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2. Nothing angers me more than the SC's immunity ruling letting Trump off the hook for his many crimes.

Reply to erronis (Original post)

Wed Aug 20, 2025, 10:13 AM

Aug 20

The 2024 Trump vs. United States ruling was/is a travesty, it has no basis in the law.. Any reading of the U.S. Constitution shows the document does not provide the president with immunity from prosecution. The authors of the Constitution provided immunity where they believed it should exist: in the Speech and Debate Clause, giving members of Congress immunity for their actions as representatives. They knowingly did not do so for Presidents. Roberts et al. simply decided Trump should enjoy immunity for his crimes because it helped a Republican president.

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Nothing angers me more than the SC's immunity ruling letting Trump off the hook for his many crimes. sop Aug 20 #2