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“To authorize the prosecution of a president or his official acts would open Pandora’s Box from which this nation may never recover.” — D. John Sauer / former President Trump’s attorney.
The question then becomes, what are the legal official acts of a President of the United States? And how broad are the official powers of the President, or are they boundless?
Washington, US Appellate Court Justice Florence Pan asked Trump’s attorney, D. John Sauer if Donald Trump was a king with infinite powers.
“Could a president order S.E.A.L. Team 6 to assassinate a political rival?” That is an official act, an order to S.E.A.L. Team 6.
Attorney D. John Sauer argues on behalf of Trump that “with qualifications,” a president can order insurrection and the assassination of his political foes.
Sauer’s argument is schizophrenic at best. On one hand, he argues that the nation is embarking on a slippery slope to prosecute former President Donald Trump for enticing his followers to attack the Capitol on January 06, 2021.
An act the D.O.J. labels an insurrection. Sauer argues that Congress must first impeach the President before they can prosecute. However, if the power of the President is absolute, then he has the authority to dismiss Congress. So, are American Presidents kings?
Judge Florence Pan’s question should seal the door on whether a President has unfettered power to act. However, the question became an open-ended one. The answer that Trump’s attorney, D. John Sauer, gave left the door wide open for the current President, Joe Biden, to order the assassination of his most formidable political rival, Donald Trump, legally.
What acts does the President carry out that aren’t official acts? In Trump’s mind, he has established that all he has to do is think about committing and acting out an event, and it’s legal- as in the Mar-a-Lago documents case.
The Constitution grants Congress the sole power to declare war. Yet, suppose presidents usurp that clause repeatedly without consequences as long as they feed the war machine. In that case, removing the gear of checks and balances is okay.
Therein lies a slippery slope. Is there anything stopping President Biden from ordering the assassination of D. John Sauer? One would like to think that the restraining factor is that we are “a nation of laws, not men.”
For this reason, Federal Judge Tanya Chutkan wrote regarding Trump’s claim of immunity from prosecution, “Presidents are not kings, and Plaintiff is not President.” Therefore, D.O.J. can move forward with its case against the former President.
Clinton Franklin is a formally trained Computer Scientist and a writer at heart. Clinton is an avid observer of nature and a lover of people and diverse cultures. He adheres to the adage, “Think globally, but act locally.”
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