As you would guess, it’s a nightmare.
Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) posted at 9:29 AM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
🚨The Supreme Court rules that President Trump has “absolute immunity” from criminal prosecution for all “official acts” he took while in office. The vote is 6–3 with all three liberals dissenting. https://t.co/ovLYlcsF4s
(https://x.com/mjs_DC/status/1807783706368614780?t=IrkxA49XDWc5aoq3FzNw8w&s=03)Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) posted at 9:35 AM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
Today’s decision is about as big a win for Trump as he could have possibly wanted for expected. The conservative supermajority creates a sweeping new kind of “presidential immunity” that will insulate MANY of his allegedly criminal acts from indictment or prosecution. Just huge.
(https://x.com/mjs_DC/status/1807785167949373719?t=4yoIGxwLBrNxe0vXwKjpCg&s=03)Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) posted at 9:38 AM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
Justice Sotomayor’s dissent is one of the most terrified and terrifying pieces of judicial writing I’ve ever encountered—she lists the criminal acts that presidents can now take with immunity and says “the president is now a king above the law.” https://t.co/ovLYlcsF4s https://t.co/6mx4nP0SHE
(https://x.com/mjs_DC/status/1807785884630008126?t=PpMJ0AwBgilxsclWRNt5fQ&s=03)Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) posted at 9:42 AM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
Both Sotomayor and Jackson (below) are extremely skeptical that the majority’s “arbitrary and irrational” distinction between official and “unofficial” acts will allow accountability for Trump or any future president, an ominous sign for Jack Smith. https://t.co/ovLYlcsF4s https://t.co/JM0oNl8nBl
(https://x.com/mjs_DC/status/1807786936263668164?t=npgaBRbSTr07ACsZ7rHIYQ&s=03)Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) posted at 9:43 AM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
I just want to take a step back and say that I think the Supreme Court just fundamentally altered the structure and nature of democracy in America. It awards the president the measure of power and immunity that is much, much closer to a king or emperor than an elected official.
(https://x.com/mjs_DC/status/1807787210428600726?t=3kOutPwgXa9m8ywhjsQA1Q&s=03)Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) posted at 9:45 AM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
The Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority establishes new principles—located nowhere in the text of the Constitution—that permanently shield the president from meaningful accountability when he weaponizes the tools of his office for criminal purposes. That is shocking.
(https://x.com/mjs_DC/status/1807787568110436697?t=0BV3RI2Fcc8_C6aPyl_tmQ&s=03)Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) posted at 9:47 AM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
The Supreme Court’s conservatives have elevated the presidency significantly the other two branches of our federal government, awarding the president a king-like power to engage in violent, corrupt, or treasonous behavior without even the fear of prosecution for his crimes.
(https://x.com/mjs_DC/status/1807788009816768589?t=i6FbTCwpps0IehtL58CfdQ&s=03)
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Eric Holder (@EricHolder) posted at 10:11 AM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
Our democracy has been gravely wounded
The Trump immunity decision says: a president CAN VIOLATE THE CRIMINAL LAW if he acts within his broadly defined “constitutional authority”
Absurd and dangerous
There is no basis in the Constitution for this Court constructed monstrosity
(https://x.com/EricHolder/status/1807794248894292203?t=izN03QSyu4-xnAeg9THE2w&s=03)
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From the dissenting Justice Sotomayor:
Today’s decision to grant former Presidents criminal immunity reshapes the institution of the Presidency. It makes a mockery of the principle, foundational to our Constitution and system of Government, that no man is above the law.
Relying on little more than its own misguided wisdom about the need for ‘ bold and unhesitating action’ by the President, ante, at 3, 13, the Court gives former President Trump all the immunity he asked for and more. Because, our Constitution does not shield a former President from answering for criminal and treasonous acts, I dissent.
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More From Justice Sotomayor’s dissent:
Never in the history of our Republic has a President had reason to believe that he would be immune from criminal prosecution if he used the trappings of his office to violate the criminal law. Moving forward, however, all former Presidents will be cloaked in such immunity. If the occupant of that office misuses official power for personal gain, the criminal law that the resto f us must abide will not provide a backstop.With fear for our democracy, I dissent.
