Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Trump's legal team argues Senate can't convict him, his speech protected by 1st Amendment

 https://edition.cnn.com/2021/02/02/politics/democratic-impeachment-filing/index.html

 "The First Amendment protects private citizens from the government; it does not protect government officials from accountability for their own abuses in office," they wrote.

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8 comments:

  1. Garnel IronheartFebruary 3, 2021 at 12:11 AM

    1st Amendment or not, you're still not allowed to shout "Fire!" in a crowded theatre. The legal team will have to show that Trump at no point instructed the crowd to do what they did. They will be successful because at no point did he directly instruct the violence that followed. But given the Senate has a Democratic majority, he'll lose anyway.

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  2. Daas TorahFebruary 3, 2021 at 12:28 PM

    Simply not true!

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  3. Garnel IronheartFebruary 3, 2021 at 3:30 PM

    Yes, it is. Please show me the quote where Trump directly incited violence.

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  4. Daas TorahFebruary 3, 2021 at 3:55 PM

    Not required.

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  5. Garnel IronheartFebruary 3, 2021 at 5:52 PM

    Because you don't have one.

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  6. Daas TorahFebruary 3, 2021 at 7:02 PM

    Simply not required for impeachment

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  7. Garnel IronheartFebruary 3, 2021 at 9:29 PM

    Wasn't asking you about the impeachment. I was asking you to back up your assertion that Trump directly incited violence in his speech.

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  8. Daas TorahFebruary 4, 2021 at 12:08 AM

    where did I make that claim? He was impeached for it!

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