Justice Sotomayor renews her opposition to Supreme Court's ruling that ex-presidents have broad immunity

She is absolutely right: this nonsense that the president can commit no crime is some Nixon level stuff.

ruled for the first time that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution.

A truly terrifying and undemocratic ruling that should have sent everyone into a panic, from the far-left to the far-right to everyone in between. "The president is above the law" is literally what dictatorships are founded on.

Wow, good thing that’s not what the ruling said then. Dictatorship, scary!

would have been great had you not lost the election and you could benefit from this legal protection, huh?

Wow, good thing that’s not what the ruling said then.

That's pretty much what the ruling says. "Broad immunity from prosecution" is tantamount to "above the law".

would have been great had you not lost the election and you could benefit from this legal protection, huh?

I don't know, I wasn't running in that election...? What a strange statement.

That's pretty much what the ruling says. "Broad immunity from prosecution" is tantamount to "above the law".

yeah great legal analysis using the common legal term of “pretty much”

Official acts? Unofficial acts? nah too complicated.

Just claim it’s “pretty much” the same only because you lost and can’t take advantage of it now.

Paying a porn star is not an official duty

He'll be in jail soon enough I'm sure

Official acts? Unofficial acts? nah too complicated.

The mere fact that this distinction is left to the interpretation of fellow lawmakers and judges appointed by president himself already puts him above the law, by definition.

The law should be the same for everyone. Not a complicated concept, you'd think.

He'll be in jail soon enough I'm sure

Really, the Dems tried this now 5 times, so they want to go for a 6th? Ok…

Yeah I think we’ve heard that nonsense before.

walls are closing in! We got him this time! lol

BlacklabelToday 07:38 am JST

Wow, good thing that’s not what the ruling said then. Dictatorship, scary!

would have been great had you not lost the election and you could benefit from this legal protection, huh?

Biden still benefits from it and so will Trump's Democratic successor.

Biden still benefits from it and so will Trump's Democratic successor.

good to know. That successor is looking possible around 2036 at the earliest though.

so what’s the problem?

if you propose every President BUT Trump should be able to benefit from this, why?

BlacklabelToday 12:35 pm JST

Biden still benefits from it and so will Trump's Democratic successor.

good to know. That successor is looking possible around 2036 at the earliest though.

I suspect the Dunning-Krugers are quite capable of turning around a 1.5% victory margin.

"Justice Sotomayor renews her opposition to Supreme Court's ruling that ex-presidents have broad immunity."

It would be really great if we can get another two judges within four years, make the court 8 to 1 just saying!!