Posted on 06/14/2024 6:10:11 AM PDT by CFW
That’s what I was thinking sidebar I think they where willing to grant limited immunity but it seems like after what Alvin Bragg pulled they are going with an opinion that gives the President more latitude. As somehow this guy made himself FEC commissioner as well.
A 3rd grader could have told them it DID NOT.
SOMEONE NEEDED TO TAKE SOTOMAYER TO A GUN RANGE & DEMONSTRATE the bump stock for her.
I'd guess they will release the most controversial opinions the last day as they leave town.
I remember that about Roberts last minute thing. Good memory.
Your words to God’s ears.
It's not the deciding that takes time. The decisions have to be written. They are complex documents and go through revisions.
They all vote on the final draft, so, even after the CJ assigns the opinion, and drafts are circulated, things can change.
This is the nature of being the sole elected official of the executive branch. The President can't "punch a timeclock" every time he starts doing an "official" act and then punch out when he's done with that act. Then next whisper in his ear might be a national emergency, whether he's giving a speech on the Mall or having dinner with donors.
Rahm Emanuel famously told Obama to "never let a crisis go to waste." What's going to happen when the Democrats and the LAAP-dog media figure out how create a crisis by entrapping the President into "non-core" acts and then begin harassing him over his liabilities due to those acts?
I would like to see SCOTUS close that door forever by declaring the President's existence in office as being "core" to the job.
-PJ
;-)
Exactly right.
That’s why I’ve always maintained that Trump’s evidence as for the need for broad immunity is — Alvin Bragg.
I would have agreed with you — until Bragg himself made the case for broad immunity.
You just can’t have 2,500 DAs filing charges against ex-presidents. Think of the potential for extortion.
Yes. I'm saying the Supremes will likely rule that the question is not ripe for them YET.
He will jump on that ASAP given that Cannon in Florida is stymying Smith in the documents case.
-PJ
The Supremes are not ruling on Bragg. They will issue a narrow ruling on process at this point, eating up the clock with the trial court being forced to flesh out the immunity arguments on the record. THEN the appeal will come back to SCOTUS.
This is excellent. Every legal "expert" dismissed Trump's position that he had immunity out of hand. But the Supremes are forcing courts to take Trump's arguments utterly seriously.
Yes. I'm saying the Supremes will likely rule that the question is not ripe for them YET.
Another point...
The window of opportunity that SCOTUS has is the impeachment clause "...but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law."
If SCOTUS rules that a President has broad immunity in perpetuity for all acts undertaken while President unless impeached by the House and convicted by the Senate, we might see Congress motivated to take impeachment much more seriously.
If Congress really REALLY wants to prosecute a President for something, they must impeach and convict him first, otherwise he has lifetime immunity for all acts undertaken while President, just as Congress has immunity for all acts undertaken while on the floor of their chamber, and when traveling to and from Congress. Impeachment in the House must lay out all the charges that are prosecutable; impeachment and conviction cannot make a President an open target for any prosecution whatsoever when removed from office.
That's what I would like SCOTUS to rule.
-PJ
Good ruling.
I hope President Trump learns from this and stays in his lane.
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