Dan GillmorFeb 28, 2024

Let's face it: The Supreme Court is in the bag for the Trump party. The idea that it needs to consider whether the president is totally above the law is beyond bonkers.

Even assuming (as I do) that the court rules that presidents can't (for example) order a hit team to kill political opponents, this is the delay Trump and his fellow fascists wanted.

For now, he is damn near above the law. Disgusting, terrifying.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/28/us/supreme-court-trump-immunity-trial.html

Supreme Court to Hear Trump’s Immunity Claim, With Arguments Set for April

The former president’s trial on charges of plotting to subvert the 2020 election will remain on hold while the justices consider the matter.

The New York Times
Show threadUrzlFeb 29, 2024

@dangillmor I really want to see the MAGAts confronted with an appropriate reframing of the argument.

"So you're saying it should be legal for the current sitting president to assassinate enough Republican members of Congress to deny them a quorum for impeachment and then move on to kill Trump and all the Conservative justices on SCOTUS? And because it's all legal, you would have zero problem with it?"

Show threadNathan A. Stine
@gooba42 @dangillmor they're smart enough to know that the rule only applies to Republican Presidents.
Feb 29, 2024 at 2:15pmMastodon for Android
Show threadUrzlFeb 29, 2024
@stinerman @dangillmor They might think so but I have my doubts it's all as thought out as that.