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A loophole in the U.S. Constitution, expanded by Congress, lets the president of the United States murder his political enemies with impunity.
Until 1971, persons who attempted to assassinate members of Congress, a candidate for president or vice president, and various other high federal officials were prosecuted by the state in which the offense occurred.
Congress found this situation to be unsatisfactory on at least two counts: 1) Persons who committed assassination faced widely varying sentences and could escape the death penalty, and 2) Local jurisdictions might not have adequate resources to effectively investigate and prosecute a case.
Legislation, effective in 1971 and amended through 1996, seemingly remedied this by making it a federal crime, punishable by imprisonment or death, to kill members of Congress, members of Congress-elect, department heads, the CIA director and deputy director, presidential and vice presidential candidates, and federal justices and justice nominees.
While supposedly deterring any assault against their exalted beings, members of Congress failed to grasp that making their assassination a federal crime also made it a crime eligible for a presidential pardon. Article 2 Section 2 of the Constitution provides that the president “shall have Power to Grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.”
That means a president could freely send forth his minions to kill any member of Congress, the Supreme Court and any presidential candidate and then, when the assassins are arrested and indicted, grant them pardons so they can be released and carry on further assassinations as required. Eliminating or intimidating a sufficient number of uncooperative senators and representatives would make impeachment a moot point.
Michael: My father is no different than any powerful man, any man with power, like a president or senator.
Kay Adams: Do you know how naive you sound, Michael? Presidents and senators don't have men killed.
Michael: Oh. Who's being naive, Kay?
— The Godfather
It is interesting but I wonder if it would survive a legal test.
Of course with the SCOTUS and Congress we have right at the moment, it does tend to make one shudder.
After all, if you could think of this, it means several people at the White House level can think of it, too.
It is interesting but I wonder if it would survive a legal test.
Of course with the SCOTUS and Congress we have right at the moment, it does tend to make one shudder.
After all, if you could think of this, it means several people at the White House level can think of it, too.
A loophole in the U.S. Constitution, expanded by Congress, lets the president of the United States murder his political enemies with impunity.
Until 1971, persons who attempted to assassinate members of Congress, a candidate for president or vice president, and various other high federal officials were prosecuted by the state in which the offense occurred.
Congress found this situation to be unsatisfactory on at least two counts: 1) Persons who committed assassination faced widely varying sentences and could escape the death penalty, and 2) Local jurisdictions might not have adequate resources to effectively investigate and prosecute a case.
Legislation, effective in 1971 and amended through 1996, seemingly remedied this by making it a federal crime, punishable by imprisonment or death, to kill members of Congress, members of Congress-elect, department heads, the CIA director and deputy director, presidential and vice presidential candidates, and federal justices and justice nominees.
While supposedly deterring any assault against their exalted beings, members of Congress failed to grasp that making their assassination a federal crime also made it a crime eligible for a presidential pardon. Article 2 Section 2 of the Constitution provides that the president “shall have Power to Grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.”
That means a president could freely send forth his minions to kill any member of Congress, the Supreme Court and any presidential candidate and then, when the assassins are arrested and indicted, grant them pardons so they can be released and carry on further assassinations as required. Eliminating or intimidating a sufficient number of uncooperative senators and representatives would make impeachment a moot point.
Michael: My father is no different than any powerful man, any man with power, like a president or senator.
Kay Adams: Do you know how naive you sound, Michael? Presidents and senators don't have men killed.
Michael: Oh. Who's being naive, Kay?
— The Godfather
I think the people would rectify the problem if tried.
It would trigger a bloody Revolution
One could hope.
Um....No.
That's taking theory well past the breaking point and into the realm of silliness.
the alignment of America is going 1930s rouge Germany ................... fo' realz ................
Except we have elections in 12 weeks. Unfortunately, Georgia became the latest ‘public’ state broken into by Russians, on every drivers license and last 4 digits of every registered voter in Georgia.
With the same probing of pivotal counties in three states we know of — Missouri, Florida, Georgia. In all three cases, traitorous GOPs are doing nothing at best and mocking it to get worse.
In all cases, GOPs stand in the way of paper ballots. We also know that 21 total states were hit like this in 2016. We have No Clue as to the Validity of our Election Infrastructure.
But then again notice that The Onion can't even keep up with the reality these days.
well, when we have a Russian mole in The White House giving the nuclear codes to Putty Putin & we have 70 year old white males wearing T-shirts with the slogan, "I would rather be a Russian than a Democrat" everyone on god's green Earth knows we are pretty much ****ed .............
Except we have elections in 12 weeks. Unfortunately, Georgia became the latest ‘public’ state broken into by Russians, on every drivers license and last 4 digits of every registered voter in Georgia.
With the same probing of pivotal counties in three states we know of — Missouri, Florida, Georgia. In all three cases, traitorous GOPs are doing nothing at best and mocking it to get worse.
In all cases, GOPs stand in the way of paper ballots. We also know that 21 total states were hit like this in 2016. We have No Clue as to the Validity of our Election Infrastructure.
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