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Originally Posted by Air&Road
Where am I headed with this? I want to know if you think that the POTUS should be subject to the same punishment as someone who is NOT the POTUS. This is a practical question not meant to draw a bunch of lawyer speak about whether he is subject to the UCMJ or not.
Basically should the POTUS have special privilege as compared to the punishment for the same crime committed by a non president?
This is not a complicated question folks.
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Committed by a non-president civilian or non-president member of the military? Would this be limited to the violation of federal laws, or would it include the violation of laws enacted by state and local legislature?
If the President is pulled over by a county mountie for doing 71 in a 55, then yes, I think that he should be presented with the same traffic ticket that Bergdahl would receive under the same circumstances. As a matter of fact, if Bergdahl WAS pulled over, I think that county Mountie should be damn curious as to what Bergdahl was doing driving the Presidential limousine...