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brentspeak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 01:17 PM
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What are the laws regarding suing a president or members of congress?
I'd love to see a class-action lawsuit against Bush for financial mismanagement or the like.
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shoelace414 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 01:19 PM
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1. the supremes said you can sue a sitting pres in civil court.
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fob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 01:35 PM
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4. Correction: The "Supremes" said republicks can sue a DEMOCRATIC
sitting President in Civil Court. It may not have read that way, but just try and sue bushler* and see if they don't come out and clarify it to exactly that.

/madness
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Rainbowreflect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 01:42 PM
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5. And I thought the Supremes said....
Stop! In the names of love.....
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keithjx Donating Member (758 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 01:19 PM
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2. presidential and congressional immunity...
...for acts taken w/in the scope of the employment (and in cases with the Pres., he is immune for most acts beyond the scope of his employ while he's pres).
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ibegurpard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 01:19 PM
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3. If I recall correctly from the Monica Lewinsky debacle
the Supreme Court ruled that a sitting president CAN be sued. Lawyers were trying to argue that he couldn't during the whole Paula Jones thing.
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