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THE TRUMP SAGA
ANALYSIS FROM JAMIE RASKIN
Brian Tyler Cohen: MUST-SEE: Jamie Raskin drops WORST NEWS on Trump
ANALYSIS FROM JAMIE RASKIN
Brian Tyler Cohen: MUST-SEE: Jamie Raskin drops WORST NEWS on Trump
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Peter Burgess COMMENTARY
Peter Burgess
- 00:00 Does the president have the power to do whatever he wants with absolute immunity?
- 04:09 Congress is an essential check on the president’s power
- 06:27 Trump attempted to bypass and overthrow the constitution on January 6
- 11:18 Trump’s claim vs. judicial review
- 18:25 Trump claims he’s categorically immune from criminal prosecution
- 23:08 Could the president order an assassination of his political rivals?
- 24:30 January 6th was an unprecedented assault
- 29:10 This fallacy is debunked
- 29:43 Q&A start
- 32:00 If the Supreme Court rules that Trump has immunity to commit criminal acts with impunity, would this extend to Biden?
- 33:55 On the complicity of the Supreme Court to take up this absurd question
- 35:57 What would it mean if Trump was granted immunity, if he were to win in November?
- 37:59 On Trump’s claim that a president can’t get anything done without immunity
- 39:40 Civil immunity vs. criminal immunity
- 40:47 Next up on Class: Emoluments Clause
- 41:30 Conclusion