re: Willis/Wade Trial Day 2 Link

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Derailing the current docket schedule by replacing Mutt and Jeff will pretty much punt this past November if it does proceed.

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As this is a state prosecution, that becomes somewhat irrelevant. They'll just try him while he sits as President if he wins.

*ETA: until the USSC rules on this specific issue, there is nothing in the Constitution or any other guidance that prevents a state from prosecuting a sitting President. All of the arguments for why the federal DOJ can't (or shouldn't to be accurate) prosecute a sitting President are based in separation of powers arguments, which only apply at the federal level. This would fall directly under state's rights and their vast policing power (which existed long before the federal government became a leviathan).