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Justice Brown Jackson dissenting:
Katie Phang (@KatiePhang) posted at 3:55 PM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
Justice Jackson’s dissent: “…the Court today transfers from the political branches to itself the power to decide when the President can be held accountable.”“…while Congress (the branch of our Government most accountable to the People) is the entity our Constitution tasks with deciding, as a general matter, what conduct is on or off limits, the Court has now arrogated that power until itself when that question pertains to the President.”
(https://x.com/KatiePhang/status/1807880786646794723?t=qp4OxYpn1CBYmwHjarssKg&s=03)
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@judgeluttig
@judgeluttig
It can never again be said that in America “no man is above the law.” The Supreme Court held today that the President of the United States — and the former president in particular — is above the law, and the only person in America who is above the law.
1:02 PM · Jul 1, 2024
https://x.com/judgeluttig/status/1807837280851095597
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Jen “we will not be ruled by a king ” Rubin
@JRubinBlogger
Snappy summary of the day: 1. The Supreme Court is thoroughly corrupt and has given a green light to a criminal running for president to commit more crimes in office. 2. This is the constitutional crisis of our time. 3. Biden should run nearly exclusively on this. On the crimes Trump did and would commit. 4. No one would be safe because he literally could order anyone’s execution as “commander in chief” 5. Run on “We will not be ruled by a king.” 6. On July 4 rededicate ourselves to independence from a monarch (trump) and his court jesters. 7. Rally the base and independents.
11:56 AM · Jul 1, 2024
https://x.com/JRubinBlogger/status/1807820638624555032
More Black Jobs from the Omega Psi Phi Conclave👊🏾👊🏾
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTNMf8LTf/
Sasha Sinclair🎨✍️🎬 (@SashaSinclair11) posted at 11:49 AM on Tue, Jul 02, 2024:
“The President wouldn’t be so old is the Vice President wasn’t so Black.” – #BlackTwitter Proverb https://t.co/tyZOEpOBfS
(https://x.com/SashaSinclair11/status/1808181096242114651?t=flyJ7SXTazxRaQ-bMYrBYw&s=03)
UH HUH
UH HUH
Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) posted at 0:35 PM on Tue, Jul 02, 2024:
After sharing false viral claim that Biden did not speak to any Dem governors post-debate…Jake Tapper deleted thread but does not acknowledge the error. So bad.
(https://x.com/KaivanShroff/status/1808192788946653527?t=IGx7f1LZUycq0Wy4nVvFmw&s=03)
Denise Oliver-Velez 💛 (@Deoliver47) posted at 3:00 PM on Tue, Jul 02, 2024:
I am sick and tired of hearing the corrupt MAGA fascists on the Supreme Court described as “conservatives” by the news media and punidjits. They are not conserving or preserving democracy – they are hell bent on destroying it.
(https://x.com/Deoliver47/status/1808229293396484484?t=28QKCpmX47QZm13Y7nnl-A&s=03)
💛🐝 Lauren-Ashley Arts (@LaurenAshley087) posted at 3:55 PM on Tue, Jul 02, 2024:
“The Biden administration told emergency room doctors they must perform emergency abortions when necessary to save a pregnant woman’s health, following last week’s Supreme Court ruling that failed to settle a legal dispute over whether state abortion bans override a federal law”
(https://x.com/LaurenAshley087/status/1808243016836305051?t=ADbbfGDvr0qxGNHgUFw-Uw&s=03)
We don’t take anything seriously 🤣🤣🤣🤣
2RawTooReal (@2RawTooReal) posted at 3:13 PM on Tue, Jul 02, 2024:
Joseph Robinett Targaryen #BidenHarris2024 https://t.co/k0cZ0UdmES
(https://x.com/2RawTooReal/status/1808232565217624519?t=bnKqIbyU0aAsgtEBmaguZg&s=03)
Leto
JULY 2, 2024 AT 5:16 PM
Why I don’t have time to play make believe “if tha party leaders” bullshit:
Travisjakers
3h3 hours ago
Republicans are proposing deep cuts to active duty allowances (housing), medical care, and many veterans benefits, deeply harming military families. Among some of the cuts included in the GOP/Heritage Foundation Project 2025 proposals are eliminating disability compensation, ending medical enrollment in the VA for some veterans, and limiting disability claims to 10 years after service.
