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pbmus

(12,422 posts) Wed Jan 6, 2021, 07:41 PM Jan 2021

On whether a sitting president can be arrested...

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Key word is conspire....for all you lawyers out there, what constitutes conspiring.?

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On whether a sitting president can be arrested... (Original Post) pbmus Jan 2021 OP

Arrest him, he's a RADICAL REPUBLICAN TERRORIST KS Toronado Jan 2021 #1

+1 badboy67 Jan 2021 #2

Could SS put him in safeinOhio Jan 2021 #3

Everyone who broke into that building today Mr.Bill Jan 2021 #4

Legal definition of conspiracy: Akoto Jan 2021 #5

KS Toronado

(17,337 posts)

1. Arrest him, he's a RADICAL REPUBLICAN TERRORIST

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Wed Jan 6, 2021, 07:44 PM

Jan 2021

badboy67

(460 posts)

2. +1

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Wed Jan 6, 2021, 07:46 PM

Jan 2021

safeinOhio

(32,726 posts)

3. Could SS put him in

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Wed Jan 6, 2021, 08:00 PM

Jan 2021

protective custody for a couple of weeks?

Mr.Bill

(24,330 posts)

4. Everyone who broke into that building today

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Wed Jan 6, 2021, 08:03 PM

Jan 2021

is guilty of breaking that law.

Akoto

(4,267 posts)

5. Legal definition of conspiracy:

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Wed Jan 6, 2021, 08:07 PM

Jan 2021

"An agreement between two or more people to commit an illegal act, along with an intent to achieve the agreement's goal. Most U.S. jurisdictions also require an overt act toward furthering the agreement. An overt act is a statutory requirement, not a constitutional one. See Whitfield v. United States, 453 U.S. 209 (2005). The illegal act is the conspiracy's "target offense.""

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/conspiracy

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