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.
I am with you. I genuinely believed Alito, et al. were running out the clock. The biggest reason I never saw *this* coming is because I never thought they would create such a hopeless morass. It is going to take decades (at least) to figure out what the standard is going to be. Utter insanity.
I thought Barrett, Kavanaugh and Roberts would vote with the liberals while Alito and Thomas dissented. Gorsuch was up in the air to me. I didn’t really expect this.
