“Justice Amy Coney Barrett, meanwhile, pointed to the fact that Sauer drew a distinction between prosecuting a president for “official” behavior (which Sauer said is not allowed), and prosecuting a president for his “private” conduct (which Sauer conceded is permitted). Barrett also argued that many of the charges against Trump, such as his work with private lawyers and political consultants to overthrow the 2020 election, qualify as private conduct and thus could still be prosecuted.”
Trump was still President when he and his lawyers tried to bring the election fraud to the courts and was official business, not private conduct.
she’s nuts because it was still official business in that he was working to establish the truth about fraudulent theft of elections AND/OR working towards re election, which is considered official business.
I think this is the first time that I have understood this put so succinctly. And this is what they shout about as trying to overthrow the election.
Hmm - so I guess Al Gore also attempted to overthrow an election when he petitioned the courts for a recount of the Florida ballots.
She and Kavanagh were bad picks. Her especially.
How cute! Thank goodness we Republicans have put our own flyweight chick lawyer on America's Court of last resort, to keep up with decades of Democratic ones.
Point of logic, Your Pinheadedness: Did you ever read the Constitution and the relevant law? The President of the US is not constrained in any way concerning whom he can hire or consult in order to make decisions as President--which means it could include any task from writing the State of the Union address to running his re-election campaign.
While a President is in office, he's definitely not immune from second-guessing in the newspapers. But he is immune from criminal prosecution. He needs to be impeached and removed (becoming a non-President) to lose that immunity--REMEMBER?
Hey, I just remembered: Supreme Court Justices can be impeached. Anyone remember the criteria?