In a sane and rational country where the Constitution is still followed you’d be right.
Sadly, I don’t believe we are in a sane and rational country anymore.
L
If the country were sane and rational, those who weaponize the law would be dead, punished for crimes against the Republic
Since the case was accepted on an expedited basis, there were at least 5 Justices open to the basic contours of the argument, as opposed to the preposterously simpleton DC appellate ruling. I have a hunch Roberts was among the 5.
While he’s not my cup of tea, he’s generally an institutionalist and may well be appalled at the systemic abuse of the judicial system and the way Democrats have turned courts, judges and juries into just tools of electoral politics, rather than impartial justice. The whole thing has demolished any remaining confidence people still had in courts as the ultimate safeguard against abuses in the political arena. A decision to affirm presidential immunity may go a long way toward restoring such confidence and allow the judicial system to resume its institutional role as neutral arbiter.