The Court ruling today is terrible but expected. I will just gently remind everyone that the election hasn’t happened yet. We shouldn’t assume the worst outcome as a foregone conclusion. That only encourages more apathy than many are already feeling.
Do you think most people actually expected this? I felt like most people expected that they would give a definitive 'no, of course the president can't commit crimes,' just too late to do anything before the election.
This is EXACTLY what I expected from this court. Rule the POTUS has absolute immunity for official acts, then remand to the lower court to define if the charges fall under official acts, have the lower court rule they don’t, let Trump appeal back to SCOTUS who will then hold it until after Nov.
This isn’t precisely what they ruled. Absolute immunity is only for the core constitutional powers official acts. It’s presumptive immunity for all official acts.
Eh yes and no. I mean technically you are correct but as Sotomayor points out in her dissent, the distinction is essentially meaningless. bsky.app/profile/nycs...
