Nevs
This video contains a short summary of some of the questions from the justices today. At 4:47 - Court of appeals decision they are reviewing stated "A former president can be prosecuted for his official acts because the fact of the prosecution means that…
Anyone think that SCOTUS will say the president does not have immunity? I'm thinking yes - and that might be a good thing. Hear me out.
Trump will go through his trials and any that he might not prevail in would be overturned on appeal because they are all so ridiculous - but then it opens the door to investigate real crimes from some of our former presidents and might prevent shenanigans in the future. Part of draining the swamp. The left keeps saying "nobody is above the law" - they'll have to live with that.
At the same time, it's a very delicate balancing act, because we can't have presidents prosecuting their political opponents every four years either.
If they agree to absolute immunity instead of a very narrow form, then any current or future president would be able to get away with crimes. If they don't agree to any immunity then Biden (and future administrations) will be like the wild west, prosecuting every former president they don't agree with.
Perhaps they'll keep the scope very very narrow. It will be interesting to see when the ruling comes down in June.
Trump will go through his trials and any that he might not prevail in would be overturned on appeal because they are all so ridiculous - but then it opens the door to investigate real crimes from some of our former presidents and might prevent shenanigans in the future. Part of draining the swamp. The left keeps saying "nobody is above the law" - they'll have to live with that.
At the same time, it's a very delicate balancing act, because we can't have presidents prosecuting their political opponents every four years either.
If they agree to absolute immunity instead of a very narrow form, then any current or future president would be able to get away with crimes. If they don't agree to any immunity then Biden (and future administrations) will be like the wild west, prosecuting every former president they don't agree with.
Perhaps they'll keep the scope very very narrow. It will be interesting to see when the ruling comes down in June.