#JackSmith asked the #SCOTUS to quickly consider former president #TFG’s claims that he is immune from prosecution for alleged election obstruction in 2020 to leapfrog past an appeals court process that could take months to resolve. This is an an aggressive legal move designed to keep Trump’s trial on track for early next year. Presidential immunity would create a king who could do whatever they please.
@Kozmo this claim is simply factually false.
No, the immunity being sought does not create a king who could do whatever they please. Rather it is a limited application of limited existing law, derived from the democratic process, that stands IN OPPOSITION to presidents doing whatever they want, particularly prosecuting anyone they want.
So the story gets it exactly backwards.
We have laws that protect people against purported kings who would seek to prosecute whatever they please. The court is being asked whether those limiting laws apply here.
