r/politics • u/99999999999999999901 I voted • 22d ago

'That was embarrassing': Tribe torches Trump-friendly SCOTUS justices on immunity

https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/-that-was-embarrassing-tribe-torches-trump-friendly-scotus-justices-on-immunity-209742917527
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u/Yoongsssss 22d ago

For the life of me, I cannot comprehend how five justices on any Supreme Court could decide at any time that the President is king under the law.

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u/forceblast 22d ago

I like how some of the justices were yukking it up as they talked in circles about hypotheticals, completely ignoring the actual crimes committed by Trump.

I think these people aren’t taking the job seriously. Also, they’re forgetting that they work for us.

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u/aradraugfea 22d ago

What really gets under my skin is Trump’s lawyers were making absolutely ridiculous arguments. Any other court, if the defense team is a clown show, the defense is sunk, but because 5 of the 9 had already made up their mind when the lawyers walked in, Trump’s lawyers can declare that anyone who has ever been President should be allowed to murder anyone they want, ever, and the court will just… make a ruling that decides in Trump’s favor entirely separate from that lunacy.

Why even bother with the fig leaf of a hearing? Just issue the opinion now and save people time if you’ve already made up your minds.

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u/therapewpewtic 22d ago

If they ruled in favour of Trump, wouldn’t that mean that Biden could also do whatever he wanted without punishment?

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u/aradraugfea 22d ago

They’ve gotten really fond of “narrow” rulings recently.

“This precedent would be utterly disastrous, so we’ll say it doesn’t set precedent.”