Presidential Immunity Through The Years

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  • America’s presidents have long enjoyed blanket immunity from prosecution.
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  • @ThatOpalGuy
    @ThatOpalGuy Před 25 dny +234

    absolute immunity is not for presidents, it's for dictators.

    • @honestcomments8053
      @honestcomments8053 Před 24 dny +1

      Unless you're Bill Clinton or Joe Biden or George W Bush!

    • @maxwellsdaemon7
      @maxwellsdaemon7 Před 24 dny +2

      @@honestcomments8053 No

    • @siipis7766
      @siipis7766 Před 18 dny

      ​@@honestcomments8053must be nice to park in the handicapped space rtard

    • @thelakeman5207
      @thelakeman5207 Před 6 dny +1

      @@honestcomments8053 Trump is not in the same class as Bush and Clinton. He has set the Presidential bar on the ground!

    • @honestcomments8053
      @honestcomments8053 Před 6 dny +1

      ​@@thelakeman5207 According to you. All presidents have lower the bar from the previous president because they cannot resist power and greed. I don't like Trump but he is not the first one to pay off someone to keep them quiet....he is not the first one to mishandle official documents. Clinton had sex in the Oval Office with young impressionable girl. Bush waged two illegal wars for personal vengeance.

  • @nicholasstocker8864
    @nicholasstocker8864 Před 25 dny +246

    Trump’s saying that he did nothing wrong, but says that he wants immunity. 🤔

    • @disastermaster1413
      @disastermaster1413 Před 25 dny

      biden already has immunity

    • @user-yo3vt7ft1p
      @user-yo3vt7ft1p Před 25 dny +18

      He’s despicable.

    • @aninewforest
      @aninewforest Před 25 dny +23

      @nicholasstocker
      Not only that, he's claiming immunity for stuff he did *before* and *after* he was president.

    • @Earl11
      @Earl11 Před 25 dny +11

      Coherence is not his strong suit.

    • @gilesluver
      @gilesluver Před 25 dny +6

      He's saying he's above right and wrong, and he had lifelong immunity. He did nothing wrong, according to him, because of this. Immunity is necessary just because the law doesn't see it that way.

  • @camelshitonthewalls446
    @camelshitonthewalls446 Před 25 dny +360

    All jokes aside:
    Give a president absolute immunity, and you won't have a president but a dictator.

    • @mizzury54
      @mizzury54 Před 25 dny +24

      I recommend reading the amicus brief submitted by retired military to SCOTUS in the presidential immunity case. They lay out all the problems with absolute immunity . It's great .

    • @ThatOpalGuy
      @ThatOpalGuy Před 25 dny

      @@mizzury54 like this scrotus gives a damn

    • @wildman2012
      @wildman2012 Před 25 dny +9

      Precisely!

    • @benn454
      @benn454 Před 25 dny +17

      That's exactly what Dozin' Donnie wants.

    • @MahanFan1
      @MahanFan1 Před 25 dny +6

      @@mizzury54 Maybe post a link with the suggestion?

  • @zesty9815
    @zesty9815 Před 25 dny +177

    Trump: _"Without presidential immunity, you have nothing, you don't have a president."_
    True in your case, Mr Trump. You are nothing. You are no president.

    • @ThatOpalGuy
      @ThatOpalGuy Před 25 dny +18

      Yup, all you have are multiple convictions.

    • @mikevanderman2727
      @mikevanderman2727 Před 23 dny

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @gus.smedstad
    @gus.smedstad Před 25 dny +79

    Trump's the only guy who thinks the Presidency is inherently a criminal job.

    • @AustynSN
      @AustynSN Před 24 dny

      In Trump's defense, *any* job he does is an inherently criminal job.

    • @Palidine4M0O
      @Palidine4M0O Před 24 dny +1

      They should've played verbatim, any 2 second clip from the "mission accomplished" speech on the carrier...

    • @edwardblair4096
      @edwardblair4096 Před 24 dny +5

      Not the only one He's just one who thinks he can get away with it. Nixon was one too, but the GOP followed their principles a little more back then.

