Comments by "TheEvertw" (@TheEvertw) on "" video.
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The Trump reign has raised a number of constitutional issues that need to be addressed in the courts.
The self-pardon question must be answered by the supreme court, but I would expect that it will not fly, because the constitution declared there are three CO-EQUAL branches of government, and being able to self-pardon would place the executive branch above the judicial branch. It would mean the president would be above the law, and the Supreme Court has already ruled earlier this year that he isn't.
Regardless of wording, laws must not contradict themselves, so the Court would have to decide which principle is weightier: the co-equality of the three branches of government, or the right of the president to pardon federal crimes.
Also, any and all pardons that Trump issues for his minions will be challenged on the basis that in all the crimes of his minions, Trump is a co-conspirator, which would lead to the same issue of the president being above the law or not.
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