NonilexJul 1, 2024

#SCOTUS Puts #Trump #AboveTheLaw

And gives him permission for a despotic second term.

By Adam Serwer

Near the top of their sweeping, #lawless opinion in Trump v. #UnitedStates, Donald Trump’s defenders on the #SupremeCourt repeat one of the most basic principles of American constitutional government: “The president is not above the law.” They then proceed to obliterate it.

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https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/07/supreme-court-donald-trump-immunity-decision/678859/

The Supreme Court Puts Trump Above the Law

And gives him permission for a despotic second term.

The Atlantic
Show threadNonilexJul 1, 2024

Although the pro-#Trump justices attempt to nest the breadth of their opinion in legalese, their finding that the president cannot be prosecuted for “official acts,” & that much of Trump’s efforts to seize #power fall under that rubric, means that the justices have essentially legalized a losing president refusing to step down, as Trump tried to do after the 2020 election.

#law #SCOTUS #PartisanCourt #ExtremistCourt #DarkMoney #RightWing #MAGA #Republicans #Jan6

Show threadMichael Gemar
@Nonilex In the midst of all this horror, I have a technical question — while this decision may apply to the president, does it apply to those who carry out any illegal actions he orders? In others words, if he orders a political opponent to be be sent to Gitmo, do those who do the arrest and imprisonment have any immunity for *their* actions? Or could *they* be prosecuted?
Jul 1, 2024 at 11:26pmWeb
Show threadNonilexJul 2, 2024
@michaelgemar the “just following orders” defense? I think they’re only applying it to the president but I suppose it would depend on whether they liked the politician in question or not, which seems to be their only guiding logic.