Supreme Court Ruling time again

[petee]

at least Bannon is going into the clink.

hurr durr

Steve Bannon 'quite concerned' his prison mates will be 'dangerous criminals': report

Steve Bannon — former President Donald Trump's chief White House strategist — will report to federal prison on Monday. And according to a recent report, he's quietly fretting about the people he'll be with while incarcerated.The Daily Beast reported that an unnamed source close to Bannon said...

www.alternet.org

 

[StoneRoad]

hurr durr

Steve Bannon 'quite concerned' his prison mates will be 'dangerous criminals': report

Steve Bannon — former President Donald Trump's chief White House strategist — will report to federal prison on Monday. And according to a recent report, he's quietly fretting about the people he'll be with while incarcerated.The Daily Beast reported that an unnamed source close to Bannon said...

www.alternet.org

Don't do the crime if you can't do the time springs to mind !

 

[two sheds]

he'll probably be the most dangerous criminal in there

 

[petee]

Don't do the crime if you can't do the time springs to mind !

i think of that line often!

 

[Ming]

he'll probably be the most dangerous criminal in there

In terms of overall damage done probably.

 

[Nylock]

Maybe natural justice will finally prevail and that cunt gets shanked in the showers...

 

[Yossarian]

Maybe natural justice will finally prevail and that cunt gets shanked in the showers...

I think there's probably a very big proportion of Trump supporters among prison guards and he'll probably be kept well out of harm's way, though it would be funny if it turned out that some of them had lost money in Bannon's border wall scam and wanted payback

 

[Jeff Robinson]

So it looks like today… a day’s extension of the SCOTUS term will be the day we get the immunity decision. At this point they’re trolling the entire American public… “we can drag this out as long as we want because, fuck you”.

After yet another term of the court smashing a wrecking ball through long established legal doctrines, stripping US citizens of rights, further gutting democracy, reducing the ability of courts to function and government agencies to govern, amassing even more power for itself and of course, giving Trump an escape hatch for trying to eradicate democracy (whatever it decides today) surely it’s time to prioritise court reform as a matter of urgency?

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Yes and no, it seems.

US supreme court rules Trump has ‘absolute immunity’ for official acts

Court rules former presidents entitled to some degree of immunity from criminal prosecution

www.theguardian.com

 

[Silas Loom]

Yes and no, it seems.

Not really. The examples of what might be “unofficial” are ultra-minimal and designed for Trump to get away with insurrection and attempted election theft. It’s a brazen decision for Trump by client judges.

 

[Jeff Robinson]

 

[Silas Loom]

The partially dissenting opinion notes that in the majority ruling, stuff done “officially” cannot be adduced in evidence to prosecute for stuff done “unofficially”, further scuppering any chance of ever convicting Trump for anything done between 2016 and 2021.

 

[Jeff Robinson]

From Sutomayor's dissent:

When he (the president) uses his official powers in any way, under the majority’s reasoning, 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 onto power? Immune. Takes a bribe in exchange for a pardon? Immune. Immune, immune, immune.

Let the President violate the law, let him exploit the trappings of his office for personal gain, let him use his officialpower for evil ends. Because if he knew that he may oneday face liability for breaking the law, he might not be asbold and fearless as we would like him to be. That is themajority’s message today.Even if these nightmare scenarios never play out, and I pray they never do, the damage has been done. The relationship between the President and the people he serves has shifted irrevocably. In every use of official power, the President is now a king above the law.

 

[bcuster]

From Sutomayor's dissent:

Here's a CNN article on the immunity ruling

Supreme Court rules Trump has limited immunity in January 6 case, jeopardizing trial before election​

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/01/politics/supreme-court-donald-trump-immunity/index.html

 

[Jeff Robinson]

The prospects of Trump becoming president have now got a lot more terrifying.

How the fuck are these pro-fascist client "judges" just allowed to get away with this? At some point, the egregious and unbounded nature of their assaults on democracy, rights and the rule of law must yeild the reaction "we don't give a fuck who you are, you can't do this shit anymore".

 

[Jeff Robinson]

 

[Jeff Robinson]

 

[bcuster]

I'd take this all to mean that Trump is immune to prosecution for J6

 

[NoXion]

If only Biden had the balls to order a drone strike on Trump.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

From Sutomayor's dissent:

We've known for a long time that some people don't have to follow the law. They're just finally admitting it.

 

[WouldBe]

If only Biden had the balls to order a drone strike on Trump.

And the supreme court.

 

[tommers]

It's mad to see this happening right in front of you.

 

[krtek a houby]

It's mad to see this happening right in front of you.

But not as shocking as it once might have been.

 

[Jeff Robinson]

Another rubicon crossed. Another terrifying example of the US teetering to the brink of fascism.

If Trump isn't comprehensively defeated in November and if SCOTUS radically reformed or packed then you can kiss goodbye to the last vestigages of democracy and the republic altogether.

 

[Dogsauce]

Biden should now go and burn down Clarence Thomas’s house.

 

[frogwoman]

So Trump is essentially 'innocent'?

 

[Jeff Robinson]

 

[krtek a houby]

Another rubicon crossed. Another terrifying example of the US teetering to the brink of fascism.

If Trump isn't comprehensively defeated in November and if SCOTUS radically reformed or packed then you can kiss goodbye to the last vestigages of democracy and the republic altogether.

And if he is defeated (not sure he will be) there's a chance of mayhem. That kind of subservience, ideology and idolatry isn't going back in the bottle...

 

[littlebabyjesus]

So Trump is essentially 'innocent'?

He's neither guilty nor innocent. He's incapable of committing a crime when acting in his official capacity as president. The SC has explicitly placed the US president above the law.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

The double standards are extraordinary. The US doesn't sign up for much in the way of international law, but presumably they wouldn't extend this courtesy to the heads of state of other countries. Putin, a criminal? Not at all. Can't be. He's a President.