This is shameful for the GOP to even propose. An insult to our men and women who have served our country!
Jen “I dissent ” Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) posted at 3:17 PM on Tue, Jul 02, 2024:
the Supreme Court just made the president king and the punditocracy is back chattering about the debate. the attention span of gnats and zero perspective. God help the democracy.
(https://x.com/JRubinBlogger/status/1808233571821248585?t=Ql1Av_glZBDHmLBZJRPf7w&s=03)
Dan Shafer
@DanRShafer
NEW SPECIAL REPORT: RNC event bookings have been “underwhelming” and a “failure,” says Gary Witt (
@Iamablur
). The Pabst and Riverside will sit empty during the convention. Downtown restaurants also worry about the lack of activity. Let’s recombobulate:
https://x.com/DanRShafer/status/1805980278659146161
Candidly Tiff
@tify330
I know an Op when I see one and I am gonna need Dems to stop being so damn gullible. Enough is enough already.
https://x.com/tify330/status/1808225033891795212
Post-Left Watch (@PostLeftWatch) posted at 0:22 AM on Tue, Jul 02, 2024:
Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian criticize a Kamala Harris ad where she says “They not like us”, Ana says “Speak like a normal human being” and Cenk says “Is that how you speak when you’re in a debate?”
I don’t think they know she’s referencing a Kendrick Lamar song. https://t.co/aatfuoywMI
(https://x.com/PostLeftWatch/status/1808008271003017273?t=MeUj0ZQJL7oiQsF5FqPfYg&s=03)
chris evans (@notcapnamerica) posted at 0:53 AM on Tue, Jul 02, 2024:
AAVE being quoted from a popular hip hop song = “not speaking like a normal human being”
Do these people even try to hide their racism anymore?
(https://x.com/notcapnamerica/status/1808016142067228922?t=ihaFE4yMtdTxTRgc-xWgcw&s=03)
Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) posted at 11:50 AM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
By the way, everybody who has been pushing this narrative that the Conservative court was somehow “moderate” and there’s a 3-3-3 split with Roberts, Brett & Amy being reasonable need to form a line behind me to kiss my black ass.
(https://x.com/ElieNYC/status/1807818986395951190?t=DxFGkbMMHs7IYEgNmTcHKw&s=03)
Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) posted at 8:40 AM on Tue, Jul 02, 2024:
Here’s the deal: none of this happens in a vacuum. We have to look at Project 2025, Dobbs, Loper Bright, yesterday’s immunity decision & Trump’s onslaught of authoritarian plans like the one below all together. That’s the future we get if he returns to office.
(https://x.com/JoyceWhiteVance/status/1808133637369696468?t=Yd1VM00A_xIodFe6XtPVCQ&s=03)
Will Bunch (@Will_Bunch) posted at 11:30 AM on Tue, Jul 02, 2024:
I’m so tired of being gaslit by America’s pundits and editorial-page editors, so I kind of went all Harper Valley PTA in my new newsletter
Biden mumbles and walks slow. Democracy is on a ventilator. Journalists need to figure out what’s more important 🎁https://t.co/dnOSLKdqvC
(https://x.com/Will_Bunch/status/1808176414371262496?t=gGw7hC1bV7LEdsC81ske6g&s=03)
Chris Strider (@stridinstrider) posted at 0:37 PM on Tue, Jul 02, 2024:
Wow.
It looks as if CNN’s Jake Tapper had to delete most of his “Biden rumors” thread – because they turned out to be false, untruths, lies – whatever they call them these days.
See below 👇🏼 https://t.co/l6sint0Mzm
(https://x.com/stridinstrider/status/1808193249812599067?t=ZoYkU1zzVKqL2W_8n-ukjA&s=03)
G O L D I E.
@goldietaylor
Remember when they started calling it economic anxiety? The truth is the Founders never envisioned a multiracial democracy and neither did their descendants. They built it for themselves and fully intended to keep it that way.
11:50 AM · Jul 2, 2024
https://x.com/goldietaylor/status/1808181526925885759
Moneybag Mo
@Morneque
Then they should have never brought us here or prevented us from leaving. Now they are stuck in a country we built with none of the skills needed to maintain it.
