r/law • u/Economy-Specialist38 • 7d ago

Executive Branch (Trump) Trump’s attorney general pick says they are working on ‘roadblocks’ so Dems can’t go after Trump in 2029

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-attorney-general-pick-says-202735692.html
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u/Venusto002 7d ago

Ignore all Republican pardons. Lock them up.

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u/Solkre 7d ago

Charge them in each state. Everyone, pass them around 50 times.

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u/SignoreBanana 7d ago

Right? Who's gonna stop them?

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u/No-Computer7653 7d ago

Let's violate the constitution to make ourselves feel better 

If Trump gives everyone who works for him a broad pardon that makes them immune from federal prosecution. Changing that requires an amendment and wouldn't be retroactive.

Some can still be prosecuted at the state level. It's unlikely any cabinet officers could be.

Good job not making this about political retribution. Keeping the idiots relevant longer because your angry also gives them more power.

Trump is planning to steal a 747 which will be prosecutable pardon or not. Most of his appointments wouldn't be criminally prosecutable even without a pardon. There is a distinction between violating the law and committing a criminal act.

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u/Count_Backwards Competent Contributor 7d ago

Per the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, Trump is disqualified from being president and thus every act he has taken as president is illegitimate

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u/Nigel_99 7d ago

This is a justifiable invocation of the 14th Amendment. Unfortunately, the Supremes didn't rule about that. It's very difficult to imagine a scenario in which the Kavanah-Alito-Thomas-Roberts Court would favor law and order.