future harassment or intimidation by litigants is a realistic prospect; and
(3) whether the system contains safeguards which are adequate to justify dispensing with private damage suits to control unconstitutional conduct.”
Wagshal v. Foster, 28 F.3d 1249, 1252 (D.C. Cir 1994)
https://benchbook.sog.unc.edu/sites/default/files/pdf/Judicial%20Immunity%20Mar.%202015.pdf
Note: I do not believe Trump should have immunity. I also think judges should be held to the same standards as Trump should. If a reasonable person likely to hold the office could think the action is reasonable, the follow-on lawsuit should be dismissed with prejudice.
“all presidents have immunity”
The Ford pardon of Nixon would not have been necessary if Nixon had absolute immunity.
We are not a nation of laws.
We are a nation of childish, vindictive, greedy Democrat lawyers.
This was baked into the cake. DC is the most corrupt appeals court in the nation.
Supes will find in favor of Trump per Zen Master and Barnes.
Neither has been wrong yet on a judicial “call.”
The meaning of this ruling has NO practical impact whatsoever on DJT and his candidacy. It has HUGE meaning for actual president criminals, GWB/Clintoon/0bama.
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They do realize this will make all previous Presidents vulnerable right? Nah, they are liberals they don’t think past when their next check from the money laundering from Ukraine is coming in!
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Joe McCarthy and Ronald Reagan warned us. Too bad we didn’t listen.
I suspect nearly every one of them voted for Biden:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/wJrRYKfAC7U
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