SOTOMAYOR: ...if the president decides that his rival is a corrupt person and he orders the military or order someone to assassinate him, is that within his official acts that for which he can get immunity? Sauer: It would depend on the hypothetical. What we can see that could well be an official act.
SOTOMAYOR: ...the nature of the allegations here, that he's not doing them, doing these acts in furtherance of an official responsibility? He's doing it for personal gain. Sauer: I agree with that characterization of the indictment. And that confirms immunity...
Trump has argued for absolute immunity...warning about a future when any president could be hamstrung by frivolous lawsuits.
#presidential-immunity #supreme-court-hearing #assassination-of-rivals #executive-branch #absolute-immunity
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