    • @Earthneedsado-over177
      @Earthneedsado-over177 Před 23 dny

      He wants the presidency adjusted to fit a lifelong criminal, him.

  • @dannmarceau9743
    @dannmarceau9743 Před 25 dny +55

    He just wants to be able to crime w/impunity.

  • @twilightgardenspresentatio6384

    So his defense is not I’ve committed no crime but instead his defense is I’m allowed to commit crime?

  • @JusticeAlways
    @JusticeAlways Před 25 dny +67

    All 44 presidents before ex45 never needed immunity....America was Great then.

    • @wildman2012
      @wildman2012 Před 25 dny +21

      At least Nixon had the dignity to resign. Let that sink in!

    • @cmdraftbrn
      @cmdraftbrn Před 25 dny +3

      @@wildman2012 no. he was told he'd be fired, so quit.

    • @wildman2012
      @wildman2012 Před 25 dny +17

      @@cmdraftbrn yes. he faced certain consequences if impeached, so he quit - he resigned.

    • @LeducDuSapin
      @LeducDuSapin Před 24 dny

      Well, they basically have immunity. W's invasion for example was illegal and he could be tried before the ICC if the US would allow it. Same thing for the drone strikes in the Middle East under Obama.

    • @Chompchompyerded
      @Chompchompyerded Před 24 dny

      @@wildman2012 Trump faces consequences too, but he's too stupid, crazy and self-absorbed to quit.

  • @user-qw5op9ov8q
    @user-qw5op9ov8q Před 25 dny +60

    The Constitution provides for a system of checks and balances. If a President were to have total immunity, there would be no check on his power, therefore, absolute immunity is unconstitutional.

    • @user-yo3vt7ft1p
      @user-yo3vt7ft1p Před 25 dny +8

      Hear, hear!

    • @cmdraftbrn
      @cmdraftbrn Před 25 dny

      checks and balances when cowards actually do their god damned jobs. we've got damn near a thousand asshats that cant even be bothered to pay the bills without a 3 ring circus of assery

    • @andrewli1519
      @andrewli1519 Před 25 dny +7

      It's absolutely a no-brainer, but weird that the Supreme Court chose to hear it...And if they rule in Trump's favor, that could give the ability of any future president to remain in power (or make it so, so that they can stay in power), and then the only way to stop it after that, is through congress, which gerrymandering could be an issue too. But let's hope our democracy remains strong and to be fair for all people and not just for a group of people in a particular area...

    • @thelakeman5207
      @thelakeman5207 Před 6 dny +1

      That's why the SCOTUS cannot give him immunity. Immunity would be unconstitutional.

    • @cmdraftbrn
      @cmdraftbrn Před 6 dny

      @@thelakeman5207 qualified immunity. sound familiar?

  • @foreststewart1968
    @foreststewart1968 Před 25 dny +33

    The blood on the collar of George H. W.! Very nice touch! It's the little details!
    : )

  • @coomtothebroom778
    @coomtothebroom778 Před 24 dny +23

    I remember when Hillary’s emails were a major disqualifier. Boy, how standards can drop in only 8 years. 😂

    • @Chompchompyerded
      @Chompchompyerded Před 24 dny +2

      No, how standards can become double standards as needed.

    • @thelakeman5207
      @thelakeman5207 Před 6 dny

      Remember the Republican outrage over Clinton getting a B.J. from Monica?

  • @minski76
    @minski76 Před 25 dny +20

    I did nothing wrong while I was president!
    Also - I cannot work as a president without immunity from the law!!!

  • @roofpizza1250
    @roofpizza1250 Před 25 dny +39

    So he's admitting he committed crimes. Awe, ain't that cute?

  • @SayAhh
    @SayAhh Před 25 dny +47

    But...he isn't president right now...

    • @oldauntzibby4395
      @oldauntzibby4395 Před 25 dny +12

      Never was presidential, just the resident.

    • @rhetoricalquestion6009
      @rhetoricalquestion6009 Před 25 dny

      ... and he wasn't when he was busy falsifying the business records that he's now in a criminal trial for.

