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by incogitomode
711 days ago
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Once they are impeached they would presumably be subject to criminal prosecution under the Impeachment Judgements Clause [1] which states: "but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law." I don't think this ruling is, on the surface, exactly what people are making it out to be. It certainly maintains a high bar for criminally prosecuting the president for something they do in office, but it is not allowing them to commit crimes with impunity. 1: https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-1/section-3.... |
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Well it kind of does, because the president has the power to stop impeachment from ever happening in the first place, if they're willing to command the military to.