Richard Nixon 1977: When the president does it, that means that it is not illegal.
America 1977-2023: What, are you kidding? No way.
Roberts Court 2024: Actually Nixon was right, and shouldn't have been in trouble for ordering the Watergate break-in, because orders are by definition official acts.
"The Supreme Court, in ordering Nixon to release his White House tapes - the action that speeded his resignation in 1974 - said in no sense is a president 'above the law.' Aides on trial for Watergate abuses were not permitted to use presidential sanction as a defense."
