FedSoc justices disgraced themselves and their fake pet theories in the oral argument on presidential immunity.
Remember when they were “minimalists”? Oh, but now they embarked on a long policy peregrination so as to make what Gorsuch called a “ruling for the ages.” (He actually said that.) Behind the stunning pomposity, it’s miles from “minimalist.”
Remember when they were “constitutionalists”? The constitution says they’ve got to stick to the “case or controversy” before them, and yet they went on their wild hypothetical wanderings. Some “constitutionalists.”
Remember when they were “originalists”? Follow the text, never mind the outcomes?
All gone, in hand-waving about what various rulings might portend, and what effects they could have.
Remember their recent switch (Dobbs, Bruen) to “history and tradition”? The “history” is that no president but Nixon and Trump committed crimes; none sought immunity.
The “tradition” is presidents for centuries got along just
fine without get-out-of-jail-free cards; knowing that if they do crime, they do time.
This case was easy. The FedSoccers had an indictment in front of them. They had zero precedent of absolute presidential immunity.
The question before them was, could the government proceed to trial under that indictment? Instead they embarked on a graduate policy seminar “for the ages.” Oy. Other than flagrant violations of their own alleged principles, what did this grotesque exercise produce? DELAY. It produced DELAY.
In Bush v. Gore, the FedSoc justices decided the case that put Bush in the presidency ONE DAY after oral arguments. When the Republican Party needed speed, FedSoc justices delivered to their owners.
And if, as some predict, the Court sends it back for fact-finding, note the variance from the Court’s recent penchant for fact-finding even false facts.
The perception of corruption within SCOTUS is evident. It is clear to Americans. They are political hacks.
Remember in Bush v. Gore, the FedSoc justices decided the case that put Bush in the presidency ONE DAY after oral arguments. When the Republican Party needed speed, FedSoc justices delivered to their owners.
@skykiss This is so ahistorical it borders on conspiracy theory.
There is a grand total of one currently-sitting Judge who even heard Bush v. Gore. There's no "they" here. It's an entirely different Court.
The United States has never delayed seating a President. They had only a few weeks until the inauguration deadline. Failure to decide Bush v. Gore could have jeopardized that timeline, and that shit matters. You want to see a democracy go to hell? Delay sitting its new Executive by one day and see how long until people start crying "It's a dictatorship!" In contrast, we're still months out from the Presidential elections. Speed is not of the essence right now. Thoroughness is.
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