11:56 AM · Jul 2, 2024
https://x.com/Morneque/status/1808182916695859310
Jason Karsh
@jkarsh
The political press seems dug in. The trade-off they seem to want is, ‘Give us a brokered convention—or at least another nominee so we can cover the chaos or we’re going to ignore the Republican effort to end democracy all the way through November. Your choice.’
11:41 AM · Jul 2, 2024
https://x.com/jkarsh/status/1808179261171552743
TRUTH HURTS
Christopher Bouzy (spoutible.com/cbouzy) (@cbouzy) posted at 7:56 AM on Tue, Jul 02, 2024:
Some of you goofy nincompoops decided to stay home or vote for Jill Stein in 2016, and because of your “protest vote,” you now have fewer rights than your parents did.
(https://x.com/cbouzy/status/1808122476053901527?t=NWfpP3P7s3SrQypn1B0dZg&s=03)
NB NOLA (@psddluva4evah) posted at 10:04 AM on Tue, Jul 02, 2024:
The Axios team sole mission seems to be bringing down Biden and doing shit about Trump…at this point it’s become a coordinated hit job as other folks have said…smh.
This seems like a personal agenda and NOT just “reporting”.
Same with most of the beltway political media!
(https://x.com/psddluva4evah/status/1808154897789210672?t=vdzwdspKb7Fjw-4ugK99Cg&s=03)
uh huh
uh huh
Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) posted at 8:18 AM on Tue, Jul 02, 2024:
Carl Bernstein says that at a June 2023 fundraiser at the Four Seasons restaurant that Biden was…
Wait. Stop.
There was no 2023 fundraiser at the Four Seasons restaurant.
The Four Seasons restaurant closed in 2019.
ht @BrandiAtkinson
(https://x.com/DanaHoule/status/1808128160707362847?t=WcjbhHC3AXKSzpnjdDEQ7Q&s=03)
Ragnarok Lobster 🐺 (@eclecticbrotha) posted at 11:31 PM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
Jake Tapper trying to draw attention away from his “stunningly flawed” moderation of CNN debate.
Blame the format all you want, but the conservatives who frantically worked the refs prior to the debate punked Tapper into letting all of Trump’s lies go unchallenged.
(https://x.com/eclecticbrotha/status/1807995550303760577?t=QxduZp8xG6SNl-xKWkBP5A&s=03)
worth the watch
HEE DMVGMC
@gwenmcdonald1
Read them professionally for FILTH!
https://x.com/gwenmcdonald1/status/1807972725903827007
Vincent ⚖️ (@VtheEsquire) posted at 10:59 AM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
Joe Biden does not need to “step aside” for some magical Democrat to come in and put a campaign together in 3 months.
There is already a Presidential succession plan in place. Her name is Kamala Harris.
All this hand-wringing is really about her, when you think about it.
(https://x.com/VtheEsquire/status/1807806364657263032?t=DWj2fIrDKd6y8fqmF-O0aA&s=03)
The Biden Accomplishments Guy (@What46HasDone) posted at 11:33 PM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
Another funny thing about the “Biden can do crimes now” people is you literally just saw how all the disloyal hoes went running and screaming because of a subpar debate performance. There’s not anywhere close to the ride or die in this party necessary for “commits crime spree.”
(https://x.com/What46HasDone/status/1807996015221309655?t=y4pjKTjTM-XSc2DXrcsa6A&s=03)
Ragnarok Lobster 🐺 (@eclecticbrotha) posted at 11:13 PM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
Screaming “ZOMG Biden used a teleprompter and left without taking questions!” just hours after the Supreme Court granted Trump immunity from prosecution is just one more nail in the coffin of responsible journalism.
(https://x.com/eclecticbrotha/status/1807990959424090266?t=eMS68O0dMk5rc3Y4MRAPNg&s=03)
UH HUH
UH HUH
Veronica McDonald🗣 (@Purify_toast17) posted at 10:02 AM on Tue, Jul 02, 2024:
It’s time to separate the people who just want to win vs the people who want to win and use that win for change.
