The Supreme Court of the United States has created a kingdom, almost 248 years to the day after the Declaration of Independence of the British King.
This was by far the worst day for the system of checks and balances in the history of the country.
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This was by far the worst day for the system of checks and balances in the history of the country.
This ruling would never have been made except for the Democrats seeking their revenge...whats the old saying..when you set out to kill someone, you should dig two graves?
It is far worse than that. They are just scratching the surface of what it actually means. This is another ruling, in a string of rulings, that fundamentally change the presidency and empowers the office to basically make the executive branch an extension of the presidents personal ambitions with no checks and balances. One step closer to an autocracy.
If all official actions are immune to criminal liability, there is an opening to make the case that all actions by the executive branch overrule settled law. After all, if you are immune to criminal liability, technically you can not break the law. Essentially, what the president orders is legal. Take a step back and look at that within the context of the suggestions outlined by project 2025 and their "unitary executive theory". They argue that in the US constitution the office of the president is the executive branch. The various offices that serve the executive branch are there to essentially provide administrative support for the office. As it is, the administration of which is governed by the law and limitations imposed by it. So what happens if the entire federal bureaucracy is put under direct control of the president?
This is where a new problem opens up. By making a distinction between unofficial acts and official acts, and more or less giving official acts blanket immunity - the office of the president is incapable of breaking the law. With unitary executive theory there is no separation between the federal bureaucracy and the office of the president - essentially what the federal bureaucracy does are official acts of the president. So what recourse does the legislative branch, the judiciary and "the people" have if/when an executive action is illegal? Is Impeachment the only option? Can the government suspend habeas corpus? Muzzle the media? Does it even need congress or can the president just rule unchallenged through executive action now? These are issues they have not even begun to try to answer.
Seeking to prosecute a multitude of crimes you mean? i.e. what prosecutors are paid to do.
Nonsense.
Trump is a chaotic distraction. He has an astonishing ability to make every discussion and issue be about him. For some reason voters are willing to lose their influence over the government and their political rights - often celebrating the fact that they have - whenever his name is invoked. His ability to distract people from the actual consequences of policy and law change is extraordinary. Statements like yours is an example of that. These decisions are far bigger than Trump - the vast majority of the immunity ruling does not even impact the legal issues Trump has(!) - yet once again it is all about Donald Trump.
Exactly, ....having once got him effectively/legally ousted as President, (although still not going too quietly) the Democrats effectively relaunched his Presidential prospects for 2024 by making him a martyr to his followers by pursuing him through the courts, which they were entitled to do; however someone in this great plan forgot this was always going to end up at SCOTUS.... where the majority would favour Trump.
Sometimes we get exactly what we deserve!
This next time around poor old Joe Biden is going to have to be the sacrificial lamb, he has to step down as Presidential candidate for the Democrats, or they will have to think the unthinkable, indeed the whole world will!
Thomas and Alito seem to be of the mindset, push as much of their ideology through the courts now, hope trump wins to complete their project and in Trump's 3rd year step down and retire so their replacements can come straight in.
just mind-blowing how broad and audacious the israel lobby is
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At this stage, he is a more cartoon villain than Scalia ever was.
Republican Jesus definitely did.
I just finished this book (got an pre-release copy at a convention) and it makes a mockery of this Christian Nationalism nonsense: How to End Christian Nationalism: Amanda Tyler: 9781506498287 - Christianbook.com
the israel exception to US free speech rolls on. it is so entrenched in every elite - political, academic, economic, military - that the only way for the us to change course on israel is for the us to be unrecognizable - i.e., not happening.
Don't bank on it, they had a bipartisan border deal a few months back, until Trump killed it
It's amazing how Josh Hawley, who is so disgusting in so many ways, can be leading the movement on this. Politics makes strange bedfellows, indeed.
Hawley's douchebaggery aside, he is on the right side of the debate here. Its the right thing to do and bi-partisan.
Yep, as shocking as it is to see his name as a co-sponsor, he's actually performing as a competent politician.
Why from 2027? don’t rock the gravy boat for current terms ?
Wait. You'd think putin actually meet SCOTUS? And sending him a private plane?
And a scotus can somehow enter Russia undetected?
Yacht trip was in 2003.
This is the IHRA law; when it passes it will end all anti-Zionist teaching in the US. It has passed the House and is now being proposed by a Democrat in the Senate.
Bill Maher giving platforms to the likes of McCarthy and Shapiro to spew shit is disgusting. All about soundbites and whatnot.