Reflections About the Fourth of July
On July 1, the Supreme Court ruled that former President Donald Trump has immunity for “official” crimes, I mean acts, committed while in office. This was a staggering blow to Americans with common sense only three days before America celebrated her so-called Independence Day.
As reported by NPR —
The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6–3 decision along ideological lines, ruled that a former president has absolute immunity for his core constitutional powers — and is entitled to a presumption of immunity for his official acts, but lacks immunity for unofficial acts. But at the same time, the court sent the case back to the trial judge to determine which, if any of former President Donald Trump’s actions, were part of his official duties and thus were protected from prosecution.
This shouldn’t be a problem because inciting an insurrection, trying to get your VP hanged, and preventing the peaceful transfer of power between presidents should not qualify as “official acts” of the president of the United States.
Let’s look back at Trump’s indictments for his involvement in January 6.
one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States applies to Trump’s repeated and widespread efforts to spread false claims about the November 2020 election while knowing they were not true and for allegedly…
