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Septua's JournalSTILL with the fucking 'privilege'...an opinion
Just heard a comment on MSNBC that Cipollone said he would not testify about conversations with Trump, apparently in regards to 'privilege'. I learned on 'Law and Order' privilege doesn't apply when the lawyer and the client are conspiring to do something illegal.
Executive privilege was established to protect the Office of the President and the country from revealing information that would threaten the security or processes of government function. It is NOT a get-out-of-jail card option for a President to cover his ass for illegal activity.
Cipollone was not Trump's lawyer in the first place and Trump planning a scheme to overturn the 2020 election was criminal.
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S2-C3-1-4-3-1/ALDE_00001152/#:~:text=The%20doctrine%20of%20executive%20privilege%20defines%20the%20authority%20of%20the,judicial%20branch%20of%20the%20government.
To prosecute (Trump) or not...the dilemma?
I keep bringing the topic up because I'm can't accept the explanations for not indicting the bastard. "Dangerous precedent" be damned...he's a dangerous man. It could "spark unrest" or "further divide the country" be damned...the country is already in a state of unrest and division. It could "lead to civil war" be damned...I believe that rhetoric is bullshit bluff.
His crime isn't some petty, two-bit act like taking the White House silverware to Mar-a-Lago when he left. He tried to delegitimize a Presidential election by blocking the certification procedure to remain in power. That in itself, is a precedent which simply cannot be condoned. As noted in the link:
"You can only shoot people in the middle of Fifth Avenue so many times before someone is going to arrest you and put you in jail," former government ethics lawyer Norman Eisen tells the Financial Times.
The supposed dilemma?
So, Garland is concerned about the image of DOJ? That's the risk?
I hope so...
https://theweek.com/donald-trump/1014343/the-relative-merits-of-charging-trump-for-a-crime
What is Biden supposed to do...
..to undo the SCOTUS decision to overturn Roe? The comments I'm seeing on MSNBC are saying he won't take the "bold steps" to fight the decision. What bold steps are available...with 48 Senators?
Trump teasing a 2024 run for prez
Whatever his reasons, might be good for Dems in November.
https://www.thestatesman.com/world/trump-eyeing-early-announcement-2024-white-house-run-1503086623.html
https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/trump-may-launch-surprise-bid-144853766.html?src=rss
Cheney summed it up
She said she took an oath, will live by it and won't lie for political gain. If that isn't what voters want, they should vote for someone else.
Personally, I believe the majority of the people in this country prefer elected officials like Cheney. And if that is what we want, the Republicans are going to have to vote Democratic for a few election cycles.
Where does it say Congressional committee hearings...
..require cross examinations? It's an investigatory process, not a trial. Committee members ask questions, witnesses respond.
Gym Jordan keeps whining about no cross examinations and Brit Hume in the tweet brings it up. And Thompson has extended invitations to anyone who wants to debate the facts...which is the last thing Jordan wants to do.
Kinzinger nailed it.
https://twitter.com/AdamKinzinger/status/1542910337367871488?s=20&t=nOsjIq4PV2FXU_6ori9W5g
SCOTUS could empower state legislatures' control over elections
This is scarier than Trump World...
https://www.npr.org/2022/06/30/1107648753/supreme-court-north-carolina-redistricting-independent-state-legislature-theory
Based on this independent state legislature theory, they contend that the North Carolina state courts' decision to throw out and replace the legislature-drawn map violates the federal constitution an argument that radically departs from the U.S. Supreme Court's historical record of deferring to state courts on how state constitutions and laws should be interpreted.
A Supreme Court endorsement of the theory could upend elections laws across the U.S.
The high court declined in March to weigh in on an emergency request for this case, but in a dissenting opinion, three of the court's conservatives Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas signaled they would likely side with the Republican lawmakers' embrace of this theory.
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