From CNN: ‘… Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote … in “every use of official power, the President is now a king above the law.”’
As has been said before, this is particularly ironic since the United States was founded by people choosing to get away from the unchecked rule of a king.
@reay OTOH how would a President get anything done if you can just DoS them with lawsuits
I don't know there's a happy medium here
I don't know there's a happy medium here
@feld (A) The president has the entire DOJ at his disposal. That's like DoSing Google. The attorney's fees alone would be astronomical.
(B) The previous precedent was that a *sitting* president couldn't be charged, so that wouldn't be a problem anyway. They had to wait until after the term was up to level criminal charges, compared to political charges (impeachment), which can be leveled during the term.
