But Jamelle, don't you fret that this will have a chilling effect on presidents who need to commit felonies to carry out national.... oh hm. This probably does seem like a good idea.
I was less concerned about the outcome as I was the potential for slow rolling. Hopefully SCOTUS will decline to hear - I don't think even Thomas would vote for blanket presidential immunity if his vote would be decisive (he'll write a pissy descent if he gets the chance) but that's not the game.
We have found while democrats are big smelly poo-poo head that deserve everything that comes to them the poor republican presidents need all the help they can get as they are valiantly saving this country and as such should face no consequences for their actions-xoxoxo Thomas
someone I *previously* trusted told me in 2017 that he admired Trump, was rooting for Trump to commit as much crime & corruption as could get away with - bc that's what DC is all about 😵.
And I thot, well, that's oddly depraved and misinformed.
Oh, I did, too! It was a joyous day, and I feel like we're one step closer to ending the nightmare of Trump and MAGA's hold on our political system. Can't wait until both are extinct.
It's embarrassing we had to go through two layers of judiciary (and probably the Supreme Court, too) to establish what should be self-evident: if you try to overthrow the government, you aren't allowed to NOT be prosecuted just because you said so.
I hate that reporting on any federal court case now *must* talk about which President appointed those judges. Shouldn't be important, but can no longer be ignored.
I tend to think Roberts won't let that happen. My sense is that all except Alito and Thomas would like to keep being judges instead of rubber stamps for the second Trump admin, and will act accordingly.
Sadly, if you caught a conservative justice on video taking a bribe while murdering someone it probably wouldn't get you 67 votes to convict in the Senate.
I’m really hating the media use of “January 6” or “J6” for a multi-faceted, broad attack on our democracy. I feel like we got suckered by another GOP spin shop to reframe the coup as a one-day riot.
5-4 against him is a pretty safe bet (Roberts and Gorsuch I can't see going along with him here. Barrett and Kav aren't as solid but even them would balk at this).
Alito and Thomas would declare him King if they could.
Now we need the three justices Trump appointed to jut out their chins defiantly and say "Just cause Trump put me here doesn't make him the boss of me!"
How can anybody with any sense of decency support this criminal, conman? It goes beyond any sense of reality to support this thing that has destroyed everything that he touches. All that trump accomplished besides robbing taxpayers blind is providing the hateful people a way to release their hate.
Trump seeks as always to have it both ways, first you cannot impeach a sitting President, then turns around and says, let Congress decide but only one- party cares about democracy, the other is too busy, being fascists.
Did you notice they explicitly call DJT an "officer" in this ruling? I presume their wording can be used as an affirmative in other arguments regarding the 14th amendment issue.
This ruling is flawed in so many ways. Not one allegation has been proven in court. Trump was still President on J6 and deserved every privilege of office including the right to dispute electoral counts as written in the Constitution and federal law.Our government entrapped and killed our citizens.
The ruling says a PoTUS does have immunity for presidential duties (even if they are illegal) they just don't have immunity for non-presidential duties.
Yet the right act as if Obama can be prosecuted for drone strikes - which is stupid.
Now we just have to hold our breath again to see what SCOTUS says on the matter. Something that should be a “no duh” moment has us all on the edge of our damn seats. #CompromisedSCOTUS
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Trump's not the President. Biden is.
So, what's to stop Biden from...you know?
Everyone keeps saying there's no way any of his trials except the NY one could be done by November
I'd love to see the temper tantrum he threw after hearing this news.
And I thot, well, that's oddly depraved and misinformed.
That's what RW media has done.
Clown shoes country.
It's sad that our judicial system is filled with activist judges instead of impartial ones.
Indeed, that will give them a little cover, later on, when they grab every chance they can to undermine freedom, equality, and democracy.
#MASA - Make America Safty Again.
Criminals are to be in jail.
#Trump
I do believe it won't be a clean sweep, but I think the precedence issue will be big with them.
Alito and Thomas would declare him King if they could.
It sucks if ask me.
The ruling says a PoTUS does have immunity for presidential duties (even if they are illegal) they just don't have immunity for non-presidential duties.
Yet the right act as if Obama can be prosecuted for drone strikes - which is stupid.
Cutting it kinda close ain't they