:The Consequences of the Supreme Court's Utter Folly in Giving the President Immunity from Criminal Prosecution
In one of the sad ironies of this era, as the lower courts do their best to protect democracy from a runaway president, the conservative majority on the Supreme Court seems content to shake its collective head and say, 'nah, that’s okay, keep going.'”
~ Joyce Vance
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@alex_p_roe SCOTUS issued its immunity ruling while a Democrat was elected president...
@alex_p_roe it wasn't a new power.
Really, people misunderstand the ruling. It wasn't a new power for former presidents but rather a restriction on power for the current president.
What the ruling said was simple: the current president cannot prosecute a former president for legal actions. Importantly, that ruling says Trump can't prosecute Biden either.
The ruling slapped down Biden for exploiting his DoJ against Trump. It also said Trump can't exploit his DoJ again Biden, no matter how much Trump supporters want that.
@volkris @wdlindsy True. Strange that Biden didn’t exploit his new power, isn’t it?