Ellin Stein: Gosh, I wonder where they got that idea from? www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/11/05/r...

The Court has purported to strip us of all legal recourse for crimes committed by the most powerful person in the nation. Each and every one of us is now, effectively, at the mercy of an autocrat, who could order our death if he simply made the pretense of connecting it to his official duties.

Criminal law probably functioned as some kind of deterrent on abuses of presidential power, and that deterrent is now gone. But even if that weren't true, today's ruling would be an appalling display of contempt for the American people and for the basic principles on which this country rests.

Gosh, I wonder where they got that idea from? www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/11/05/r...

Russia Moves to Grant Ex-Presidents Lifetime Immunity From Prosecutionwww.themoscowtimes.com Russian lawmakers submitted legislation Thursday that would grant former presidents lifetime immunity from criminal prosecution under President Vladimir Putin’s constitutional reforms, Interfax report...

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