The Repercussions of Trump v. United States May Finally Be Hitting Roberts

[Seymour Flops]

Except their unprecedented action, not based on any text found in the Constitution, did exactly that. Not to mention the unusual delay in making the decision prevented either of the two federal trials from going forward before the election.

So, you agree that the courts are highly political.

 

[Independent thinker]

Yep.

This is on congressional Republicans. They have to show some balls for a change.

You mean like the same kind of balls democrats showed in conning Americans about Biden's mental health for years, until Biden failed miserably in the debate?

 

[Mac1958]

You mean like the same kind of balls democrats showed in conning Americans about Biden's mental health for years, until Biden failed miserably in the debate?

Yes, much like that.

Why are you people so proud to behave like those you despise?

 

[Independent thinker]

Yes, much like that.

Why are you people so proud to behave like those you despise?

Thanks for admitting that democrats should be despised.

 

[Mac1958]

Thanks for admitting that democrats should be despised.

I wasn't expecting a straight answer.

You people are no better than those you despise. Thanks for admitting that.

 

[Independent thinker]

I wasn't expecting a straight answer.

You people are no better than those you despise. Thanks for admitting that.

You people are no better than those you despise. Thanks for admitting that.

 

[justoffal]

The Supreme Court’s decision last year in Trump v. United States gave the president of the United States criminal immunity for “official acts,” defined as anything that could involve or plausibly extend to the president’s core duties.

Critics of the ruling, such as the constitutional scholar Akhil Reed Amar, were quick to note that the court’s formulation had no basis in the text, structure or history of the Constitution. The dissenting justices in the case, led by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, warned that the ruling would, in effect, make the president a king.

“The court,” Sotomayor wrote, “effectively creates a law-free zone around the president, upsetting the status quo that has existed since the founding.” When the president uses his official powers in any way, she continued, “he now will be insulated from criminal prosecution. Orders the Navy’s SEAL Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune. Organizes a military coup to hold on to power? Immune. Takes a bribe in exchange for a pardon? Immune.”

Opinion | The Repercussions of Trump v. United States May Finally Be Hitting Justice Roberts

What is the chief justice getting at?

www.nytimes.com

trump's insulation from overtly corrupt acts goes beyond legal accountability. It extends to the political realm as well.

Trump Pardons Criminal Whose Mom Attended Mar-a-Lago Fundraiser​

MSN

She was right. In his second term as president, Donald Trump has claimed royal prerogative over the entire executive branch. His lieutenants, likewise, have rejected judicial oversight of his actions, blasting individual judges for supposedly usurping the authority of the president.

House Budget Bill Would Gut Federal Courts’ Ability to Enforce Orders

Buried in the House’s budget reconciliation bill — now pending in the Senate — is a legislative provision that takes aim at the federal judiciary. Section 70302, titled “Restriction on Enforcement,” would undermine federal judges’ authority to enforce court orders by limiting their ability to hold government officials in contempt, a key tool for compelling compliance with court orders.

Budget Bill Would Gut Federal Courts’ Ability to Enforce Orders

The legislation would make it harder for judges to hold defiant parties, including government officials, in contempt.

www.brennancenter.org

Republicans seek impeachment of 2 more judges who stymied Trump​

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/republicans-seek-impeachment-2-more-judges-who-stymied-trump-2025-03-24/

Congressional Repubs are seeking to reorient the judiciary's power to enforce the law against a lawless admin when they should be looking for ways to reign in trump's uncontrolled lust for power.

Nothing seems to give pause to his loyal flock. Not even this frightening declaration of sovereignty.

“He who saves his Country does not violate any Law.”

It doesn't raise anything new. Libel law has always been libel law. Ever since it's inception well over 100 years ago they have been almost no changes to the basic construct of how it is adjudicated and how it is prosecuted. That's not to say that it doesn't get abused but that goes with the territory as with any law that gets enforced.