So did the court make a mistake? Today, a three-judge panel, including one of Trump's judges, ruled that a president isn't above the law. Are they wrong? Should Trump be above the law...

PeterS

Today, a three-judge panel, including one of Trump's judges, ruled that a president isn't above the law. Are they wrong? Should Trump be above the law as will all presidents thereafter? BTW, a dictator is above the law. Is that what an American president should be?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDA0QCYt0MQ

nonalien1 Loc: Mojave Desert

PeterS wrote:

Today, a three-judge panel, including one of Trump's judges, ruled that a president isn't above the law. Are they wrong? Should Trump be above the law as will all presidents thereafter? BTW, a dictator is above the law. Is that what an American president should be?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDA0QCYt0MQ

It's sort of a catch 22. The president is immune while he is in office, but should honor the office enough to not commit crimes while serving the people. George W. Bush should have been tried for war crimes ,but the justice dept . Is no longer an independent agency. They now answer to the president instead of the people.

Milosia2 Loc: Cleveland Ohio

nonalien1 wrote:

It's sort of a catch 22. The president is immune while he is in office, but should honor the office enough to not commit crimes while serving the people. George W. Bush should have been tried for war crimes ,but the justice dept . Is no longer an independent agency. They now answer to the president instead of the people.

This is not a recent development.
Citizens United allows money to buy wh**ever money wants .

crazylibertarian Loc: Florida by way of New York & Rhode Island

PeterS wrote:

Today, a three-judge panel, including one of Trump's judges, ruled that a president isn't above the law. Are they wrong? Should Trump be above the law as will all presidents thereafter? BTW, a dictator is above the law. Is that what an American president should be?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDA0QCYt0MQ

For once, you ask a reasonable question rather than your usual blast at conservatives.

In many ways, presidents are the law. If this decision is allowed to stand, then we MUST apply it to all living presidents, former & present, and not just DJT, as your fellow ideologues have suddenly discovered as a possibility to use against him. Just think of Carter, Clinton, W Bush & Barack H. Obama on court dockets.

It might not be a bad idea, especially since every president had been guilty of unconstitutional, i.e. illegal, actions.

Snoopy

PeterS wrote:

Today, a three-judge panel, including one of Trump's judges, ruled that a president isn't above the law. Are they wrong? Should Trump be above the law as will all presidents thereafter? BTW, a dictator is above the law. Is that what an American president should be?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDA0QCYt0MQ

Peter:

Why not? Biden stored secret documents in UNSECURED places!

Snoopy

nonalien1 Loc: Mojave Desert

Milosia2 wrote:

This is not a recent development.
Citizens United allows money to buy wh**ever money wants .

True. It's in the nature of the president to abuse his power. It's the job of Congress to not allow it

nonalien1 Loc: Mojave Desert

Snoopy wrote:

Peter:

Why not? Biden stored secret documents in UNSECURED places!

Snoopy

Yup. Documents he had NO right to possess
How many did he sell? And to whom? .

dbirch

PeterS wrote:

Today, a three-judge panel, including one of Trump's judges, ruled that a president isn't above the law. Are they wrong? Should Trump be above the law as will all presidents thereafter? BTW, a dictator is above the law. Is that what an American president should be?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDA0QCYt0MQ

You mean like Comey, Hillary, Clapper, Brennan, and the rest?