re: Trump’s Boldest Argument Yet: Immunity From Prosecution for Assassinations

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Couldn’t an argument be made tat you could easily charge any citizen with a fake crime for simply not liking him?

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FIFY

We could both be charged with spurious crimes by COB today. That is the reason there is a cornucopia of checks and balances. That doesn't mean thousands upon thousands of people haven't been wrongfully accused and convicted in this country since its founding.

None of that is here nor there vis-a-vis my opinion ITT. I am not arguing about whether or not Trump is being charged because people don't like him. I am arguing about the application of a specific clause of the Constitution and how it applies to the case at bar. The clause clearly (IMO) was crafted to prevent the removal of the judicial branch check and I see no way to read it to show it meant to remove that check.

Keep in mind I am arguing about what is and have no interest in arguing what should be in a case where I think the constitutional language is clear. That is an argument best left to philosophers and more erudite thinkers.