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Fresh_Start

(11,330 posts)
Wed Jan 10, 2024, 05:32 PM Jan 2024

Oral argument i wish i had heard

Trumps attorney repeatedly raised the concern that without immunity the president might hesitate to take necessary actions.... Obviously they didn't present any actual situations where that occurred and neither did the prosecution.

What occurs to me is that we have many examples in history including current history when the executive branch feels they have immunity from the consequences of law. And we have clear evidence that it is indeed a dangerous thing for the entire country and the world. We don't need more putins.

I wished the prosecution had talked about the danger of an unconstrained executive branch. And maybe this is obvious to everyone in the hearing...but it isn't obvious to the entire audience

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Oral argument i wish i had heard (Original Post) Fresh_Start Jan 2024 OP
The prosecution's audience is the 3 judges and possibly the SC, it is the Trump team Bev54 Jan 2024 #1

Bev54

(10,139 posts)
1. The prosecution's audience is the 3 judges and possibly the SC, it is the Trump team
Wed Jan 10, 2024, 06:16 PM
Jan 2024

that plays to the public. I think the prosecutor made the point, after they laid out their scenarios of what the Trump team was saying he had immunity for, by saying what they were asking for was frightening.

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