@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 months agoTrump Is Already Low-Key Defying A Judge’s Ordertalkingpointsmemo.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1176
arrow-up1176external-linkTrump Is Already Low-Key Defying A Judge’s Ordertalkingpointsmemo.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 months agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squareNougatlinkfedilink6•2 months agoSCOTUS ruled that a president cannot be criminally charged for any “official acts” taken while in office.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•2 months ago“when the president does it, it isn’t illegal”
minus-squareBaron Von Jlinkfedilink4•2 months agoDid that ruling not also leave it up to the courts to determine what constitutes an official act?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•2 months agoContempt is a civil charge no? So can’t they still throw him in a cell?
minus-squareNougatlinkfedilink1•2 months agoThere are both civil and criminal contempt. Doesn’t matter though, since then we get back to “official acts,” which would end up at SCOTUS, who would just wave it off no matter what it was about.
SCOTUS ruled that a president cannot be criminally charged for any “official acts” taken while in office.
“when the president does it, it isn’t illegal”
“They just let you do it”
Did that ruling not also leave it up to the courts to determine what constitutes an official act?
So that it can go up to SCOTUS again, yes.
Contempt is a civil charge no? So can’t they still throw him in a cell?
There are both civil and criminal contempt. Doesn’t matter though, since then we get back to “official acts,” which would end up at SCOTUS, who would just wave it off no matter what it was about.