{"id":2286267,"date":"2024-06-30T20:03:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T00:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jd-vance-argues-us-presidents-need-immunity-to-do-their-job-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-30T20:06:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T00:06:27","slug":"jd-vance-argues-us-presidents-need-immunity-to-do-their-job-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jd-vance-argues-us-presidents-need-immunity-to-do-their-job-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"JD Vance contends that US presidents require immunity to effectively perform their duties, according to the Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjd-vance-argues-us-presidents-need-immunity-to-do-their-job-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2286267&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator J.D. \u2064Vance (R-OH) argues that U.S. presidents should be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-bureau-of-land-management-nominee-was-connected-to-tree-spiking-what-does-that-mean\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Bureau Of Land Management Nominee Was Connected To Tree Spiking. What Does That Mean?\">granted immunity<\/a> to effectively fulfill their duties. This topic\u2064 has gained \u200battention as the Supreme actually the potential to\u2062 impact former President Donald Trump \u200bamidst his ongoing legal\u2062 issues. Vance believes that\u2064 the immunity afforded to other government figures should extend\u200c to presidents to prevent the judicial\u2063 system from being \u200dused against them politically. He asserts \u200bthat without such \u2062protections,\u2064 the actions of\u2063 former presidents,\u200c including\u200b decisions made\u200b during their administrations, \u200dcould lead them \u200cto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-life-activist-politically-persecuted-by-biden-doj-details-planned-parenthood-encounter-after-acquittal\/\" title=\"Pro-Life Activist Politically Persecuted by Biden DOJ Details Planned Parenthood Encounter After Acquittal\">face prosecutions<\/a>, a scenario he views as detrimental\u2063 to \u200cU.S. Constitutional tradition. Vance opposes the idea of prosecuting\u200b current or former\u200b presidents, warning\u200d that it \u2062could\u2062 lead to the politicization and degradation\u200c of justice.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>J.D. Vance<\/a> (R-OH) contended that presidents of the United States need to have immunity if they wish to properly carry out their presidential duties.<\/p>\n<p>The topic of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3051399\/how-supreme-court-could-rule-trump-immunity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"presidential immunity\">presidential immunity<\/a> has become contentious ahead of an anticipated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Supreme Court<\/a> decision on the matter, which could throw former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> a lifeline amid his numerous legal battles. When asked if he believed presidents ought to receive presidential immunity, Vance argued that other people in positions of power enjoy &ldquo;some immunity,&rdquo; and that this ought to apply to the role of president, as well.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We know that the president has to have immunity to do his job,&rdquo; Vance told <em>Face the Nation<\/em>. &ldquo;Should Barack Obama be prosecuted for droning American citizens in Yemen? There are so many examples of presidents, Democrats and Republicans, who would not be able to discharge their duties if the Supreme Court does not recognize some broad element of presidential discretion. I&rsquo;m very confident that they&rsquo;re going to be able to do that, and I&rsquo;m very confident that the fundamental principle here is that the president has to be able to do his job. In the same way that police officers, judges, prosecutors enjoy some immunity, that principle has to apply to the president, too.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Vance continued that U.S. presidents seeking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>jail<\/a> previous presidents would lead to the &ldquo;unraveling&rdquo; of the U.S. Constitutional tradition, and that nobody should be in support of such weaponization of justice.<\/p>\n<p>The Ohio senator was also asked if he would be interested in pursuing criminal charges against President Joe Biden in a hypothetical Trump-Vance presidency. Vance contended that such a duty would be up to the attorney general. He also rebuffed people warning that Trump could weaponize the law against his opponents, claiming that Biden is already doing this against Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) stated that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3055922\/biden-hope-pray-presidential-immunity-border-policy-lindsey-graham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Biden should &ldquo;pray&rdquo; that the Supreme Court decides in favor of presidential immunity<\/a>, arguing that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-say-bidens-female-led-comms-is-a-first-trump-has-that-now\/\" title=\"Media Say Biden&#039;s Female-Led Comms Is A First. Trump Has That Now\">current president<\/a> could otherwise be prosecuted for his &ldquo;reckless&rdquo; handling of the southern border. Similarly, Eric Trump has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/2982278\/eric-trump-bush-obama-could-investigated-trump-not-granted-immunity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>cautioned that former Presidents Barack Obama and George Bush could be investigated<\/a> if his father is not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-demands-congress-rein-in-supreme-court-now\/\" title=\"AOC calls for Congress to immediately &#039;rein in&#039; the Supreme Court\">granted presidential immunity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vance&rsquo;s support for Trump&rsquo;s argument on presidential immunity comes as he is rumored to be on Trump&rsquo;s shortlist for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-considering-kristi-noem-as-running-mate-i-think-shes-fantastic\/\" title=\"Trump thinks Kristi Noem would make a fantastic running mate.\">potential vice presidential candidates<\/a>. The Ohio senator has stated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3060217\/jd-vance-disappointed-not-asked-rump-vp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>he would &ldquo;certainly&rdquo; be disappointed<\/a> if he is not selected for the job.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3058882\/trump-loves-primetime-central-casting-vp-tiana-lowe-doescher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Other rumored candidates<\/a> for Trump&rsquo;s vice president include Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) argued that U.S. presidents require immunity to effectively perform their duties. This issue has gained attention as the Supreme Court prepares to rule on it, potentially aiding former President Donald Trump amidst his legal challenges<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2286268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/JD-Vance-1-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[5738,32082,33403,32076],"class_list":["post-2286267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-immunity","tag-jd-vance","tag-us-presidents","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/JD-Vance-1-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2286267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2286267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2286267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2286268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2286267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2286267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2286267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}