• slickgoat@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    There’s move afoot by the GOP to get any state charges against the president to be elevated to the Federal court.

    Guess who can pardon himself or have federal charges dropped?

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      17 days ago

      That’s not how Federalism works. The President is not a member of any state government, and has no immunity from state crimes. There’s no way to move this case from state court to federal.

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          17 days ago

          The Constitution can’t be changed that easily. There’s no reason for the State of New York to give up the case, even if it were possible to do. And there’s no way to compel it, considering the issue is NY State law.