A whole lot of White Democrats told us which philosophy they subscribe to this week. 🫖
(https://x.com/Purify_toast17/status/1808154326256218161?t=zF3RBA-n5ffu0iHzeHWnhg&s=03)
Sons of Killmonger & Disciple of Dark Brandon (@2Strong2Silence) posted at 7:44 PM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
I sense white people on this app & in the country are scared. Good! Welcome to what black America has felt forever, largely due to you & your inaction.
(https://x.com/2Strong2Silence/status/1807938302802121195?t=WCSnKazUTj3tWJu5gSBPtA&s=03)
ICAM
Ragnarok Lobster 🐺 (@eclecticbrotha) posted at 0:06 AM on Tue, Jul 02, 2024:
Everyone who says “I can vote my conscience because I live in a blue state” should be forced to spend the ensuing election cycle in a red state.
(https://x.com/eclecticbrotha/status/1808004218327912601?t=9su2LbnUz2pk80K8kicJ1A&s=03)
Leah Goodridge (@leahfrombklyn) posted at 8:56 PM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
There are angels who walk among us.
Nicky Crawford is one of them.
He’s retired. From Atlanta. And he just opened a mobile laundry bus for unhoused people.
“God has blessed me so much, I knew this is what I was supposed to be doing.” https://t.co/3s1RqQJwQ6
(https://x.com/leahfrombklyn/status/1807956389924319250?t=92cLz8sdnH-bC956__P64g&s=03)
Biden’s Wins (@BidensWins) posted at 9:52 AM on Tue, Jul 02, 2024:
BREAKING: Former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson just articulated why President Biden is better on his worst day than Donald Trump at his best. Biden is surrounded by leaders. Trump is surrounded by crooks. Retweet so all Americans see this.https://t.co/TqXFY4Sqgv
(https://x.com/BidensWins/status/1808151786068312179?t=arHDCPSHZWWmPK1_NskO2Q&s=03)
Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) posted at 3:38 PM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
The point of Roberts not telling us what “unofficial” or “official” actually means is that it gives him leeway to make it up later, depending on who wins the next election.
(https://x.com/ElieNYC/status/1807876376768172411?t=0jrwr3N-LU46ydwOjz1dWQ&s=03)
Just phucking evil
Greg Bluestein
@bluestein
Georgia has teamed up with a coalition of Republican-led states – and with a group of Georgia growers – to halt a new federal rulethat would bring expanded protections to migrant farmworkers on temporary visas. #gapol
https://x.com/bluestein/status/1808109565201863085
Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) posted at 0:04 PM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
Federal official:
Steve Bannon is in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Danbury, Connecticut
(https://x.com/MacFarlaneNews/status/1807822619778982278?t=a2kEXbNo6AiXcoBZaFoCWw&s=03)
Christopher Bouzy (spoutible.com/cbouzy) (@cbouzy) posted at 1:12 PM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
Let me clarify my position so you don’t waste time tweeting @ me.
If you voted for Jill Stein, fuck you.
If you voted for Trump, fuck you.
If you are a former Trump supporter now trying to tell Democrats what to do, fuck you.
If you want to replace Biden, fuck you. https://t.co/On9DTgRHna
(https://x.com/cbouzy/status/1807839688910098806?t=Qh3KSw4YqnLZ0c3It7w5-g&s=03)
Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) posted at 4:05 PM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
The majority’s ability to ignore the fact that its writing about a former president who tried to steal an election that he lost and launch an insurrection when he failed is really pretty remarkable (and not in a good way).
(https://x.com/JoyceWhiteVance/status/1807883190830350706?t=8q4BNBHq-HOYw_WINNN4hw&s=03)
2RawTooReal (@2RawTooReal) posted at 2:58 PM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
Maybe because we’re on the brink of a collapse & we’re trying to stop 🛑 a genocide from happening here in America! Idk if you looked outside but they gave the Trump immunity, made it illegal to be homeless, overruled Chevron doctrine, affirmative action & Roe v wade. VOTE 🗳️ https://t.co/BKM1uiWuOo
(https://x.com/2RawTooReal/status/1807866294735085722?t=01JXJhWE3gHhYo3PZNdWvQ&s=03)
Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) posted at 11:07 AM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
🚨Don’t panic on Trump immunity case. Jack Smith will argue Trump’s actions were not “official acts.” There’s precedent on this from a J6 civil case *that I know a thing or two about* that was unanimously upheld by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. This is not a Trump victory.
