Chuck Darwin

The Supreme Court decided this month in Donald Trump v. U.S. that the Constitution prescribes a heretofore unidentified absolute #presidential #immunity,
💥permitting the president to violate federal law in the commission of “official acts.”

This extraordinary decision came after the former president turned to the High Court seeking to #dismiss a federal indictment concerning his role in the Jan. 6 #insurrection.

With the majority decision now the supreme law of the land, the question for concerned citizens becomes this:

♦️What can the People do to prevent, or at least minimize, the likelihood that future presidents will act as kings or queens beyond the reach of the law under color of constitutional authority?

“When he uses his official powers in any way, under the majority’s reasoning, he now will be insulated from criminal prosecution,” Justice #Sonia #Sotomayor noted in her dissent.
“Orders the Navy’s Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune.

Organizes a military coup to hold onto power? Immune.

Takes a bribe in exchange for a pardon? Immune. Immune, immune, immune.”

This ruling represents a challenge to our founding order, as Justice #Ketanji #Brown #Jackson explains in her dissenting opinion.

The majority has usurped the power of Congress through this decision because it immunizes a president from the reach of the People’s laws that were intended to apply to all citizens.

It empowers the federal judiciary at the cost of the legislative branch by creating a standard that only the federal judiciary can rule on.

👉This usurpation of power should prompt a response from Congress to recover its lost legislative power
and to rein in an extremist Court.

The American people are faced with a Supreme Court that has ventured into presidential politics
and manufactured a theory of absolute presidential immunity
not supported by the Founding Fathers,
the text of the Constitution,
the legal precedent of past Supreme Court decisions,
or the history of the Republic to date.

⭐️Congress must start acting on behalf of the People it represents.
The political effect, if not the actual intent, of the Supreme Court’s majority opinion
is to provide a legal path for the former president to escape his legal difficulties without a trial or accountability
and to increase his chances of winning the presidency again in 2024.

The Court is respected and seen as legitimate when its decisions are sound, supported by the Constitution and legally objective.

🔥With the Court’s majority decision this month, it can only be seen as the ally of a candidate for president.
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/07/19/courts-immunity-decision-is-a-threat-to-constitutional-order/

Jul 19, 2024 at 7:46pmWeb
Show threadJustKathyJul 19, 2024

@cdarwin

I don't think the Constitution had a thing to do with that ruling. I think the Constitution is rolling in its grave. #SCOTUS

Show threadvolkrisJul 19, 2024

@KathyLK

The description of what happened is a lie. That’s not what the Supreme Court decided.

So you’re right, the Constitution didn’t have a thing to do with it. What is written above is pure fiction, it doesn’t have to do with the Constitution or the Supreme Court. It has to do with clickbait and misinformation coming out of special interest groups.

No, The Supreme Court did not give presidents such immunity. In fact the ruling spent pages outlining that presidents are subject to being prosecuted under the law, contrary to reporting.

But never mind what the court actually wrote, these outlets are spinning lies because they get clicks. And that’s just really a shame.

@cdarwin

Show threadFrances LarinaJul 20, 2024

@cdarwin

"Congress must start acting on behalf of the People it represents."

Congress is completely dysfunctional, by design of the GOP with help from various groups like the Federalist Society, Heritage Foundation and apparently Vlad Putin. Back in 2010 Addison "Mitch" McConnel promised that the GOP would be the party of obstruction any time a democrat was in the White House and for once they've kept their word.