• meleethecat@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    But Trump won’t be a past president because he won’t leave office until he’s dead. He’ll never be prosecuted, and he knows it.

    • Zak@lemmy.world
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      9 days ago

      The risk of something like that happening is not closely connected to anything in the ruling we’re discussing here. If a president manages to hold on to power after losing an election or reaching a term limit, the situation has devolved far beyond ordinary criminal prosecution; the constitution is no longer being enforced at that point.