And he's immune?

“I like the way you talk, umm!”
Maybe that number should be 4.

at their confirmation hearings. Stare Decisis my ass.

100 percent agree. We HAVE to elect enough reps to increase the Justice number to 13 to match the district numbers. AND enough majority in senate and congress to impeach and prosecute Uncle Thomas.
And the four additions should be incredibly athletic 3O year old women.

Prez Biden is our saving grace

Biden, of course, is illegitimate, since he stole the election. Therefore, nothing Biden does is legal. And, of course, once orange jesus is back in office, there will be no more presidents.

See how easy that is? My head hurts dealing with this insanity.

head is hurting too. That Sauer is saying if the President does something illegal??? It's an "official act" and could be "immuned"???? These people want a dictatorship???????? WTF

But before that, sure, anything goes. By this logic, Pres Biden could just take one for the team & rid the world of one of its biggest threats

of any member of Congress in favor of sending articles of impeachment to the Senate, and/or any Senator who mught vote to convict?

No impeachment, therefore no crime?

It's an insane and frightening "legal theory" that any thinking person should reject out of hand.

Just kill EVERYONE who might stand against you! No impeachment so no indictment.

I mean, if a schlub like me can think of it, how can it escape the grasp of all those legal eagles, the nine most brilliant barristers in America?

But I jest...

I mean seriously? A President being immune from ordering a hit on a Supreme Court Judge or from attempting to overthrow our own government? I mean jeez.

Yup.

I have the same issue with a pundit - my father-in-law has asked more than a few times about why my views are so divergent from the same-named assbag. His advanced age is about the only thing that's saved him from being hit with a chair.

Just kidding, of course.

I really doubt this lawyer is related at all to me, especially since my Dad changed his name from Sauermilch to just Sauer in the early 1950's.

I doubt I'm related to this guy. I'd have punched him at any family reunions - just to hear the noise he'd make.

for the same reason hotels have been ripping his name off the walls of buildings. The "Trump" brand is falling quicker than the value of his stock.

a blunt way. What a crazy time we are living in...so much corruption from the people who are supposed to guard the rule of law, I cannot believe some of the judges who are part of the supreme court today could not be stopped from becoming part of it, and that people like Thomas and Alito have not been impeached.

The USA government needs a hard CLOROX clean up, the voters must get rid of so many crazy people who walk around congress and senate, all republiKan Krazies.

Wishful thinking I guess.

Did this moron put on his clown makeup before oral arguments or during?

Of course, there are at least two clowns on the court who will buy this shit: Clarence “Uncle Slappy” Thomas and Scammy Alito.

What a bunch of fucksticks.

...I have a list for Dark Brandon.

And apologetic statesmen of a compromising kind
Such as — What d'ye call him — Thing'em-bob, and likewise — Never-mind
And 'St— 'st— 'st— and What's-his-name, and also You-know-who —
The task of filling up the blanks I'd rather leave to you
But it really doesn't matter whom you put upon the list
For they'd none of 'em be missed — they'd none of 'em be missed!

wonderful iterations of that number for several weeks now. I simply MUST, now!!!

Let me just say how very gratifying it is to see that snatch recognized here. In most circles in the default world, such an allusion is most often greeted with a blank stare.
My faith in humanity is restored.

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rendered such a service. I did, in fact, amuse myself for a time after I posted that, in watching perhaps a dozen different performances, with some truly wonderful "never will be missed" lists.

The last time I attended a G&S play was at the very beginning of The Plague, in Tucson. It was "Hot Mikado": a jazzed up, multiethnic, Zoot-suited rendition originally dating from 1920's Harlem. I loved it!

if there is video?

By the way, I apologize for having neglected to ask which company you are/were with?

Mostly a freelance before that. A lot of Shakespeare in Tucson's open air Reid and Himmel Parks theaters. Many oddball plays working in John Gunn's assorted companies over the years in that city.
Doubt that there's a video of Hot Mikado, though it deserved one! Staged by the Scoundrel And Scamp company at Tucson's Historic YWCA building.

Have only watched bits and pieces, as it is a bit late, but will watch the whole thing later. "I Have A Little List", and "Three Little Maids' so far, but everything you said.

I did a bit of reading about this variation of it. .quite an interesting history indeed.

*American Musical Theatre San Jose.

To even broach this idiotic subject does nothing but condone the idea of a dictatorship. :facpalm:

What new legal question was so important that the SC needed to take this appeal? The right-wing corruption is plain to see.

as a whole and not just for the DC Circuit district.

Another "unpresidented" historic case... caused by the criminal-defendant hitler2 wannabe

If what a Dump second term would be.

Just like Fox Snoozzzze wants.

that they wait to issue the decision until the very last day of the term in June and take the approach of punting back to the appeals court. So maybe by 2035 we can have a decision on whether a President is a god.

I edited this because I forgot that the SC and the GQP believe that god status only applies to GQP Presidents. So they may need more time to figure out how to word salad a decision to make that distinction.

powerful, the better.

I can't believe the (mostly) corrupt court is even hearing arguments on this nonsense.

Put Roberts on notice, Seal Team 6 is on standby.

a political theory not envisioned by any founding father, ever, as they wrote the U.S. Constitution.

These so-called originalists are really jumping into a 5th dimension with this video-world made-up fantasy interpretation of American jurisprudence.

Absolutely fucking insane.

