Out of Balance

Regarding an article which appeared in the Guardian, 17 Sept 25

Maybe because there isn’t one. I ask the read to refer to my recent set of articles on political liberalism. On pages 2 and 3 I reference the legal opinion concerning this matter. The original discussion is contained Robert G. Dixon, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel. Titled “Re: Amenability of the President, Vice President and other Civil Officers to Federal Criminal Prosecution while in Office”, dated, Sept 24, 1973, containing the following: “…the textual silence regarding the existence of a presidential immunity from criminal proceedings may merely reflect the fact that it ‘may have been too well accepted to need constitutional mention (by analogy to the English Crown), and that the innovative provision was the specified process of impeachment extending even to the President.” We now know that it is far too easy to circumvent this provision. With no reliable mechanism of removal from office for any possible offense, there exists a de facto kingship for such an officeholder. Sotomayor is looking at the American legal system through rose-colored glasses.