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Unitary-executive-brain likely means a lot of people won't recognize that this is a big deal. But, it is a BIG deal. Without DOJ independence, it can be used entirely as a very powerful political weapon by a President.
Chief Justice Roberts decrees the end of DOJ independence in an offhanded sentence on page 20.
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FWIW, I think the entire opinion makes sense if you start from his perversion of Washington's comment on revenge, and assume all the 5 men REALLY BELIEVE Trump's lies about this being revenge.
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DOJ independence is a norm. This is just getting rid of the only remaining check on abuse: prosecution after the fact.
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Never mind the whole confirmation by the Senate and subject to impeachment stuff in the constitution
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Trump found his Cohn and he gave him the most powerful law firm and police force in the world.
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This is the American Ermächtigungsgesetz.
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Trump/GOP accusations against the Biden administration were always aspirational projection
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Does mean that Trump will stfu about political prosecutions? *Spoiler: it absolutely does not.