Donald Trumpās lawyerĀ pushedĀ an outrageous line of thinking on Thursday during oral arguments at the Supreme Court over whether the former president has immunity for trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election: that a U.S. president could order a military coup dāĆ©tat with almost no chance of repercussions.
Justice Elena KaganĀ askedĀ lawyer John Sauer about a hypothetical president who āordered the military to stage a coup.ā
āHeās no longer president. He wasnāt impeached, he couldnāt be impeached, but he ordered the military to stage a coup, and youāre saying thatās an official act?ā she asked.
āI think it would depend on the circumstances whether it was an official act,ā Sauer replied. āIf itās an official act, there needs to be impeachment and conviction before [criminal charges could be pursued].ā
In response to other questions from the justices, Sauer defended a hypothetical political assassination ordered by an American president, the argument thatĀ sank Trumpās caseĀ in theĀ D.C. circuit.
Biden should just have Trump arrested and sent to gitmo. If the president really does have all this unilateral power only able to be stopped by impeachment thereās no real way to prevent a dictator. Just arrest anyone in Congress whoād vote to impeach you.
Itād absolutely be the end of this country but weāre already staring that in the face as Trump tells the SCOTUS what he plans to do.
What youāre suggesting is actually fucking hilarious because if Trump wanted out of gitmo heād have to argue that there should be limits on the presidentās powers in which case heād lose the caseā¦ or he could win the case and remain in gitmo.
This is how fucking ridiculous this is.
Itās not like many conservative justices could disagree with thisā¦ in gitmo.