Elizabeth Jo
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first heard Jun 2025
last heard 27 Mar
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The powers that we've just talked about,
pardon power.
The power to remove or fire officers of the United States.
And importantly, for the criminal prosecution of Trump, the investigation and prosecution of crimes.
So in the Supreme Court's view, even if this was a complete bogus and sham investigation, when Trump directed the Justice Department to say, hey, look into election fraud, well, that was core Article II conduct.
Therefore, it can't be prosecuted, even if it's based on bad faith, even if it was made up.
And as for the other conduct that might not have enjoyed total immunity, the outer part of that circle.
Remember the Supreme Court decision in Trump versus the United States came out on July first, twenty twenty four.
The court took so long in deciding the case that time ran out.
Trump was re-elected and then the case disappeared.
But the impact of Trump versus the United States and core Article II conduct is just really enormous.
You know, we've talked previously about the Trump administration's use of the military for these boat strikes to blow up alleged drug smuggling boats in the Caribbean.
Well, the administration claims that they're in a war with these drug smugglers, and that's why the boats can be blown up without any process.
But of course, as we've discussed before, this doesn't seem to be a war at all.
And in fact, the decision to kill without arrest or trial has been characterized by many serious legal analysts as murder, just plain simple murder.
So what if it is murder?
After all, Trump is the commander in chief under Article Two.
Well, I think the pretty clear answer from the twenty twenty four decision is that as long as Trump is exercising a core Article Two constitutional power.
He himself cannot be criminally prosecuted, even if the evidence suggests that these boat strikes amount to murder.
No, this was only a decision about the president himself.
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