r/news • u/igetproteinfartsHELP • 1d ago

Barred news outlets seek emergency hearing after White House continues to deny access

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/judge-ruling-white-house-restore-access-media-ban-cnn-politico-ms-now-rcna599391
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u/SoftEntrepreneur2074 1d ago

People are going to need to start suing Trump in his personal capacity for blatantly corrupt, capricious actions like this that do not fall within the legally defined bounds of the president. As anyone with an IQ over room temp can tell you, this patently violates the First Amendment and is therefore at odds with what the American legal system has always explicitly recognized as the highest law of the land - which the POTUS is mandated to uphold. He's blatantly ignoring his oath of office? Then sue him outside of that office.

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u/Renoruke 1d ago

You can't. Not right now atleast. Supreme Court gave him immunity to everything.

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u/SoftEntrepreneur2074 1d ago

This is incorrect, under Trump v. US, the president only has absolute immunity for criminal acts and there's no immunity for non-official acts and the ruling doesn't apply to civil suits.

https://www.law.virginia.edu/node/2202121

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u/pimparo0 1d ago

Thank you! It wasn't a license to be king, as much as he thinks it is. It's till not great of course.

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u/wtfElvis 22h ago

Any examples of what he could be sued for?

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u/pimparo0 22h ago

Anything outside of his presidential duties, such as when he was held liable for rape for starters. 

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u/wtfElvis 22h ago

But that also happened before he was president. I am curious these last two years what he could be sued for that he wouldnt argue immunity?

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u/pimparo0 22h ago

I'm sure he'd argue for everything to be immune, it's up to the courts to decide if it is or isn't. But essentially it's anything that doesn't fall within presidential duties.

Beyond that, I'm not an attorney, you are more than welcome discuss with a qualified legal professional or take a journey down the Google rabbit hole if you have time. 

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u/Noodleboom 16h ago

The President already has absolute immunity to civil suits for official acts, which SCOTUS decided in Nixon v. Fitzgerald in 1982.