(https://x.com/RepSwalwell/status/1807808244263579789?t=2v50Gx_L2OSit7xyuHjwVQ&s=03)
Badlydone Emma is voting for Joe (@chemimommy) posted at 2:25 PM on Sat, Jun 29, 2024:
What white people like Tim Miller don’t understand about people of color, is that we do not panic and scatter based on one single event.
For us, elections are existential.
We aren’t going to risk our families and livelihoods because Biden stuttered while telling the truth.
(https://x.com/chemimommy/status/1807133396751057122?t=tnAUf6GBkzGvTOm1jQmcqg&s=03)
Stacey Abrams (@staceyabrams) posted at 3:59 PM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
A convicted liar today received permission from the U.S. Supreme Court to make good on his promise to become Dictator-In-Chief on Day 1. No one is coming to rescue America. It’s on us. We’ve done it before, and we must do it again at the ballot box. See you there.
(https://x.com/staceyabrams/status/1807881644772413644?t=syh_k0NG6vlyBt7K3uQT9A&s=03)
Ryan Goodman
@rgoodlaw
There’s a lot of misunderstanding of the Supreme Court’s ruling in the presidential immunity #January6th case.
We created this infographic
@just_security
to explain:
– the pathways open to Jack Smith
– the scope of immunity from prosecution for all future presidents
https://x.com/rgoodlaw/status/1807862611167293554
James Fallows
@JamesFallows
This feels like December 12, 2000. The day the ruling came down in Bush v. Gore.
Reminder that John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett were all on Bush’s Florida-recount team.
Reminder too of John Paul Stevens’s prophetic dissent in that infamous case:
https://x.com/JamesFallows/status/1807845722232180867
Tristan Snell
@TristanSnell
Donald Trump needs to be careful what he wished for — the Supreme Court’s decision now means Judge Chutkan will hold proceedings on whether Trump’s actions were “official acts” of the presidency.
This could be a trial before the trial, potentially RUINING Trump politically.
11:13 AM · Jul 1, 2024
https://x.com/TristanSnell/status/1807809735044808805
Jen “get knocked down, get back up ” Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) posted at 8:04 AM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
The Supreme Court, in eviscerating decades of administrative law, running roughshod over women’s privacy rights and impeding the federal government’s power to regulate securities law, has aggrandized more power to itself than any court in history. However, in one tiny ray of sunshine, we saw on Friday in the Fischer case, that with the handiwork of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the court’s avarice can be contained.
wapo.st/3xQpeuB
(https://x.com/JRubinBlogger/status/1807762229250449655?t=Ivu9K4PSORki8VPiHFGFcg&s=03)
Barb McQuade (@BarbMcQuade) posted at 10:48 AM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
Some good news in SCOTUS opinion:
1. No immunity for unofficial acts; pressuring state officials, fake electors scheme, public statements made as a candidate likely qualify;
2. Immunity for official acts is only presumptive. Conduct must fall within “conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority.” Meetings with VP Pence still on the table.
