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Low key? There is no Low Key defying a court order. There’s only right out CONTEMPT, Trump should be in jail? Why should be alone be above the law?
"Official acts."
Official act would be complying with the Judge…but potatoe, patatoe…or whatever.
And yes, I spelled potatoe wrong both times on purpose.
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.
Did you misspell it the third time on purpose?
Yes. Why not.
Just asking because you only specified the first two. Thanks for clarifying.
That protects Trump, not the people following illegal orders. At least office immunity doesn't extend to the entire executive anywhere else in the world as far as I know.
Immunity for official acts is supposed to prevent the judges from doing a coup by arresting elected politicians, not to give the executive powers to ignore the other branches.
Pardons, selective lack of prosecution, weak sentencing, failure to convict.
Next?
He should have been jailed for contempt on many occasions over the last 3-4 years, but somehow he seems to be immune to the normal rules, even when he isn't the sitting president.
I agree with this if anybody would less than $35,000 per year decided to disregarded judge over a parking ticket they would’ve gotten a harsher punishment. Then Trump got in all of his legal woes combined.