Supreme Court Justice warns Americans: "The president is now a king".(www.motherjones.com)

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dhork@lemmy.world

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4 days ago

This ruling basically covered how ex-Presidents might be prosecuted. The President still has some level of accountability to Congress via impeachment , although we’ve already seen how hard that is.

Of course, when Trump’s second impeachment didn’t stick, one of the main reasons Republicans gave for voting against it was that they felt the proper venue for that was in the courts. Now that it is in court, the Supreme Court just said “Sike! Congress needed to act all along”.

Edited to add: Another legal fix would be simply packing the court. Democrats should pound this during this election. They should make sure voters know that if Democrats are given the White House and both houses of Congress, they will fix the court by adding 4 new seats.

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Blackbeard@lemmy.world

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4 days ago

Mueller: “I can’t do it. Congress should handle it.”

Congress: “We can’t do it. The Court should handle it.”

Supreme Court: “Nah.”

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empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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4 days ago

one of the main reasons Republicans gave for voting against it was that they felt the proper venue for that was in the courts.

The courts that they knew they had stacked in their favor. That was always an intentional copout.

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