3. POTUS need not be impeached and convicted first.
(https://x.com/BarbMcQuade/status/1807803513843376337?t=-E61WDr4sbC4i71o_Jkrxw&s=03)
Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) posted at 9:40 AM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
Justice Sotomayor’s dissent warning is unlike anything I’ve ever seen in a Supreme Court opinion https://t.co/kNNbde5WzE
(https://x.com/neal_katyal/status/1807786278328426830?t=AbHxQO32T6GePYq9JvkCGw&s=03)
Richard Blumenthal (@SenBlumenthal) posted at 10:24 AM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
The Supreme Court has put lawbreaking presidents like Donald Trump above the law. This cravenly political decision to shield President Trump grants him a legal armor that no other citizen enjoys. 1/
(https://x.com/SenBlumenthal/status/1807797478403539084?t=csp9Pj6cR3xb-U_N3keJag&s=03)
Richard Blumenthal (@SenBlumenthal) posted at 10:24 AM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
The net effect is not only to delay Trump’s criminal trial, but bestow an unwise & unjust broad shield for him & other presidents who flout & flagrantly abuse their office. This is a license for authoritarianism. 2/
(https://x.com/SenBlumenthal/status/1807797481561846007?t=dS2dWI3oV4JVm8rBNQBxxQ&s=03)
Richard Blumenthal (@SenBlumenthal) posted at 10:24 AM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
My stomach turns with fear & anger that our democracy can be so endangered by an out-of-control Court. The members of Court’s conservative majority will now be rightly perceived by the American people as extreme & nakedly partisan hacks—politicians in robes. 3
(https://x.com/SenBlumenthal/status/1807797483524747320?t=l66UuBpFb9MxslHKEI-o7Q&s=03)
Jasmine Crockett (@JasmineForUS) posted at 10:36 AM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
It is clear that no one is coming to save us! This Supreme Court is anything but SUPREME! I can’t believe the cultist consolidation of power that is taking place before our eyes; IN AMERICA!
This most recent ruling, along with so many others, is dangerous as shit especially for a guy that says I’ll be your Retribution! A guy that we know has no problems breaking the law was just told how to do it and face no consequences! He can order MURDER without consequence & his attorneys argued this!
Trump has taken over the judiciary, he’s running the legislative branch, & the last move is to get back to the White House. 🤯
If you aren’t frightened, you aren’t paying attention.
(https://x.com/JasmineForUS/status/1807800377892347914?t=YsteKF36sBhXk4-mrnBWkQ&s=03)
Biden’s Wins (@BidensWins) posted at 0:51 PM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
BREAKING: Today has again proved Hillary Clinton was right about everything. Hillary is also right that the only way out of this mess is by reelecting President Biden. Together, we’re going to make that happen.
(https://x.com/BidensWins/status/1807834438643888303?t=QVd-_oKK1JkfgmUOEpQgjQ&s=03)
Tonya Mendoza (@TonyaMe82093191) posted at 0:58 PM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
The SCOTUS ruling on IMMUNITY is clear as Day they have put Project 2025 in motion.💯 because they believe Trump will be re-elected 💯 Meaning if Trump Loses in November and if we don’t show up to blow him away in Votes Trump will Contest it and it will go to the Supreme Court they will give him the Win even if he didnt win. Wake up Democrats, Liberals, Conservatives, Independents,and Progressives put Policy’s aside and put DEMOCRACY first we have to SHOW UP with out of this World numbers on election Day a BLUE 🔵 TSUNAMI 🌊.All bullshit aside we have to SHOW UP there’s no ifs, ands or maybes we have to SHOW UP💯 This Truly has Become THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTIONS in over 200 YEARS 💯 IF we want our freedoms SHOW UP, if the LGBTQ community wants to stay a community SHOW UP💯 if women still want to have our freedoms and our rights and bring back ROE SHOW UP💯 If people care about SOCIAL SECURITY or any other GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS that help the American people SHOW UP 💯 if people care about Ukraine and all the other European countries and NATO. SHOW UP 💯This November we have to SHOW UP 💯 To protect our future generations and our children and grandchildren and their childrens n grandchildren let’s vote to protect this country like our ancestors did SHOW THE FUCK UP 💯💙🌊🔵
(https://x.com/TonyaMe82093191/status/1807836189770330139?t=zqfGcGdZaqlcZttqA1Fdig&s=03)
Adam Schiff (@AdamSchiff) posted at 1:16 PM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
Moments ago the Supreme Court granted Donald Trump broad immunity for “official acts.”
This decision is dangerous, anti-democratic, and unprecedented.
Let’s break it down: https://t.co/nfSUPVqwzl
(https://x.com/AdamSchiff/status/1807840751751135346?t=BLDiM4yZkIS1af56j_HG1A&s=03)
Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) posted at 0:07 PM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
Here’s a question: Why would any president ever be impeached now? If presidents are absolutely immune from prosecution for “high crimes,” then what’s the theory of a future impeachment? “The President is allowed to do this, but we don’t like it”?
