Things Trump did that were NOT "official acts":
- inciting the mob on J6
- activating fake electors
- bullying Pence into exceeding his authority
- trying to get DOJ to make false claims of election fraud
- leading a conspiracy to keep himself in office after he KNEW he lost
Mystal:
Here's a question: Why would any president ever be impeached now? If presidents are absolutely immune from prosecution for "high crimes," then what's the theory of a future impeachment? "The President is allowed to do this, but we don't like it"?
Like, remember when Mitch McConnell argued that they *didn't* have to convict Trump in the Senate because he remains legally accountable for all he did as President?
That, turns out, was a lie.
Via Ron Filipkowski:
The American public must now understand, in the wake of today’s decision, that #Trump would now enter office knowing for certain exactly how he can abuse power and commit crimes using the power of the federal government, something he did not know last time. A frightening prospect.
"The GOP and right wing leaning Supreme Court have gone rogue, detached from reality and abandoned the truth. If Biden invokes a mob and sends it to attack the Supreme Court/congress, would the GOP accept that or hold Biden accountable?”
“The president can now assonate you, officially… The Supreme Court failed to recognize that they themselves could be targeted.”
Yanomami people threatened by Defence Minister José Múcio!
He suggested that mining companies should have access to Brazil's largest Indigenous Land as a way of replacing illegal mining.
#Brazil #Yanomami #indigenous #mining
https://www.socioambiental.org/noticias-socioambientais/nao-solucao-de-mucio-para-invasao-da-terra-yanomami?utm_source=isa&utm_medium=&utm_campaign=
Justice Sotomayor read large portions of her 30-page dissent, often glaring at Roberts:
“Orders the Navy’s Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune,” she continued. “Organizes a military coup to hold onto power? Immune. Takes a bribe in exchange for a pardon? Immune. Immune, immune, immune.”
#scotus #scrotus
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4749875-sotomayor-immunity-decision-dissent/
From the food we eat to the air we breathe, federal regulations are needed to save lives. The SCOTUS Chevron decision that allows courts to overrule experts at agencies, shows that ultimately governments care more about industry profits than our health.
Executive branch agencies will likely have more difficulty regulating the environment, public health, workplace safety and other issues under a far-reaching decision Friday by the Supreme Court. The court’s ruling overturned a 1984 decision colloquially known as Chevron that has instructed lower courts to defer to federal agencies when laws passed by Congress are not crystal clear. The 40-year-old decision has been the basis for upholding thousands of regulations by dozens of federal agencies, but has long been a target of conservatives and business groups who argue that it grants too much power to the executive branch, or what some critics call “the administrative state.”
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