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Screenshot reading: The majority displays no such caution or humility now. Instead, the Court today transfers from the political branches to itself the power to decide when the President can be held accountable. What is left in its wake is a greatly weakened Congress, which must stand idly by as the Pres- ident disregards its criminal prohibitions and uses the powers of his office to push the envelope, while choosing to folllow (or not) existing laws, as he sees fit. We also now have a greatly empowered Court, which can opt to allow Congress's policy judgments criminalizing conduct to stand (or not) with respect to a former President, as a matter of its own prerogative.

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Screenshot reading: The majority displays no such caution or humility now. Instead, the Court today transfers from the political branches to itself the power to decide when the President can be held accountable. What is left in its wake is a greatly weakened Congress, which must stand idly by as the Pres- ident disregards its criminal prohibitions and uses the powers of his office to push the envelope, while choosing to folllow (or not) existing laws, as he sees fit. We also now have a greatly empowered Court, which can opt to allow Congress's policy judgments criminalizing conduct to stand (or not) with respect to a former President, as a matter of its own prerogative.
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Clive Thompson (clive@saturation.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jul-2024 21:46:07 JST Clive Thompson

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's dissent is a powerful and clear description of the horrific problems created by the immunity decision ...
... so it's worth reading in full; @heidilifeldman put it online here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ryZF_jO-DKeeCSnxxpXANt8PJVmpgVmV/view
Among the many grim effects, one that struck me was the point that -- since the majority didn't offer any way to know what constitutes a president's "core" activities -- the Supreme Court gets even more power: *It* will have that say
A real nightmare

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