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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 16 days
I appeared on Gray TV today to discuss the Supreme Court's ruling today in favor of Donald Trump on immunity and the likely impact of that decision on each of the four pending prosecutions of Former President Trump. www.graydc.com/2024/07/01/s...
Supreme Court immunity ruling set to delay Trump’s criminal trialswww.graydc.com The conservative justices’ opinion that Trump is at least partially immune for what he did in office upends the timeline for his four criminal cases.
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Kosturdistan @smurfburger.bsky.social · 16 days
SCOTUS just effectively turned Biden into a dictator, which is weird.
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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 15 days
I'd say it slightly differently. SCOTUS just empowered every US President to act like a dictator, without fear of criminal sanction. President Biden appears *highly unlikely* to exercise such powers. If FPOTUS returns to office, he has a runway to impose a fascist state.
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Denys Beecher @dbeecher.bsky.social · 15 days
I suspect they're also confident that Democrats in the Senate wouldn't just go along with outrageous law breaking by Biden, while R's have already demonstrated that impeachment isn't on the table for FPOTUS
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HudsonRiverCroc @hudsonrivercroc.bsky.social · 15 days
Which is why current potus should use is new powers to make sure former potus never gets the chance
@billfantastic.bsky.social · 15 days
Incredibly naive. It would be ruled non official
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HudsonRiverCroc @hudsonrivercroc.bsky.social · 15 days
The point is not to win at scotus, the point is to keep him from office…
@billfantastic.bsky.social · 15 days
Biden would end up in jail
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Staid Winnow @staidwinnow.bsky.social · 15 days
I thought the presidential power of pardon already so empowered every US president. Even if one argued that self-pardons are invalid, which branch of government can stop that?