{"id":2286336,"date":"2024-06-30T21:19:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T01:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jd-vance-argues-us-presidents-need-immunity-to-do-their-job-washington-examiner-6\/"},"modified":"2024-06-30T21:22:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T01:22:43","slug":"jd-vance-argues-us-presidents-need-immunity-to-do-their-job-washington-examiner-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jd-vance-argues-us-presidents-need-immunity-to-do-their-job-washington-examiner-6\/","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-6%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=2286336&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. Vance (R-OH) believes that U.S. presidents should\u200c be granted immunity to fully carry out \u200dtheir duties. His statement comes as an impending Supreme \u200cCourt\u200d decision\u2063 might provide former\u200d President \u2064Donald Trump with crucial support amid his \u200bvarious legal challenges. Vance argues that, like other key roles\u2064 within the government such as judges and prosecutors who have certain immunities, the president should also benefit from this to\u200d avoid disruption in fulfilling\u200d presidential \u200cresponsibilities. He emphasized the potential dangers of former presidents seeking legal \u2062action against their predecessors, suggesting this would undermine the U.S. Constitutional tradition. Additionally, when \u200cprompted about the possibility\u200c of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/special-counsel-bidens-classified-documents-mishandling-doesnt-warrant-charges\/\" title=\"Biden&#039;s mishandling of classified documents not deemed charge-worthy by Special Counsel\">pursuing criminal\u200d charges<\/a> against President Joe Biden, his thoughts were not included in the \u200bsummary provided.  <\/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=\"noreferrer noopener\">J.D. Vance<\/a> (R-OH) contended that presidents of the United States need immunity if they wish to properly carry out their presidential duties.<\/p>\n<p>Presidential<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3051399\/how-supreme-court-could-rule-trump-immunity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> immunity<\/a> has become contentious ahead of an anticipated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Supreme Court<\/a> decision, which could throw former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> a lifeline amid his numerous legal battles. When asked if he believed presidents ought to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jd-vance-argues-us-presidents-need-immunity-to-do-their-job-washington-examiner-2\/\" title=\"JD Vance contends that US presidents require immunity to effectively perform their duties, according to the Washington Examiner\">receive presidential immunity<\/a>, Vance argued that other people in positions of power enjoy &ldquo;some immunity&rdquo; and that this should also apply to the role of president.<\/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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jd-vance-argues-us-presidents-need-immunity-to-do-their-job-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"JD Vance contends that US presidents require immunity to effectively perform their duties, according to the Washington Examiner\">rebuffed people warning<\/a> 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 current president 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 potential vice presidential candidates. 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 is pivotal as the Supreme Court prepares to rule, potentially aiding former President Donald Trump in his legal challenges. Vance was queried on his stance regarding presidential immunity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2286337,"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":[21934,5738,32082,33403,32076],"class_list":["post-2286336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-duties","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\/2286336","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=2286336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2286336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2286337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2286336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2286336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2286336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}