From: Ronald Wilkinson
Edinburgh
There was something hypocritical and revolting, seeing former President Trump standing with President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and several members of Congress, at Ground Zero in New York City, who were there to pay their respects to the victims of 9/11.
The leader of the 19 hijackers, Osama bin Laden, was hunted down by the US military and taken out — a military term for killing of the enemy. Ten years after 9/11, on January 6, hundreds of, not foreign terrorists, but homegrown terrorists, stormed the Capitol, at the urging of then-President Trump. Four Capitol police died after being attacked by insurrectionists, and some 140, or more according to the Department of Justice were injured, some severely. Both the 9/11 disaster and the insurrection were acts of aggression against the United States, and yet, not only has Trump not been held responsible for inciting the insurrection, but he has been allowed to run for president again.
The immunity granted him by the Supreme Court is carte blanche. It allows him to be excused for crimes committed and for any crimes he may commit in the future — as a civilian or president. This is why having him as president would be dangerous for the country. No other president before him has ever been given such full discretionary power; the writers of the Constitution made sure of that. This is why we have a system in government called “checks and balances.” It allows each branch of government to restrict the actions of another branch (as by veto). And yet, six of the nine justices of the Supreme Court, took it upon themselves to circumvent this when they decided to play partisan politics, by granting Trump immunity.
Under Article II Section 4 of the Constitution, it states: “The President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.” Nowhere in the Constitution does it say that such person may be granted immunity.
Article III Section 3 states in part: “No person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open court.” With millions of people, in this country alone, having witnessed the insurrection, as it was happening, finding two people who care about democracy, to testify again Trump, had he been tried for treason, would not have been a problem.
The Twenty-Second Amendment of the Constitution clearly states that the same person cannot be elected President more than twice. So why did Trump chose to run for President again, if he believes that he won the last election? He should’ve spent some time reading the Constitution — in its entirety instead of wanting to get rid of it.
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