These people should be nowhere near the levers of power.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) has made a bold claim about Joe Biden’s presidential powers.
Following a ruling from the Supreme Court that President Donald Trump does have immunity from prosecution over supposed crimes he committed in office, Lofgren took to MSNBC’s Deadline with Nicolle Wallace to argue that Joe Biden could “theoretically” order the military to take out conservative Supreme Court justices.
She explained:
He’s been very open about what he intends to do, and that’s retribution. He himself said last December he intends to terminate parts of the Constitution. He didn’t say which parts, but apparently, the Court is going to give him a wide range to terminate whatever he wants. You know, he summoned a mob to Washington knowing they were armed. He sent them to the Capitol to try to prevent the peaceful transfer of power.
If that’s OK, we’ve got a problem in this country. And certainly, in the debate the other night, he would not commit to accepting the election results this November unless he won. So we’ve got a problem here. If he cannot be accountable to — any president, any president cannot be held accountable under the laws that exist — that’s a complete departure from our history.
I guess, you know, theoretically, President Biden, acting within the scope of his official duties, could dispatch the military to take out the conservative justices on the Court, and he’d be immune. Think so?
MSNBC legal analyst (((Andrew Weissmann))) appeared to agree with her assessment:
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These people should be nowhere near the levers of power.
>Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) has made a bold claim about Joe Biden’s presidential powers.
>Following a ruling from the Supreme Court that President Donald Trump does have immunity from prosecution over supposed crimes he committed in office, Lofgren took to MSNBC’s Deadline with Nicolle Wallace to argue that Joe Biden could “theoretically” order the military to take out conservative Supreme Court justices.
>She explained:
>>He’s been very open about what he intends to do, and that’s retribution. He himself said last December he intends to terminate parts of the Constitution. He didn’t say which parts, but apparently, the Court is going to give him a wide range to terminate whatever he wants. You know, he summoned a mob to Washington knowing they were armed. He sent them to the Capitol to try to prevent the peaceful transfer of power.
>>If that’s OK, we’ve got a problem in this country. And certainly, in the debate the other night, he would not commit to accepting the election results this November unless he won. So we’ve got a problem here. If he cannot be accountable to — any president, any president cannot be held accountable under the laws that exist — that’s a complete departure from our history.
>>I guess, you know, theoretically, President Biden, acting within the scope of his official duties, could dispatch the military to take out the conservative justices on the Court, and he’d be immune. Think so?
>MSNBC legal analyst (((Andrew Weissmann))) appeared to agree with her assessment:
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