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The hour is upon us

Corner Post is first, party-line case judicially extending the statute of limitations for APA challenges out to the heat death of the universe. Barrett writes, Jackson dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23p...

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From Jackson’s dissent. I believe the way this works in combination with Loper-Bright is really insidious, but ofc it’s not gonna get the headlines.

2nd up is Netchoice—the judgments are unanimously vacated and sent back. Kagan writes with 6 joiners (though Jackson skips a few parts). Several conservatives pen concurrences in the judgment. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23p...

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So Trump will be the last case of the term. We’ll know soon enough, but I’m guessing Roberts wrote it.

Roberts rules for Trump. Absolute immunity for “official acts.” Vacated and remanded. Party line case. Both Sotomayor and Jackson dissent. Fuck this. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23p...

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Okay, it’s absolute immunity for official acts that are “within [the president’s] exclusive and preclusive authority” and presumptive immunity for all official acts. Corrupting the DOJ — absolute immunity (which boggles my mind). Pressuring Pence — presumptive immunity.

So...Biden should drone-strike Roberts?

Wow...we are officially off the rails

So can Biden just shoot someone and claim it’s his official duty now?

America, where no one is above the law*. *some exclusions apply.

“Presumptive immunity” for acts within the outer perimeter? What the fuck?

So, for those of us keeping score at home, between 1. Georgia 2. documents 3. 1/6 which of those still stand, if any

Bomb the fuck out of Mar-A-Lago

So when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal. Now why does that sound so familiar? bsky.app/profile/amdi...

I think it manifested with Nixon. At this point, the GOP is comprised entirely of people who think Nixon's only mistake was getting caught.

So… Biden should send Seal team six to kill trump? And that’s cool?

But how is election interference considered an "official act"?

So Mitch's long game really pays off.

So Seal Team 6 on Trump when?

Given the lack of a test in the decision, visions of Trump prefacing every utterance with a shouted "Official Act! So Official!"

Goddamnit

We knew this was going to happen. It still fucking sucks

Worst case scenario

Okay, so how can Biden use this to his advantage?

unbelievable

And now we get to sing and dance about what constitutes an "official act." Uh, I'm going out on a limb here but I'm FAIRLY sure taking and storing under secrecy thousands of restricted documents inside a posh mansion is probably not "official". Let's see what the lower courts say about that.

Didn't realize coup, obstruction & coercion were considered official acts. Supreme Court to the Country:

“Official acts” still seems pretty limiting to me

We ride at dawn.

this is awful and it doesn't help to be right, but who actually thought the supreme court wouldn't do this?

Where in the constitution does the court find absolute immunity?

omg

oh my god.

Awful

Remember in March, when the majority aggressively answered a lot more questions than necessary to ensure no one could keep Trump off the ballot? And now they answer only a very small question and remand the rest to further delay his actual trial?

Argh. Fuck this.

Unbelievable

Don't these losers have a lot of say with questionable election results?

Okay so drop a bomb on MAL? As an official act?

So does this mean the DC case is dead in the water now, or just that it's going to be a much more challenging task?