What we learned from Trump’s surprisingly good day at the Supreme Court

[Gunny]

Can of worms.

What we learned from Trump’s surprisingly good day at the Supreme Court - POLITICO (https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/25/trump-supreme-court-immunity-takeaways-00154470)

[fj1200]

Can of worms.

What we learned from Trump’s surprisingly good day at the Supreme Court - POLITICO (https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/25/trump-supreme-court-immunity-takeaways-00154470)


“If an incumbent who loses a very close, hotly contested election knows that a real possibility after leaving office is not that the president is going to be able to go off into a peaceful retirement, but that the president may be criminally prosecuted by a bitter political opponent, will that not lead us into a cycle that destabilizes the functioning of our country as a democracy?” Alito said.

Sotomayor followed with a counterpoint.

“A stable democratic society needs the good faith of its public officials. That good faith assumes that they will follow the law. There is no fail-safe system of government,” Sotomayor said. “We have a judicial system that has layers and layers and layers of protection for accused defendants in the hopes that the innocent will go free. We fail, routinely. But we succeed more often than not.”
“If it fails completely,” she added wistfully, “it’s because we’ve destroyed our democracy on our own.”

The problem with the former is not that prosecutions occur but that prosecutions occur that aren't applied equally.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_prosecution

And the problem with the latter is that a requirement is the good faith of the prosecutors.

All that being said, trump is a buffoon.

[Gunny]

The problem with the former is not that prosecutions occur but that prosecutions occur that aren't applied equally.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_prosecution

And the problem with the latter is that a requirement is the good faith of the prosecutors.

All that being said, trump is a buffoon.Lot of that two-tier justice system going around lately.

If the Supreme Court kicks it back to the lower courts for clarifications that drag out past the election, Trump gets what he wants provided he wins in Nov. He's got a LOT riding on that bet.

[fj1200]

Lot of that two-tier justice system going around lately.

If the Supreme Court kicks it back to the lower courts for clarifications that drag out past the election, Trump gets what he wants provided he wins in Nov. He's got a LOT riding on that bet.

Which I think happens to be a just result in this case given the politicization of it all.