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Three Judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Tuesday that former President Donald Trump cannot assert immunity from prosecution in his ongoing criminal proceeding related to his comments on the 2020 election results.

Well, there you have it. My guess it that ruling will put Jack Smiths DC case back on the Docket by the end of the week.

The US Supreme Court should overturn that.

Doesn't surprise me 24 is going to be a roller coaster ride.

If he does not have immunity , then past Presidents neither ? This could happily open a can of worms.

Trump should go on the offensive and announce that in deference to this ruling, his justice department will vigorously investigate and prosecute the crimes of past presidents including Obama’s murder of an American citizen by drone strike.

Our side has to start putting the pressure on. The Dems did it with their ANTIFA riots that scared the Supreme Court away from taking up the Texas election case. Let them know exactly what is going to happen if they go down this road.

It will be open season on every federal office holder and official for crimes committed while they are in office.

Past POTUS never have either, just need a Justice Dept. with ballz to prosecute those guilty of crimes.....once they leave office, they are fair game in the private sector.

I won't be too certain of that.

Most people don't know this, because they have bothered to look it up, but there is nothing in the constitution about "presidential immunity".

"presidential immunity" has been structured over time on various court ruling using Article II, Section 3:

He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States.

The case history on this will make your eyes glaze over. Sort of make it up as they go along thing.

Oh, it will be the end of the country if the president doesn’t have immunity. They just need to be reminded of that.

The Roman Republic ran off the rails when every consul was prosecuted in civilian court after his term expired. Eventually, one of them, Caeser, decided he wasn’t going to give up power just to be oilled or exiled afterwards by his enemies. It was an entirely logical decision about self preservation.

The same will happen here as it has in every two bit South American republic if we go down that road.

This is a really, really big deal.

Without SCOTUS changing the course quickly, the GOP leader for POTUS could very well end up behind bars. Also, let’s not forget that Trump is leading in most national polls against Biden. This man is the current odds favorite to win the White House.

These are the same people who accuse Trump of thwarting Democracy.

Hold on to your hats.

Patriots are in control

The DC court of appeal is rabid leftist. That’s why Schumer and the establishment are so desperate to make all border issues decided by them.
If other presidents had immunity then Trump does. You cannot just turn around and take it away from Trump. He has proven to have had nothing to do with the Jan 6 affair.

Explains why Haley isn’t dropping out. She plans on being “The last man standing”.

There is nothing in the Constitution that says Trump can’t be elected from jail, and I think he will be if it gets that far. Haley ain’t gonna be schit.

If by some miracle Trump gets elected while in jail, he will be impeached and removed immediately after inauguration.

Everybody that thinks this is going to set a precedence for future or past presidents doesn't have a clue as to what is going on

rainshot buddy, you better read this again:


My twitchy nose tells me the USSC will limit their decision to only Trump's particular case. They are not going to "broad brush" this issue. Because they have not in the past.

Count ourselves lucky if we walk with a 5-4 win.

Nope, Trump will never be successfully impeached if he is popular enough. Not going to happen. I can probably say the same for his criminal convictions.


This is going to go to an en banc hearing, then an appeal to the SC. Just based on the applicable timelines, no SC decision is going to be sent down before the election unless they want to squash it. Otherwise, they’ll slow play it. They don’t want to make a ruling that will be ignored.

The DC Court of Appeals doesn't administer justice OR law.

The Supreme Court doesn’t set precedence for anything unless you agree it does. Start telling them that in advance and they’ll get more pliable.

Trump's attorney's arguing in court that he could have Seal Team 6 shoot a political opponent, wasn't the best strategy. The court's stated today that President Trump, is now Citizen Trump.....and that doesn't carry unconditional immunity. Also tried the "double indemnity" theory, based on the impeachment trials. But those are political venues not criminal/legal decisions.