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Has an American presidential candidate ever openly called for the assassination of their opponent before?
Sundby may well be wrong. There is no precedent to cite.
Scholar Says Trump's 'Second Amendment' Comment Doesn't Cross A Legal Line
Scholar Says Trump's 'Second Amendment' Comment Doesn't Cross A Legal Line AUDIO 05:19 A good five min listen
August 10, 2016
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump claps with the audience during a campaign event at Trask Coliseum on Aug. 9, 2016 in Wilmington, North Carolina. (Sara D. Davis/Getty Images)
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump claps with the audience during a campaign event at Trask Coliseum on Aug. 9, 2016 in Wilmington, North Carolina. (Sara D. Davis/Getty Images)
Donald Trump received another firestorm of criticism Tuesday, after he made comments suggesting Second Amendment advocates might stop Hillary Clinton's gun control agenda.
Making the unsubstantiated claim that Clinton wished to abolish the Second Amendment, he went on to talk about the presidential power to choose Supreme Court judges. “If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks,” he said, adding, “Although the Second Amendment people — maybe there is, I don’t know.”
Critics said he was inciting violence against Clinton, something Trump denied.
Was Trump's comment about the Second Amendment legal? The Secret Service said it was "aware" of what Trump said, but legal scholars, including Scott Sundby of the University of Miami, say Trump did not cross a legal line.
Here & Now's Robin Young speaks with Sundby about why that may be the case.
Guest
Scott E. Sundby, professor of law at the University of Miami School of Law.
Has an American presidential candidate ever openly called for the assassination of their opponent before?
Do we really need a legal scholar for that conclusion lol.
Anyone who thinks Trump would be charged for his remarks is dreaming or reading too many hack web sites. The problem is an interpretation is required. Trump could have been suggesting someone shoot Hillary; but how do you know [much less prove] he wasn't talking about 'the second amendment people stopping Hillary' in the courts?
'Oh, but you know how Trump is' won't stand up in court. It would get thrown out in a minute.
Well after listening to Sundby I tend to agree... It is very, very difficult to prove he intended for some to act on/carry that out..
He will have many more chances to screw up & say something stupid before the election & I know we is good for@ least a couple WTF's a week lol![]()
It is entertaining lol. It would be more so if Hillary wasn't on the other side. I guess there are people who REALLY think Trump would actually encourage [even by suggestion] someone to assassinate Hillary. They're unhinged, imo.
It is entertaining lol. It would be more so if Hillary wasn't on the other side.
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Does that mean that Derp Hustlin' Omar tends to agree that Clinton should be assassinated if elected?
He will yip his lapdoggy approval for anything his master approves of.
Certainly if an attempt is made on Clinton's life after she is elected. Trump could be named as a co-conspirator for planting and inciting the idea to kill her before she could choose Justices.
No he couldn't you're fucking delusional, was Kerry indicted after the assassination attempt on Bush in the Ukraine?
Sundby may well be wrong. There is no precedent to cite.
Has an American presidential candidate ever openly called for the assassination of their opponent before?
There absolutely is you dumb fuck, John Kerry threatened the life of both Dan Quayle and George W. Bush.
Trump would not lose a single vote if he shot someone personally, as he has boasted publicly.