It has been reported, I can't say how reliably, that the would-be assassin was an antifa member. It is essential that we Americans make every effort to confine our response to these events toward other antifa members to no more than shunning them ... AND NOTHING MORE!
Thankfully, per early reports from the Pennsylvania hospital that Trump received medical care from afterwards, Pres. Trump seems to have survived with relatively minor gunshot wounds. The early imagery looks like he was shot in the right side of his head at the point his right ear joins his skull. The lack of blood visible in his hair around the wound site makes it seem the bullet travelled entirely through the gristle the upper portion of his right ear consists of, instead of his brain.
Vote for who you like, but reject as violently as necessary any and every attempt to deny us our opportunity to express our political choice.
Saturday, July 13, 2024
On the failed assassination attempt of President Donald Trump
Tuesday, July 9, 2024
Barack Obama owes Donald Trump a big one
Barack Obama ordered the extra-judicial murder of a teenaged US citizen via drone bomb. Thanks to Donald Trump via the Supreme Court that changes the "murder" to simple "death", having no legal burden for anyone to further justify, since no one from any jurisdiction (whether recognized by the US government or not, so any treaty to the contrary is now null and void), has the legal authority to prosecute any such accusation.
It is now US law that no living president (current or former) may be prosecuted for any action taken "within the ambit of the official duties of the Office of President of the United States". Since every living president ordered arguably criminal actions during their term of office, all of them - Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Barack Obama, George W Bush, Bill Clinton, and even Jimmy Carter from his hospice bed, was liable potentially to criminal prosecution in any US court from any source - US domestic or foreign. Leaving my personal preferences aside, this is probably the best possible outcome for the future security of the US. Apparently, early legal interpretations of this "still wet ink" ruling are that civil laws regarding the US President is now also the standard for liability for criminal actions taken while in office. And it is effectively impossible to sue a President for actions taken while in office.
That all said, no president has ever had the authority to issue an unlawful order (as defined by the UCMJ) to the US military, who are each and severally prohibited from obeying any such order in any case, so bombing his political opposition is right out, and the same - or effectively so - applies to unlawful orders or instructions to non-military US government employees or "officers of the United States". This most recent SC ruling doesn't add any authority to the powers of the Office of the President, it "merely" extends the by-now traditional civil protections to potential criminal actions as well. The established laws governing impeachment remain in place under this ruling.
I think this ruling is not going to satisfy anyone, but it's still a necessary action by the Supreme Court to protect the government office in which "all of the executive branch authority" of the US government is assigned. Yes, all of the legal cases against Donald Trump must be overturned due to the fact that all of them include actions taken by him while he was still in office at the time he did (or didn't) do the deed.
Ask yourself, do you dislike Trump so much you would destroy the entire country to attack him?
It is now US law that no living president (current or former) may be prosecuted for any action taken "within the ambit of the official duties of the Office of President of the United States". Since every living president ordered arguably criminal actions during their term of office, all of them - Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Barack Obama, George W Bush, Bill Clinton, and even Jimmy Carter from his hospice bed, was liable potentially to criminal prosecution in any US court from any source - US domestic or foreign. Leaving my personal preferences aside, this is probably the best possible outcome for the future security of the US. Apparently, early legal interpretations of this "still wet ink" ruling are that civil laws regarding the US President is now also the standard for liability for criminal actions taken while in office. And it is effectively impossible to sue a President for actions taken while in office.
That all said, no president has ever had the authority to issue an unlawful order (as defined by the UCMJ) to the US military, who are each and severally prohibited from obeying any such order in any case, so bombing his political opposition is right out, and the same - or effectively so - applies to unlawful orders or instructions to non-military US government employees or "officers of the United States". This most recent SC ruling doesn't add any authority to the powers of the Office of the President, it "merely" extends the by-now traditional civil protections to potential criminal actions as well. The established laws governing impeachment remain in place under this ruling.
I think this ruling is not going to satisfy anyone, but it's still a necessary action by the Supreme Court to protect the government office in which "all of the executive branch authority" of the US government is assigned. Yes, all of the legal cases against Donald Trump must be overturned due to the fact that all of them include actions taken by him while he was still in office at the time he did (or didn't) do the deed.
Ask yourself, do you dislike Trump so much you would destroy the entire country to attack him?
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