• Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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    15 days ago

    The immunity the court is talking about means they can’t be charged with murder for sending troops to war. Such an act is not “above the law”. The law specifically authorizes the president to perform such an act.

    The legal remedy for a president who improperly sending troops to war is impeachment, not a criminal charge.

    The president’s immunity extends only to those acts that he is specifically authorized by law to perform. Those are “official” acts. The acts that Trump is accused of are well outside the scope of his former office. The trial court is going to burn his ass. SCOTUS didn’t save him.