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In reply to the discussion: Laurence Tribe, Harvard Con law prof: Yes, a sitting President CAN be indicted. [View all]treestar
(82,383 posts)22. We need to figure out something
Last edited Tue May 23, 2017, 08:52 AM - Edit history (1)
Or we could be stuck with a criminal president. Supposing he really did shoot someone in public. And congress refused to do anything.
He should be charged and tried like anyone else regardless of the inconvenience to the running of the executive branch More important than that he be above the law
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Laurence Tribe, Harvard Con law prof: Yes, a sitting President CAN be indicted. [View all]
pnwmom
May 2017
OP
The weight of scholarship distinguishes the President from the VP with respect to immunity
onenote
May 2017
#10
Obstruction of Justice ..... Trump fired Comey to stop an investigation between him and Russia
Botany
May 2017
#3
Can he be convicted in the Senate & THEN the indictment move to prosecution in the courts?
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2017
#7
It's a conclusion for which neither side can cite binding precedent, which is why one cannot say
onenote
May 2017
#16
Under what provision of the Consitution would the VP 'take the job for awhile"?
onenote
May 2017
#19