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I'm confused. Why would a ruling in the US have any bearing on whether or not a South Korean president gets impeached or not? Last I checked, they're two separate countries with their own constitutions and justice systems.
Yep, this is literally a Trump-style move inspired by Trump. Just delay and deny, always be on attack, etc.
I'm just always shocked that there's somehow a significant number of people who support them, because there were apparently altercations between those who came to arrest him and those who protected him from arrest.
Just, ugh.
Adding to that, the trump ruling wouldn't block impeachment at all, since that removes the president from office rather than holding them personally liable. The ruling "only" held that the individual holding the office of the president is assumed, barring an argument to the contrary, to have immunity from individual criminal liability for actions they take as the president, not that the office as a whole is immune.
It doesn't.
The SK constitution does draw inspiration from the US constitution, though.