If Trump were to personally shoot someone on Fifth Avenue: Not immune. (Probably. Maybe.)
If he were to order the army to massacre thousands on Fifth Avenue: Immune. (Very clearly, under the decision.)
But from a constitutional perspective, the latter is the grave danger to guard against.
It is *precisely* crimes that involve the abuse of official powers and are committed under color of office that a constitutional system needs to restrain.
The fact that Trump is now trying to get out of his NY conviction by arguing that he committed those crimes *as president* shows the absurdity.
It blows my mind that this is where we’re at. Presidents have tons of power, they SHOULD be terrified that abusing it will land them in prison. What are laws even for otherwise.
