to disable the presidency from factions and political opponents. that s what we see in this case. sandra: is that the case, jonathan, can a president under certain circumstances order the assassination of a political rival? and receive immunity for it? jonathan: i don t believe it is the case. you know, this was really i think very telling of how the argument went. a series of jump scares. both sides were presenting these parades of horribles that would come if you don t accept our argument. i think what was clear to me from the argument was that probably trump s this argument of impeachment first, prosecution later, is a dead letter with the panel. i don t believe that the judges agree that you needed a conviction to ever prosecute a president. but there is still a lot of ambiguity there. the question is what the court described in nixon versus
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