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The Supreme Courtroom took a while away from casually musing about whether dictionaries require letting women die on emergency room tables, to think about whether or not a former president of america has blanket, absolute immunity from all crimes committed in office. Or at the very least all crimes associated to “official acts,” which Trump’s counsel prompt would extend to assassinating political rivals.
That is, in fact, insane and floor that the Republic completely coated over Nixon.
However whereas some justices see the Structure as it’s and ask, “Why?”, the right-wing of this Courtroom goals issues that by no means have been and ask, “Why not?”
For the document, no, I don’t wish to “See the most recent COVID-19 data on X.” However I’m certain Elon Musk has constructed a wonderful touchdown web page for Joe Rogan and Aaron Rodgers to share their ideas. However, we would have truly found one thing crazier than the hypotheticals on show right this moment.
I stand corrected, oral argument was worse than the COVID freak web page.
And whereas peddling batshit hypotheticals was the mission of the day for Trump’s group, Sauer couldn’t maintain a candle to the vitality coming from the Courtroom’s proper flank.
Ah. A lot the identical method he thought vaccine mandates have been questionably efficient, I suppose. In his protection, there have been numerous questions, it’s simply that they have been all repeatedly and conclusively resolved in Biden’s favor.
Alas, Sam was simply getting warmed up:
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
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Unwilling to let Alito have all of the enjoyable, Thomas determined to wax philosophic about all of the previous coups in American historical past.
Wait, what?
He’s asking about presidents overthrowing international governments like Allende in Chile or Árbenz in Guatemala. Personally, I assumed that suggesting support for a global coup would current the identical bundle of home felony justice points as siccing a mob of slack-jawed armed hooligans on the U.S. Capitol would contain ranges of lying that will give even Thomas pause.
I used to be mistaken about that!
All through the argument, conservative justices — notably Alito — bemoaned the weaponization of legislation enforcement and the horror of overzealous criminal prosecutors. It’s a brand new leaf for a gang who routinely rubberstamps loss of life warrants, however don’t fear… this concern for felony defendants stops at inconveniencing a Republican president:
The Chief, in the meantime, struck a compromise tone. And by “compromise,” we imply “let’s simply give Trump what he needs however in a method that doesn’t put a highlight on us.”
In different phrases, if we lay low lengthy sufficient, Trump will both win and pardon himself or Biden will win and we will shortly hearth off an “in fact presidents can go to jail, foolish” opinion. It’s onerous to check which thorny reality points the courtroom under must untangle after Trump’s lawyer conceded to Justice Barrett that a lot of the indictment offers with non-public exercise that has no immunity argument in any respect.
However as they are saying, “life tenure means by no means having to say you’re sorry.”
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