Democracy dies on page A4.

#WashingtonPost #JournalismFail #SupremeCourt #ExtremeCourt #Democracy #VoteBiden #VoteBlueToSaveDemocracy #Biden2024 #USPolitics

#SCOTUS #Trump #immunity ruling poses risk for #democracy, experts say

Former #Nixon White House counsel #JohnDean said Monday that had the court’s ruling been in force in the early 1970s, #history could have turned out very differently.

“As I looked at it, I realized Richard Nixon would have had a pass” because the #evidence against him was based on #OfficialActs the #SupremeCourt has deemed #immune from prosecution.

#law #PartisanCourt #ExtremeCourt
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/01/supreme-court-immunity-trump-democracy/

#ClarenceThomas wrote a concurring opinion on #Trump’s #immunity that delved into the separate & unasked question of whether AG #MerrickGarland violated the #Constitution when he appointed #SpecialCounsel #JackSmith in Nov 2022 to oversee the 2 federal prosecutions of Trump.

#law #SCOTUS #ExtremeCourt #TrumpCourt #PartisanCourt #DarkMoney #MAGA
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/07/01/clarence-thomas-jack-smith-special-counsel-immunity/

Holy shit

#SCOTUS curbs #FederalAgency #power, #overturning #Chevron #precedent

The #ChevronDeference precedent was targeted by #conservatives who say the government gives too much power to federal agencies.
The decision curtails the power of govt agencies to #regulate, overturning a 40-yr-old #legal precedent long targeted by #conservatives who say the govt gives expert career professionals too much authority.

#law #ActivistCourt #ExtremeCourt
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/28/supreme-court-chevron-federal-agency-authority/