SCOTUS King Makers

Today, the United States Supreme Court declared that Trump is king and that anything he did while he was president is legal.

The court split 6-3 along ideological lines in finding that a president is a) absolutely immune for actions taken while exercising his “core constitutional powers” and b) entitled to the presumption of immunity for all official acts.

But what are “official” acts? Is calling election workers to intimidate them to give you more votes an “official” act? Is telling the entire nation that you won an election you lost an “official” act? Is delegating goons like Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani to convince lawmakers to overturn an election an “official” act? Is orchestrating the installment of fake electors an “official” act? Is demanding Georgia’s Secretary of State of state to find you 11,780 votes an “official” act? Is inciting an insurrection an “official” act?

The court did say that a president is not immune from prosecution for unofficial acts. But, what’s unofficial? That question has been thrown to the lower courts to discover and no matter what they determine, their rulings can be appealed. At this rate, we’ll be lucky to see the January 6 case begin before the next century.

This ruling appears to say that any discussions with anyone in his administration, like White House counsels, members of the Justice Department, or the vice president about trying to overturn the election is an “official” act. This ruling may even affect the case in Atlanta.

SCOTUS only took this case to help Trump delay his trial. The added bonus is making him a king. Soon after Trump took over the White House in 2017, Stephen Baby Goebbels Miller went on TV and said, “The president shall not be questioned.” Apparently, SCOTUS now agrees.

We are moving closer and closer to becoming an authoritarian government.

By the way, Donald Trump is a national security threat. He attempted to overturn an election and overthrow the government, and he’s beholden to Putin. Citing him as a danger to this nation, like Osama bin Laden or Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, couldn’t President Biden have him taken out as an “official” act?

I’m just thinking out loud.

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