The US Supreme Court did something miraculous the other day. You’ll have heard by now. They erased over 240 years of Presidential carte blanche. The once all-powerful, seemingly un-prosecutable office of the president, extended to former Presidents, is no more. SCOTUS Upended it, ended it, undermined it, and put every US President on the hook for potential prosecution.
Wait. That’s not what you’re hearing from Democrats or the media. Well, take a moment to screengrab that stuff, then keep reading. Go ahead; I’ll wait.
Truth
Before 2024, unless Congress impeached one and the Senate convicted them, US Presidents were permitted to get away with crimes, real or imagined, without fear.
No More. And we have Democrats to thank for all this rhetorical rope they gave us.
By pursuing multiple frivolous political prosecutions against Donald Trump, the Biden Administration and the Democrat Party (Shrill Corporate media, Deranged Never Trumpers, etc..) have opened every president (current or former) to the potential for legitimate prosecution for acts while in office or after if they fit the Supreme Court’s new three-tiered test.
Remember, prior to this week’s decision, no President had been prosecuted for any crime. Ever. There was no test to determine whether it could or should even be done. They were effectively untouchable—almost like kings. But Democrats just disabled what can only (and ironically) be referred to as long-standing historical precedent.
In other words, SCOTUS did not turn Trump into a King, as garment-rending progressive parrots now profess; The US Supreme Court took the crown away from “King” Joe, Barry, Bill, Geroge, and the rest of them.
The immunity they enjoyed has been kneecapped.
Reality Sandwich
Jeff Childers is my go-to guy for this sort of thing, and he has done the Yeoman’s job and all the heavy lifting for which we are thankful. Here’s the most immediately useful excerpt.
Clueless, low-information Democrats are wailing that the Judges anointed a Presidential King by creating a three-tier test under which —wait for it— Presidents can be prosecuted for crimes. Democrats are acting like this is a revolutionary improvement of the Presidential position. But that, like nearly everything else partisan Democrats say, is a lie.
What was the rule before the Supreme Court issued its decision? Well, before Trump, no president was ever prosecuted for a crime. Not for droning an Iraqi wedding. Not for illegal wars. Not even for jaywalking or running lawn sprinklers on a Tuesday.
Presidential prosecutions never ever happened.
Don’t miss this: before Trump, presidents obviously enjoyed de facto total immunity. The unspoken rule that everyone followed was that nobody can prosecute the President, or even a former President.
During the period the de facto total immunity rule reigned, the Supreme Court never had to address Presidential immunity. There were no cases; that’s how absolute the immunity was. But now that the Court has crafted a de jure (legal) rubric, Presidents who do illegal things can be prosecuted. They can now be prosecuted much more easily, in fact. Just not for nuisance claims, like the creative, trumped-up claims brought against President Trump, such as for notating his check stubs wrong.
Let’s do a little thought experiment. Evidence shows President Obama was involved in the now-discredited Russia Dossier matter, which was used as a false predicate to spy on the Trump campaign for partisan political purposes. Evidence suggests Obama knew the Dossier was fake, purchased by the Clinton campaign. Yesterday’s new 3-tier test provides a clear procedure for prosecuting Obama for those very serious allegations.
In other words, the High Court incinerated de facto Presidential immunity, and replaced it with a clear de jure prosecutorial process. Former and future Presidents susceptible to more serious crimes than Trump’s are now fair game.
By all means, please read the rest from Jeff. He breaks down the test and explains its likely effect on current litigation against Trump. It’s a wealth of goodness and (wait for it) truth. That’s the part I wanted to make time to convey. Democrats up and down the political food chain will be spouting, ranting, or cavorting with words to the effect of “SCOTUS, Immunity, Trump, King.”
As usual, the facts are precisely the opposite. Not only can Trump not do whatever he wants, but neither can you, Joe (accepting your being too incompetent to stand trial).
The irony! By bringing all these silly, creative claims against President Trump for keeping a few boxes of “classified documents,” and because his bookkeeper wrote the wrong thing on a check stub, the Supreme Court got an unprecedented opportunity to end forever the silent, implicit protection previously enjoyed by every other previous President. That de facto absolute immunity is gone, never to return.
And now it’s open season on serious crimes committed by Presidents.
One more quick point before you take these inconvenient Truths to ruin a misinformed, ranting liberals’ day. The only people who seem to want Biden to stay in the campaign and in office, no matter how awful things get – and I doubt Joe will physically make it to the convention, forget November, are the people running the country (It’s not Joe) and Biden family members.
Why? Because no one else is likely to sign a pardon when they get indicted and convicted.
Now, go forth, dear readers, and share the good word. SCOTUS didn’t put a crown on Trump. They took it off the heads of every president who has ever held the office.
Accountability is good for the Republic. Good for Democracy.
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