So let me get this straight: The so-called "originalists" on the Supreme Court have essentially given the U.S. president the power of monarchs. Just days before the 4th of July, mind you. The hypocrisy is staggering.
@rbreich I can only dissent with my vote and voice but I too dissent. In November you choose between a President or a King. It is simply that existential. If you vote for a President you can vote them out in four years. If you vote for a King (or abstain from voting) you will never get the chance to elect another President again.
Do you protect the United States Constitution millions of Americans died to protect or do you throw away the Bill of Rights?
@rbreich Since the US Constitution says “all men are equal before the law”, the Supreme Court would need to amend the Constitution to grant immunity to the President.
It is ironic that the constitution, designed to promote a democratic form of government includes a two part poison pill, the electoral collage and the unelected, lifetime tenured, above the law Supreme Court #usconstitution#SupremeCourt#electoralcollege#irony
@rbreich Forget the hypocrisy, (hyperbolically speaking, but not really) this is the start of the Republican Coup.
Remove Trump, we still face:
MAGA
Project 2025
Conservative #SCOTUSTraitors super-majority who disregard precedent
What happens when Republicans nominate someone who is savvier, more articulate, and maintains message discipline? Worse they win? Do you think the Republicans will ever relinquish power?
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If the Supreme Court doesn’t like what a a president does, all they have to do is rule that the actions weren’t “official.” You’re saying the Supreme Court made the president into a king. It’s much worse than that. The president is above the law as long as the Supreme Court approves of his actions.
In other words: they didn’t make the president a king. They made themselves kings. How anyone who claims to care about freedom can support that is beyond me.
@rbreich Well, monarchy was a normal practice in the years before adoption of the US Constitution. So resurrection of monarchy is consistent with SCOTUS new love of we-made-it-up-historical rationales
@rbreich so the question is what Biden will be doing about this? Is he going to use this ruling to his advantage to win reelection and restructure scotus to get rid of this/other rulings or he is going to give a 2min speech saying he dissents, do nothing and then let a convicted felon do whatever he wants post Nov? Latter is looking more like an inevitability now. When your country is facing an existential threat, do whatever is necessary to defeat it.
@rbreich Quite literally. Since all official acts are non-prosecutable, the President now has the full mantle of the Crown, err, the State, behind all their actions. Only acts of personal corruption or enrichment even cross the bar.
@rbreich
They are not originalists. They are origami experts. They bend and twist the pages before them to come up with creatures entirely new and heretofore unknown.
The timing was everything. And I'm willing to bet the coordination began before the suit was filed. These holes love symbolism and believe everything they do is remarkable and meaningful, historical. Alito probably bronzed all his turds this year, for the future Christofucks to be awed by.
They have planted their flag (Martha-Ann probably sewed) and declared their independence to install a king. And our collective media is ONLY trying to push Biden's age as being the problem.