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The Velveteen Ocelot

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13. Sovereign immunity insulates the House as a body, and

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #12)

Wed Dec 18, 2019, 02:58 PM

Dec 2019

the individuals are protected by the Speech or Debate clause. He's had some pretty terrible attorneys (the good ones won't work for him), but I should think that even the terrible ones would know better. One semester of law school should be enough, for that matter.

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What do you think the odds are Trump will sue after he is impeached? [View all] Thomas Hurt Dec 2019 OP

He is welcome to try. dchill Dec 2019 #1

He will try to sue, but..... dubyadiprecession Dec 2019 #8

Yuge! MerryBlooms Dec 2019 #2

50/50... N_E_1 for Tennis Dec 2019 #3

Sue whom, and how? He could try, but it wouldn't go anywhere. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2019 #4

What he will try to do is this: ScratchCat Dec 2019 #10

I am sure he will; that is what he does rurallib Dec 2019 #5

Didn't he already Raftergirl Dec 2019 #6

Sue? Who would he sue? MineralMan Dec 2019 #7

He'd have to sue the House, and obviously that will go nowhere. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2019 #11

Well, that won't work. They're just doing their Constitutional jobs. MineralMan Dec 2019 #12

Sovereign immunity insulates the House as a body, and The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2019 #13

Exactly. MineralMan Dec 2019 #14

At this rate ScratchCat Dec 2019 #9