    • @Chompchompyerded
      @Chompchompyerded Před 24 dny +5

      He is president for life in his own mind.

    • @rebecca8525
      @rebecca8525 Před 16 dny +2

      But he was when he did January 6, which is what this specific issue is about.

  • @victorvandillen5297
    @victorvandillen5297 Před 24 dny +5

    Guess what, stormy gate is from before your immunity 😂😂😂 learn how to do maths Donny 😂😂😂

  • @randyastle3301
    @randyastle3301 Před 25 dny +15

    Was every president ever just Brian Stack?? What a hilarious badass.
    (Plus graphics' blood-stained collar--nice touch.)

  • @pb_and_nutella
    @pb_and_nutella Před 25 dny +17

    Why are we even having this conversation, like what the crap

  • @colonelb
    @colonelb Před 24 dny +7

    Trump doesn't realize that presidential immunity would also apply to Biden who in theory could then "make Trump go away"

  • @kathydurow6814
    @kathydurow6814 Před 24 dny +8

    Might as well scrap the Oath of Office, then.....

  • @catha.j.stuart2200
    @catha.j.stuart2200 Před 25 dny +16

    "I smoke crack!" 😅

  • @solderbuff
    @solderbuff Před 25 dny +22

    He says that presidents should have immunity, but that Biden is too unfair too him 😂

    • @rebecca8525
      @rebecca8525 Před 16 dny

      If the Supreme Court rules in Trump's favor, and he wins the election, then Biden can just declare the results null and void because he's the current president and he'll have immunity!

  • @dee_dee_place
    @dee_dee_place Před 25 dny +38

    DJT is absolutely entitled to something but I can't say what on CZcams.

    • @ellengrace4609
      @ellengrace4609 Před 25 dny +8

      Let me guess…
      A K_ _ K in the A_ _!
      Am I close???

    • @MothGirl007
      @MothGirl007 Před 25 dny +8

      @@ellengrace4609 Far, far too mild.

    • @divinewon73
      @divinewon73 Před 25 dny +6

      🌈⚡️How about one of the most popular inventions actually created by Thomas Edison… It’s a chair and it runs on electricity. ⚡️Shocking experience, I am sure.

    • @GerardBendotti
      @GerardBendotti Před 25 dny +3

      10 to 15?

  • @BlackCatAlley23
    @BlackCatAlley23 Před 25 dny +15

    Well Joe would have immunity too based on this theory. Goes both ways, Donnie.

    • @godfreypigott
      @godfreypigott Před 25 dny

      Immunity from what?

    • @okletmesignup
      @okletmesignup Před 24 dny +1

      @@godfreypigott From whatever crap the MAGATS might want to pin on Biden if Donnie gets elected.

    • @Spiritof_76
      @Spiritof_76 Před 17 dny +1

      @@godfreypigott From whatever he chose to do to DJT.

    • @godfreypigott
      @godfreypigott Před 17 dny +1

      @@Spiritof_76 Which would be nothing.

    • @Spiritof_76
      @Spiritof_76 Před 16 dny +1

      @@godfreypigott You do understand the assertion though, right?

  • @Corvaire
    @Corvaire Před 25 dny +6

    Drumpf: "What's a little crime between Presidents?"

  • @Cancun771
    @Cancun771 Před 25 dny +12

    Trump does not claim he is innocent, he demands the right to commit crimes with impunity.
    *How many "gag orders" have not been enforced by now?*
    Is it already a hundred? Do we get a free burrito or something?
    And does anybody still believe any actual court sentences will be enforced any more strictly, should they indeed ever be handed down?

  • @farmermike9262
    @farmermike9262 Před 24 dny +4

    You have nothing? Is that because you'll be in jail without it?

  • @laalaa99stl
    @laalaa99stl Před 25 dny +11

    Well then. That explains that meme of his son dubya biting into a cat like a cob of corn.

