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minus-squareLordCromlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·15 days agoMaine should tell Trump to suck on DeezNutz. Let Maine take him to court. Can the president be personally sued for gross negligence?
minus-squareBussyGyatt@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·15 days agoThis would be Malfeasance, and according to the notoriously supreme court, no he can’t be sued.
minus-squareMadison420linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·14 days agoCan’t be charged criminally, malfeasance in office is civil.
minus-squareBussyGyatt@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 days agoHey that’s a point. I had forgotten that.
minus-squareSpaceCowboy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 days agoThe President is immune from civil suits. That goes back long before the current group of idiots on the Supreme Court.
minus-squareMadison420linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 days agoFor most things yes malfeasance in office no, it has been tradition not to pursue anything it isn’t however law.
Maine should tell Trump to suck on DeezNutz. Let Maine take him to court.
Can the president be personally sued for gross negligence?
This would be Malfeasance, and according to the notoriously supreme court, no he can’t be sued.
Can’t be charged criminally, malfeasance in office is civil.
Hey that’s a point. I had forgotten that.
The President is immune from civil suits. That goes back long before the current group of idiots on the Supreme Court.
For most things yes malfeasance in office no, it has been tradition not to pursue anything it isn’t however law.