If Rump is removed as mentally unfit

[sweetroxie]

then he will be able to use an insanity defense when/if his criminal trials begin.

[hlthe2b]

1. He'll try..

[gordianot]

2. It is inevitable at some point.

The problem is he may well be legally insane.

[Sherman A1]

3. Not going to happen

Just not going to. The GOP will stick with the one that brung’em.

[onenote]

4. 1. He isn't being removed as mentally unfit. 2. He could use an insanity defense even if he's not

removed. 3. He won't try an insanity defense under any circumstances. 4. You assume he'll be charged with a criminal offense for which an insanity defense would be relevant.

[Newest Reality]

5. Oh, sure...

It will be just like those trials for war crimes for W's Administration. It was so satisfying to see that nobody is above the law and we don't treat a certain tier of our culture differently than the rest.

If there was actually a potential for any prosecution and punishment, (other than political backstabbing and party-based posturing) then that would be a better incentive to walk more cautiously and avoid egregious behavior. Instead, we are seeing some big cracks in the wall about how is protected and privileged in this culture and how that works.

It seems that we are seeing a problem with even how the Constitution attempted to prevent and remedy certain problems and that might just be a product of the tides of rapid change and the ability of cockroaches to become immune to the bug spray.

I never thought I would say this, but it may be time for a serious rewrite or Constitution 2.0.

[Farmer-Rick]

6. Yeah, just like W and Cheney were held accountable for torture and spying on Americans

When Traitor Trump is forced out, no one will hold him accountable either. The filthy rich put Traitor Trump in power for a bigger slice of our national wealth and they won't allow their monsters to be punished for all their crimes.

It was a laughing matter to candidates in 2008 when you asked if anyone would be held accountable for crimes in the W administration. They would kind of snicker and say, "Yeah you'd like that wouldn't you?" Well duh! What about equal justice?

Equal justice under the law is no longer a thing. Just another way capitalism has turned politics into a purchase agreement.

[Newest Reality]

8. Yes, it is a crying shame, too.

You can see people talk about expecting justice here, and well they should. However, the reality does not live up to the expectation as we have seen.

That false expectation can be nothing but a bromide that leads to hoping and wishing for something, (in the name of what we call justice) that never really comes, except occasionally and more for expendable, lower level perpetrators in the political sphere, which may have to do with games the powerful and connected play.

I think it is safe to say that as long as we do have to settle for that wishing and hoping and wanting justice rather than having it lawfully executed, the more we can assume that the cancer of corruption will take precedence in our system and how it functions. I think they go together.

Of course, I generalize here for the sake of brevity and feel it important to point that out. It is easy to generate essays on these matters these days

[Farmer-Rick]

9. Well put.

The cancer of corruption.....so true.

[Generic Brad]

7. If declared insane, he loses control of his money

Scrooge McDuck would never consent to such a plan.

[IggleDuer]

10. If all the WH cast of characters didn't invoke the 25th Amendment up to now ....

... and later say they “knew it all along”, aren’t they, in effect committing treason?

I’m looking at you Jarvanka, Fredo, and Shemp.

[pecosbob]

11. He could sit on the desk in the oval office naked and fling poo at reporters like a chimp at the zoo

and he wouldn't be removed from office. JMO.