I should probably wait to see if Legal Eagle puts out of a video on this, but what exactly is happening here? Trump hasn't been convicted of any criminal acts yet, right? I didn't sleep through that and miss it? Why is it even possible to ask the Supreme Court for a ruling on this already, let alone for them to say they'll do it?
The Special Counsel petitioned the Supreme Court to take up the issue several weeks ago, before the lower court ruling (because, obviously, this issue would end up before them anyway). The SC passed then, but OBVIOUSLY took it up when Trump threw his hissy fit.
The Constitution, and subsequent legislation, is VERY vague on on many of the liabilities associated with many parts of our government. Because, up until Trump, there was an expectation that most people serving the government weren't crazy, wannabe dictators. Because of that, Trump is claiming he is immune to prosecution for his actions during his presidency.
The Court will now decide if Presidents are immune to anything they do as President.
If they want to give immunity to trump: they literally have to wait until after the election AND a trump victory (which statistically cannot happen, unless democrats get lazy and complacent.) otherwise they give it to biden first.
And then biden can just have the whole lot of them assassinated, supreme court included, and install people who aren't corrupt fuckwits... or no one at all, as a dictator wouldn't need a supreme court OR an election cycle.
The irony being that Biden doing this, wielding unilateral supreme power and assassinating his opponents would only make americas standing on the world stage go up.
Sad part is that Biden COULD fix a LOT of the issues doing so, and without consequence if the court grants full immunity. But he might take that pesky moral "high ground" and we end up with Trump, or some wannabe down the line, doing far worse.
Biden doesn't have the balls to go that extreme. Harris, though....
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