This is an “official act”: "Just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the Republican congressmen."
xOf the 6-Justice majority in today’s terrible immunity decision, two justices (Thomas, Alito) were violating federal law (28 USC 455) by not recusing from the case and three (Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett) were appointed by the man whom the decision essentially immunized. Hmmm. 🤔— Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ (@tribelaw) July 2, 2024 xWTF? The right wing SCOTUS majority held that Trump is immune re: claims that he directed the DOJ to conduct knowingly sham investigations b4 admitting that, “TRUE THERE IS NO PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY CLAUSE IN THE CONSTITUTION…” (See pp. 37-38) Remember how they reversed Roe v… pic.twitter.com/8UiIlJloOC— jennycohn@toad.social ✍🏻 📢 (@jennycohn1) July 2, 2024 WTF? The right wing SCOTUS majority held that Trump is immune re: claims that he directed the DOJ to conduct knowingly sham investigations b4 admitting that, “TRUE THERE IS NO PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY CLAUSE IN THE CONSTITUTION…” (See pp. 37-38) Remember how they reversed Roe v Wade, emphasizing that the constitution includes no explicit reference to abortion? 1/ supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf… 2/ From pp. 37-38 3/ What further blows my mind is that the right wing SCOTUS majority even manufactured a three prong test for this manufactured right to presidential immunity. Remember how right wingers complained incessantly about Roe v Wade’s three trimester approach for abortion rights? 4/ Yes, they found that all conduct involving Trump’s communications with the acting AG and others in the DOJ re: investigations are absolutely immune. 5/ This opinion strongly suggests that a POTUS would have absolute immunity for ordering the DOJ to conduct knowingly sham investigations & prosecutions of political opponents, which is highly concerning. (On the other hand, Trump was probably planning to launch such investigations even without this gift.) 6/ This is the three part test that the right wing SCOTUS majority made up for presidential immunity cases. The court also found that Trump’s directives and communications with the acting AG & DOJ are category 1. 7/ This is from the syllabus to the opinion. 8/ Also from the syllabus (re: Trump’s discussions with the DOJ falling within absolute immunity). 9/ SCOTUS held that Trump’s discussions with the VP Pence re: not certifying the election are a gray area and remanded to the district court to figure it out. 10/ The opinion is just odd. Even the attorney-client privilege has a crime-fraud exception. Since when are crimes considered “official acts”? 11/ This SCOTUS immunity opinion should be evaluated in conjunction with Project 2025 which calls for the installation of Trump “yes men” in the DOJ and for taking legal action against local officials, including District Attorneys, who refuse to what POTUS wants. See page 553 of Project 2025. 👇static.project2025.org/2025_MandateFo… 12/ The SCOTUS that delivered this immunity opinion and the organizations behind Project 2025 emanate from the same place: Council for National Policy (CNP) Board of Governors member Leonard Leo. Unroll available on Thread Reader • • •
Of the 6-Justice majority in today’s terrible immunity decision, two justices (Thomas, Alito) were violating federal law (28 USC 455) by not recusing from the case and three (Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett) were appointed by the man whom the decision essentially immunized. Hmmm. 🤔— Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ (@tribelaw) July 2, 2024
Of the 6-Justice majority in today’s terrible immunity decision, two justices (Thomas, Alito) were violating federal law (28 USC 455) by not recusing from the case and three (Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett) were appointed by the man whom the decision essentially immunized. Hmmm. 🤔
WTF? The right wing SCOTUS majority held that Trump is immune re: claims that he directed the DOJ to conduct knowingly sham investigations b4 admitting that, “TRUE THERE IS NO PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY CLAUSE IN THE CONSTITUTION…” (See pp. 37-38) Remember how they reversed Roe v… pic.twitter.com/8UiIlJloOC— jennycohn@toad.social ✍🏻 📢 (@jennycohn1) July 2, 2024
WTF? The right wing SCOTUS majority held that Trump is immune re: claims that he directed the DOJ to conduct knowingly sham investigations b4 admitting that, “TRUE THERE IS NO PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY CLAUSE IN THE CONSTITUTION…” (See pp. 37-38) Remember how they reversed Roe v… pic.twitter.com/8UiIlJloOC
4/ Yes, they found that all conduct involving Trump’s communications with the acting AG and others in the DOJ re: investigations are absolutely immune.
5/ This opinion strongly suggests that a POTUS would have absolute immunity for ordering the DOJ to conduct knowingly sham investigations & prosecutions of political opponents, which is highly concerning. (On the other hand, Trump was probably planning to launch such investigations even without this gift.)
12/ The SCOTUS that delivered this immunity opinion and the organizations behind Project 2025 emanate from the same place: Council for National Policy (CNP) Board of Governors member Leonard Leo.
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It’s not a process of a second American Revolution but a second Civil War
Imagine not getting a visit from the FBI talking about: ”Let confederates take over the government or we’re gonna shed blood.” - President of the Heritage Foundation #Project2025— Denise - Pamela Denise Long (@PDeniseLong) July 3, 2024
Imagine not getting a visit from the FBI talking about: ”Let confederates take over the government or we’re gonna shed blood.” - President of the Heritage Foundation #Project2025