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from the sad sack six. I expect the opinion to be issued on the last day of the court's term in June. I expect that decision to send the case all the way back to Chutkin to figure out some idiotic test of what's official or private, then back to the DC circuit, then back to SCOTUS.

If Dems control the WH and Congress, their first order of business should be to expand the court to 13 and appoint a quartet of the youngest, brightest liberals he can find.

if we manage a trifecta.

judges?

the traitor knows his time is limited and his lawyers do too..

Farging bastiges......

"Geeks like dis are a dime a dozen! I'm lookin fa da guy what's handing out da dimes!" "Classy" Freddie Blassie, pro wrestling icon.

Pontious Plate Court awake and waiting...

Biden declared winner:
PPC rules no immunity for a president 9-0.

Trump delcared winner:
PPC rules total immunity for president 6-3.

and lots of sympatheic people in white coats to talk to. Should they achieve rationality at some point, they can be discharged to supervised housing.

I generally like lunatics, helping them get better from physical illness was always a challenge that mostly succeeded a. However, these lunayics are now a threat to our country, our democracy, and (given the direction their lunacy is taking) our very lives. They need to be stopped.

These arguments would be laughable to rational people if they weren't being made in front of a USSC dominated by nutjobs.

If I were making the opposing argument, I might say that ruling in favor of lunacy might get TFG off the hook in the short ter but it would also empower President Biden to buy a high powered rifle and execute all 6 wingnut justices on the USSC with impunity.

That's just how silly these arguments are. The people making them don't seem to realize that.

they only want to try to save their criminal candidate's butt any illogical way they can, even if turning themselves into pretzels is required.

They don't have any shame. Nor any respect for democracy. Their criminal-defendant hitler2 wannabe and his sycophantic 'peckers' robbed Hillary's presidency by a very thin margin using deplorable lies and abject shenanigans after all and they don't care at all!

I'm afraid strong measures are required so that all the time and money they've so far wasted on becoming lawyer isn't totally wasted.

That the USSC is hearing this utter codswallop is an indictment of that institution.

Then they will make their pronouncement .

should cower in shame, as should the law schools of all of the Trump lawyers! Especially Eastman, Habba-Dabba-Doo, Powell and Mr. Noun, verb and 911 himself! And then they should all be disbarred.
When I think of some people I know who didn't get into law school, and who would have made excellent and very competent and capable attorneys, and then think of all of these fucking fascist Trump lawyer-enablers, it's beyond infuriating!

He's there to sow discontent and doubt amongst the justices. This is one of the hardest things to combat when dealing with toxic narcissism.

a sitting President would have the right to order a political rival, whom he/she considered dangerous to the country, killed. Then he or she would have immunity.

As Artie Johnson used to say:[link:

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Jaw-droppingly stupid claim. By that logic, Trump has every right to assassinate witnesses.

And doesn't he realize that if he manages to get immunity for presidents, and Trump gets re-elected, he's NEVER EVER getting paid.

I can't believe there are any lawyers left who are dumb/gullible/fame-addicted enough not to realize that any work they do for Trump is pro bono by default.

How can any of Biden's executive orders be overturned if the President doesn't have to obey anyone if he/she believes it is part of the official duties of the President? Just disregard any rulings and/or laws.

Forgive all student loans and medical debt. Raise the cap on social security taxes. Use federal money to pay for all reproductive healthcare. Get rid of fossil fuel subsidies. Etc.

Once you start dropping drones on wedding parties as "lawful" acts against Terrorism, the line separating the foreign adversary from the domestic one becomes blurred. Obviously, for DJT and his ilk, there is no such line. And the Oath of Office does state that it is one's responsibility to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign or domestic." That little loophole is just begging to be exploited. Who determines who is an "enemy" of the Constitution? And if someone is determined to be a enemy of same, what, if any, limits apply to supporting and defending it? Moreover, what actions, if not taken, would constitute dereliction of duty to "support and defend?" I mean, the argument can be made that if one doesn't call for a hit on an enemy of the Constitution, he is negligent and liable for not doing due diligence to fulfill his oath.

Now, it can be argued that it was the intent of the Framers that Congress should determine who is an enemy of the US, which is why they alone were given the authority to declare war. The Framers did not anticipate the complexities of modern times, or the eager cravenness that led Congress to surrender that authority to the President, basically establishing that the Executive can carry out acts of war against anyone he damn well pleases under the extended application of the Authorization of Use of Force. I'm sure they would bleat and protest that there was no intent that it be used domestically, or against American citizens, but that's really a feeble protest. Behold the unintended consequences, which it is the duty of the USSC to mitigate, but who knows what they'll do in the end?

-- Mal

Hopefully the courts will demonstrate the US isn't supposed to work that way.

I want it for myself. I want it for every American and I want everyone in this country to do exactly as they please, regardless of unwritten laws, innate decency, and jurisprudence.

The rwnj on the formerly s.c., all of the elected politicians, all of the dark money contributors, all the religious fanatics, all of the enemies of the U.S. are putting all of their money and plots on a guy that isn't even toilet trained.

to assassinate the corrupt opponent, that is an official act.

Trump may want to think that one through a little bit more....

of that lawyer.

So passed . . . done and dusted, it's official!

5 minutes later Joe smiles and signs an executive order to have Trump and a few other annoying individuals assassinated.
Next, the Supreme Court has 6 openings.

Careful what you wish for!