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i was wondering howcome no one has filed a lawsuit against GWB for 'crimes against humanity' living in a lawsuit happy country and with hordes of protestors, i thought this would have already started.

is it allowed in the US to sue the president? i know for a fact you can sue the judicial system for a mistrial

zaidinamdar wrote:i was wondering howcome no one has filed a lawsuit against GWB for 'crimes against humanity' living in a lawsuit happy country and with hordes of protestors, i thought this would have already started.

is it allowed in the US to sue the president? i know for a fact you can sue the judicial system for a mistrial

GWB has been sued but Donald Rumsfeld has been sued more than Bush. Rumsfeld's charges revolved around the Abu Ghraib crimes as well as false imprisonment and torture cases. These suits have obviously been symbolic as nothing substantial has been done about them. As far as I know, one suit was filed in the US, the other suits were filed in Germany and some in Belgium.

Belgium has the Universal Competence/Universal Jurisdiction Law which allowed equal opportunity in bringing forth War Crimes charges to anyone and anywhere. However that changed due to pressure (threats) from the US and the UK (amongst others) and this law was actually altered to give immunity to leaders of these countries. So I guess the lesson here - in the Belgium case - is that you can charge any despot with war crimes except if the despot is in the US, UK, and Israel.

The trial for Sharon was thrown out by the Belgians from US pressure.

So i wouldnt hold my breath on it...

zaidinamdar wrote:
is it allowed in the US to sue the president?

Yes, through impeachment trial. But there are grounds that would qualify for an impeachment and the process is quite long.

GWB won't be sued. Believe me on this.