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#presidentialimmunity

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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

As Trump Dodges Court Orders, Samuel Alito Suggests Obeying Judges Optional
motherjones.com/politics/2025/

SCOTUS justice touts flouting democratic norms after taking part in a decades-long efforts to weaken democratic rights

#TransLivesMatter
#Trump #fascism #PresidentialImmunity #SCOTUS #Alito #JudicialMisconduct #FederalistSociety #LeonardLeo #whiteSupremacism #Christofascism #transgenocide

Background: Transphobia, transgenocide
persagen.org/wpi/transgenocide

CAVE: collaborate, advocate, vote, educate

Mother JonesAs Trump dodges court orders, Samuel Alito suggests obeying judges can be optionalA justice suggests flouting democratic norms after taking part in a decades-long project to weaken democratic rights.
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William Lindsey :toad:

"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


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grossbergerbulletin.substack.c

Lewis Grossberger's Raw Truth Bulletin · Rule of Law Spotted in ER on Life Support!!!By Lewis Grossberger
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William Lindsey :toad:

"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."


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William Lindsey :toad:

"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


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luciantruscott.substack.com/p/

Lucian Truscott Newsletter · How Trump plans to get away with defying court ordersBy Lucian K. Truscott IV
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beSpacific

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!

The Bulwark · Will He or Won’t He?By Jonathan V. Last
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joe•iuculano :mastodon:

Via #RawStory, 6:17pm ET

#FultonCounty DA #FaniWillis’ office dealt a major blow to #Trump’s effort to have his #Georgia #ElectionInterference charges dropped with new round of objections.

The Georgia prosecutor’s office in court documents filed Wed pushed back against the president-elect’s demand that his case be thrown out in light of the #SupremeCourt’s #PresidentialImmunity ruling, according to The #NewRepublic, which called the development a "massive twist."

rawstory.com/matt-gaetz-267049

Raw Story - Celebrating 20 Years of Independent Journalism · ‘Massive twist’ complicates Trump’s bid to kill Georgia election interference case: reportBy Erik De La Garza
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joe•iuculano :mastodon:

Via #TheHill @ 7:03pm ET on Dec 16, 2024

#NewYork judge upheld a jury’s verdict that made President-elect #Trump a #felon, ruling the #conviction in the #HushMoney case can withstand the #SupremeCourt’s new test for #PresidentialImmunity.

Judge #JuanMerchan’s decision comes on the heels of #Trump’s presidential election victory against Vice President #Harris, when voters chose to catapult him back to the #WhiteHouse despite his years of legal peril.

thehill.com/regulation/court-b

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Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴

From @GrrlScientist on 🦋:

well now, this is nixonian (watergate-ian?)

A reminder that there is NOTHING in the #Constitution that says a sitting president cannot be indicted or brought to trial. DOJ made that up in 1973

#PresidentialImmunity #TrumpIsAConvictedFelon #politics
con.law/print-articles/preside

True, that. It ain't unconstitutional, just inconvenient.

Tho in this current era w/Trump/MAGA on the scene, I can see the imp of not letting opponents kneecap POTUS w/relatively trivial cases.
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University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional LawPresidential Accountability and the Rule of Law: Can the President Claim Immunity if He Shoots Someone on Fifth Avenue? — University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional LawCan a sitting President be indicted while in office? This critical question has never been directly answered by any court or legislative body. The prevailing wisdom, however, is that, though he may be investigated, a sitting President is immune from actual prosecution. This Article argues that the T
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