Let's-see-how-you-like-it fantasies in response to the Supreme Court immunity ruling are underestimating just how bad the situation is.
Any prosecutions would take place in courts, where SCOTUS would block it. This term especially, the SCOTUS majority has shown that its standards are Calvinball.
Under today’s immunity decision, Biden could order AG Garland to immediately prosecute Thomas and Alito for corruption and insurrection. (Official act). If Garland refuses, Biden can fire him and replace him with someone who will. (Official act) I would suggest Elie Mystal.
Can somebody explain why this is bad, in a campaign context, for Biden? His opponent is a convicted felon who now has carte blanche to order prosecutions & political murders.
www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07...
I think the thinking is that without J6 being litigated in a criminal court, it gives Trump cover. But I've always thought it was strange to think that a significant number of votes hinge on a jury verdict in that case. You don't need a trial to put the committee hearings on repeat until November.
Trump may be innocent in a court of law until proven guilty, but that doesn't mean voters shouldn't draw their own conclusions based on what's publicly known know.