(https://x.com/ElieNYC/status/1807823369988936143?t=jLKDdECsQs-DwnzfmWRJlA&s=03)
Annalea ☀️🌻🐝🍌 (@citizengatsby) posted at 1:03 PM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
The Roberts Court has sat us on the precipice of dictatorship, taken women’s bodily autonomy, put clean air and water at the mercy of a Trump-packed federal judiciary, made another massacre à la Las Vegas inevitable and more. But Biden’s debate performance, says the media.
(https://x.com/citizengatsby/status/1807837408681251115?t=Ltp5xQImVEFA7BcArdENkg&s=03)
Brian Baez (@MentallyDivine) posted at 10:35 AM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
The Supreme Court just ruled that Presidents have immunity…Joe is the ONLY OPTION IN NOVEMBER. https://t.co/uz3pOYFUG2
(https://x.com/MentallyDivine/status/1807800228210164187?t=s5Z5rro5y78EYKGqYB3xKA&s=03)
Jed Shugerman (@jedshug) posted at 9:53 AM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
Trump v. US thread.
Opinion below.
Bottom line #1: I agree that a Jan 6 trial cannot happen before the election (That was almost certain when the Court took this case)
But a great idea is floating:
Jack Smith can use evidentiary hearings as a mini-trial.
https://t.co/As5S7lvy19
(https://x.com/jedshug/status/1807789610438623404?t=8on-iJn2eMZImbqngUQ-Kg&s=03)
Jed Shugerman (@jedshug) posted at 10:01 AM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
2/ The Court remanded the case.
Commentators are overlooking the Court’s emphasis on “presumptive immunity,” rather than “absolute immunity.”
See Chief Justice Roberts’s concise summary at p. 6 below.
This presumption still opens a big door for trial court evidentiary hearings. https://t.co/1L5UFYeBnj
(https://x.com/jedshug/status/1807791641299759451?t=MPtB7YcTGsKG2gyJ4idTvA&s=03)
Jed Shugerman (@jedshug) posted at 10:07 AM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
3/ The Court holds “absolute immunity” for “core constitutional powers” (p. 6 above).
But what are those “core” powers?
p. 8: “Congress cannot act on, and courts cannot examine, the President’s actions on subjects within his ‘conclusive and preclusive’ constitutional authority.”
(https://x.com/jedshug/status/1807793033976451528?t=W2TT82-tUlkcG3qot3bU4Q&s=03)
Jed Shugerman (@jedshug) posted at 10:09 AM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
4/ p. 9: “Congress may not criminalize the Pres’s actions within his exclusive constitutional power. Neither may the courts adjudicate… We thus conclude the Pres is absolutely immune from criminal prosecution for conduct within his exclusive sphere of constitutional authority.”
(https://x.com/jedshug/status/1807793551696159123?t=m1ilKFwqmtQ2CJ8SGDEbDA&s=03)
Jed Shugerman (@jedshug) posted at 10:30 AM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
5/ Elevating @lsolum’s framing & my replies:
My new research shows:
A. lack of historical clarity about which powers were “exclusive”;
B. “Exec power,” while not an empty vessel, was still so unclear & overlapping that “exclusive” is a small textual set.
https://t.co/fk4PzIDR68
(https://x.com/jedshug/status/1807799035299778767?t=LEqousHXDvlz_03x8Ku3tA&s=03)
Jed Shugerman (@jedshug) posted at 10:33 AM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
6/ p. 9: “The reasons that justify the Pres’s absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for acts within the scope of Pres exclusive authority therefore do not extend to conduct in areas where authority is shared with Congress.”
I think the history shows much shared authority.
(https://x.com/jedshug/status/1807799796196897140?t=cIaNw2Q17XnxQ0TDmxGvkw&s=03)
𝔻𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕔𝕜 👉 @darickr.bsky.social (@DarickR) posted at 0:31 PM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024:
“six unelected right-wing justices, all of whom have a lifetime position, have pulled off what is likely the biggest power grab in American history, knowing full well there’s no way that the other two branches can get it together enough to stop them.” https://t.co/vxywYFb53t https://t.co/yRE2mTYjcM
(https://x.com/DarickR/status/1807829431354118257?t=KejzK6r0zv155sNfvDLBqw&s=03)