License to Kill and Rule
Should the President of the United States have immunity for criminal acts that seem to include murder and insurrection.
Forbes put it like this in their coverage of the Supreme Court hearings on Trumps immunity case:
Justice Sonia Sotomayor asked Sauer if that would include granting ex-presidents immunity for ordering the military to assassinate a political rival—after the attorney previously told a federal appeals court he believed that should be subject to immunity—and Sauer doubled down on his previous argument, suggesting it would be eligible for immunity “depending on the” circumstances.
I should add the Mr. Sauer is Donald Trump’s lawyer. The circumstances include not being impeached and convicted. That seems to be a very low bar which is easily reachable as a President has never been impeached and convicted in the history of the United States.
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