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  1. "The Rule of Law, a centuries-old institution believed by some experts to be necessary for the functioning of democracy, was reportedly in critical condition at a Washington, DC hospital today, having been found bleeding and semi-conscious in a back alley behind the White House."

    ~ Lewis Grossberger

    #Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #courts #RuleofLaw #SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #PresidentialImmunity
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    grossbergerbulletin.substack.c

  2. "Trump will contend that anyone acting on his orders is protected by his presidential immunity, and if any court, including the Supreme Court, says otherwise, Trump will pardon anyone who is found to have broken the law or is declared in contempt of court. In an authoritarian state, contempt for the law comes down from the top, and that is exactly where we find ourselves today."

    #Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #courts #RuleofLaw #SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #PresidentialImmunity
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  3. "It is apparent that Trump plans to take the position that the Supreme Court’s decision on presidential immunity allows him to do anything he wants so long as it is an official presidential act."

    #Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #courts #RuleofLaw #SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #PresidentialImmunity
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  4. "We have arrived at a place that I think it's safe to say the founders never contemplated. Donald Trump has crafted for himself a form of absolute rule by twisting the rule of law the founders thought they were writing into the Constitution."

    ~ Lucian K. Truscott

    #Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #courts #RuleofLaw #SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #PresidentialImmunity
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    luciantruscott.substack.com/p/

  5. Never again wait for the inevitable, Plan For It - Will He or Won't He? Donald Trump is term-limited by the 22nd Amendment, right? JV Last - thebulwark.com/p/will-he-or-wo #No he is not. This insightful commentary takes a critical look ahead at #Trump power over and control of #SCOTUS #Congress #Executive branch #military - and how the 22nd Amendment #constitution #executiveorders #presidentialimmunity may be used to rescind #birthright #citizenship an steamroll a 3rd term. Frightening - must re ad!

  6. What happens to all the other defendants in Trump's trials? I'm most curious about those who pled guilty.

    #TrumpTrials #PresidentialImmunity

  7. What's the betting that the Supreme Court of the US reverses its decision on presidential immunity once Trump is out of the way?

    E.g. Every other president is not immune.

    #Trump #PresidentialImmunity #Jan6 #trump2024

  8. thedailybeast.com/john-roberts

    #ChiefJusticeJohnRoberts was clear to his fellow justices in February: He wanted the court to take up a case weighing Donald Trump’s right to #presidentialimmunity—and he seemed inclined to protect the former president.

    “I think it likely that we will view the separation of powers analysis differently,” Roberts wrote to his #SupremeCourt peers…