  • @ontheaaron
    @ontheaaron Před 25 dny +8

    That was awesome

  • @lazyperfectionist1
    @lazyperfectionist1 Před 24 dny +3

    Let's just be clear about this. Being held to account is a basic human need. To say one must have immunity is to say one is not really _human._

  • @mikevanderman2727
    @mikevanderman2727 Před 23 dny

    That "I smoke crack" had me laughing for weeks jajajajajajajaja

  • @chuck6469
    @chuck6469 Před 24 dny +1

    How is the president supposed to get away with crimes without it?

  • @lookup6207
    @lookup6207 Před 23 dny

    Hahahahhaha,
    I’m perfectly innocent and also, I need immunity!!!
    😜

  • @teresalegler2777
    @teresalegler2777 Před 24 dny +1

    Absolutely immunity! Nah!

  • @maraplantrees4543
    @maraplantrees4543 Před 24 dny +2

    He is absolutely out of his mind crazy whacker doodle

  • @kathrynchase4795
    @kathrynchase4795 Před 19 dny

    Isn't that what all criminals want ?? Total immunity!!

  • @dannyburleigh1
    @dannyburleigh1 Před 24 dny +1

    This is OVER THE TOP CrAzY!!

  • @cygnusjabberwock
    @cygnusjabberwock Před 25 dny +2

    Trupm will be heal accountable.!

  • @nancybadolato8419
    @nancybadolato8419 Před 24 dny +2

    How odd that 45 other Presidents managed quite well without immunity. Well, except for Nixon - but at least he was smart enough to resign & accept a pardon before it hit the fan.

  • @lucylim5047
    @lucylim5047 Před 24 dny +1

    After what you did, you expect IMMUNITY??? 😮😮😮

  • @jnielsen90
    @jnielsen90 Před 24 dny +3

    Sure you can function as President without immunity.....first every President before you was able to function just fine without it. Second if you don't commit crimes while in office you wouldn't even care about having immunity either.

  • @marklapworth1436
    @marklapworth1436 Před 24 dny +1

    But he HAS Pestilential immunity! He injected himself with bleach, didn't he?

  • @mobile8873
    @mobile8873 Před 22 dny

    Omg...that JFK bit is funny

  • @quesadilla79
    @quesadilla79 Před 25 dny +1

    Regan's Iran-Contra treason, nada

  • @Positive_Tea
    @Positive_Tea Před 24 dny +1

    "Mr. Gorbachev, I smoke crack"

  • @Monika-mh2je
    @Monika-mh2je Před 22 dny +1

    If president have immunity, please president Biden put Trump and Marjorie in jail forever. 😂

  • @lilianfowler7988
    @lilianfowler7988 Před 18 dny

    No immunity for criminal presidents.

  • @jeanneratterman4174
    @jeanneratterman4174 Před 16 dny

    “I am absolutely entitled” is 45’s philosophy. Period.

  • @user-eq2dx2jp6v
    @user-eq2dx2jp6v Před 25 dny +1

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ dear stevey ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @NigelMacDonald-mt9wn
    @NigelMacDonald-mt9wn Před 19 dny

    That last one is true though.

  • @FluffyChikki
    @FluffyChikki Před 22 dny +1

    "Without presidential immunity, you have nothing, you don't have a president." And yet, somehow we managed to have 44 presidents before you, the Orange Orbán, came along.

  • @kimmokangas5889
    @kimmokangas5889 Před 24 dny

    Soooo funny

  • @primuspilus858
    @primuspilus858 Před 24 dny +1

    Every night when Mommy tucks me into bed we pray that one day, one fine glorious day ...Stephen Colbert shall beat out "Gutfeld!" In the ratings. Please please PLEASE let it be so.

  • @jeremymathiu9428
    @jeremymathiu9428 Před 24 dny +1

    Trump go and read the constitution again and again.

  • @innerlocus
    @innerlocus Před 25 dny +4

    This is the week Trump becomes woke to not being a dictator and being a dick about it.

    • @divinewon73
      @divinewon73 Před 25 dny

      He was always a dick… About everything.

  • @carmensaavedra1096
    @carmensaavedra1096 Před 17 dny

    No one is above the law. No one

  • @janicepalmrose3471
    @janicepalmrose3471 Před 23 dny

    He is absolutely NOT entitled to total immunity as present or ex-president!

