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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,489 posts) Wed Oct 23, 2019, 11:44 AM Oct 2019

Trump's lawyer tells Judge Denny Chin that if Trump were to shoot someone on Fifth Avenue....

Here is Trump's lawyer, William Consovoy, telling Judge Denny Chin that if Trump were to shoot someone on fifth avenue, he could not be criminally investigated while in office.

Very normal argument.

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Trump's lawyer tells Judge Denny Chin that if Trump were to shoot someone on Fifth Avenue.... (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2019 OP

JFC RandySF Oct 2019 #1

Yeah, no shit. calimary Oct 2019 #2

I actually said that out loud and in full when I saw the tweet. Pacifist Patriot Oct 2019 #7

Has the recess ended? 2naSalit Oct 2019 #3

These people are crazy and wrong zaj Oct 2019 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2019 #5

This is the natural extension of the "unitary executive theory" RGTIndy Oct 2019 #6

RandySF

(58,900 posts)

1. JFC

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Oct 23, 2019, 11:46 AM

Oct 2019

calimary

(81,316 posts)

2. Yeah, no shit.

Reply to RandySF (Reply #1)

Wed Oct 23, 2019, 11:47 AM

Oct 2019

Pacifist Patriot

(24,653 posts)

7. I actually said that out loud and in full when I saw the tweet.

Reply to RandySF (Reply #1)

Wed Oct 23, 2019, 12:14 PM

Oct 2019

2naSalit

(86,646 posts)

3. Has the recess ended?

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Oct 23, 2019, 11:49 AM

Oct 2019

NBC live feed is still silent.

zaj

(3,433 posts)

4. These people are crazy and wrong

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Oct 23, 2019, 11:53 AM

Oct 2019

This is how the Holocaust came about. Incremental rationalizing that then next step isn't extreme. And the next step isn't extreme. And the next step isn't extreme.

The lawyer called it immunity.

That's not a thing written down anywhere. But the introduction of the idea is dangerous and powerful.

This is an extremely important ruling, to understate the matter

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RGTIndy

(203 posts)

6. This is the natural extension of the "unitary executive theory"

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Oct 23, 2019, 12:11 PM

Oct 2019

The neocons used it to argue immunity from war crimes, Trump uses it to argue immunity for plain old every day crimes.

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