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 At Robert’s confirmation hearing he clearly stated, “No one is above the law under our system and that includes the president. The president is fully bound by the law.” Almost as if he were lying to get the job…
@rbreich The "Originalists" haven't given everything to the President-they've reserved a little oversight for themselves to keep tabs on any Democratic President. But for Trump--anything goes.
@rbreich originalists when it fits their predetermined narrative, revisionists when it doesn’t. Staggering hypocrisy to say the least. Perverse, oligarchical political corruption at the highest levels to say the most.
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.
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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.
@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 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 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