  • @joeystillpoppin1173
    @joeystillpoppin1173 Před 24 dny +1

    Dumps constant criminal activities during the prpresidency is alarming equally before and after his term ..
    Lock him up !

  • @eddiejoewalt7746
    @eddiejoewalt7746 Před 25 dny +6

    0:38 = i knew that Reagan' s DARE Program was a load of

  • @farmermike9262
    @farmermike9262 Před 24 dny

    Gawd dawn craezee

  • @BaldBunny
    @BaldBunny Před 24 dny

    I don't know bro...I'm still undecided on who I'm gonna vote for.

  • @cygnusjabberwock
    @cygnusjabberwock Před 25 dny +1

    Notice.

  • @magster6022
    @magster6022 Před 23 dny

    I think the point of presidential immunity is to prevent presidents being impaired in the performance of the policies they were elected to handle. Now, AFTER they're out, that's something else.

  • @b-dub6865
    @b-dub6865 Před 23 dny

    This would’ve been better had they shown all the former presidents who didn’t get immunity - Nixon & Watergate, Clinton & Lewinsky, Bush & his “War on Terror,” etc.

  • @totonow6955
    @totonow6955 Před 25 dny +5

    A little on the nose

  • @indyanna1423
    @indyanna1423 Před 20 dny

    No

  • @BrinnerDang
    @BrinnerDang Před 19 dny

    Reagan didn't just smoke crack, he was likely the largest distributor in history when he sold it in the inner cities to raise money for guns during Iran-Contra. He then went on to criminalize his own customers by implementing draconian drug laws that carried penalties up to 10 times those of other drug offences. Those laws are still on the books today. Under Reagan, the US prison population soared from 500K to 2.5M and counting. His policies effectively doomed millions of his own citizens to poverty and addiction while stripping entire generations of their voting rights. When Geo HW Bush took office, he immediately shut down any further investigation into Reagan's crimes, thus granting him total immunity through bureaucratic channeling. The 'Law and Order' party only seem interested in these concepts when it applies to their adversaries...

  • @Syrnian
    @Syrnian Před 17 dny

    It does not exist.

  • @bcb7443
    @bcb7443 Před 24 dny

    America was GREAT before tRump!

  • @cygnusjabberwock
    @cygnusjabberwock Před 25 dny +1

    🎉food for thought..

  • @karlaallen2971
    @karlaallen2971 Před 25 dny +4

    Its amazing that presidents before him were accountable to the people. Crooks like Dump hace such an entitled attitude. Once a crook, always a crook.

  • @SuperRamon77777
    @SuperRamon77777 Před 25 dny +1

    Trump is so way off

  • @farmermike9262
    @farmermike9262 Před 24 dny +2

    Trump supporters Luke to cherry pick the qualities of Trump. I wonder where this one falls😅

  • @shiftymcgee9359
    @shiftymcgee9359 Před 25 dny +3

    Imaging Nancy Reagan’s face if Ron admitted to smoking crack.

  • @SpaceForceCommander
    @SpaceForceCommander Před 25 dny +10

    CZcams is glitching. I can’t Like any videos, and videos I just watched don’t show up in History.

  • @sniperturtle1
    @sniperturtle1 Před 24 dny

    Some of these are "meh-ish"....

  • @msmithrandir561
    @msmithrandir561 Před 24 dny

    BS

  • @jaketheauroran
    @jaketheauroran Před 25 dny +3

    I'm just sad this perpetuates the misquote of Kennedy 😔 we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things.

  • @kalon9999
    @kalon9999 Před 25 dny +1

    First

  • @seanmcseanson
    @seanmcseanson Před 25 dny

    The Trump Show with your host Stephen Colbert! 🎶 🎉

  • @michaelhowell7211
    @michaelhowell7211 Před 24 dny

    They left out Clinton and Obama

  • @vrvaughn
    @vrvaughn Před 24 dny

    Not funny…

  • @birdkin
    @birdkin Před 24 dny

    Immunity my foot 🖕🏼