General Discussion

but the question is more how much leeway does a president get, what exactly is a "presidential duty" and what isn't, and how does a court decide.

the warren burger court found nixon's tapes didn't fall within the "outer perimeter" of presidential duties and so he had to comply with a subpoena. this is pretty broad immunity but donnie's crimes would surely also fall outside this standard.

the right-wing justices seem inclined to ignore or throw out this standard in favor of something even more broad. certainly that's what donnie is arguing for. the right-wing has long argued that basically anything a president does is part of his duties.

mere mortals understand that campaigning is not part of the job, defaming people is not part of the job, and certainly grifting and raping and worse are not part of the job, but to republicans, yes it is. they even argued that killing political opponents is part of the job,

i guess because putin does it so it's ok for america according to them.

but i expect they will come up with some standard like this.