(Old Article but Funny as Hell, Hysterical Loony Tunes attacking Trump and the SC. No wonder they are trying to destroy it)
Donald unchained: SCOTUS decision would give Trump the immunity to run rampant just in time for a possible 2nd term, experts sayLaura Italiano, Natalie Musumeci, and Kelsey Vlamis Jul 1, 2023 1/2
The Supreme Court of the United States ruling on Monday confers the presumption of immunity on a president's "official" actions. It could have huge implications if former President Donald Trump is given a second term.
SCOTUS immunity would've freed Richard Nixon to spy on opponents all he liked, experts said Monday.
In a second term, Trump himself would enjoy immunity superpowers.
SCOTUS immunized a range of "truly dangerous and nefarious actions by a president," one expert said.
As president, Richard Nixon used the FBI, the CIA, and White House "advisors" — the now notorious "plumbers" — to spy on and sabotage his political opponents.
Under Monday's Supreme Court decision — which confers the presumption of immunity on a president's "official" actions — Nixon could not have been charged for any of these abuses of power, one constitutional law expert told Business Insider.
"Most, if not all, of that conduct would fall on the 'presumptively-official' side of the line," saidMichel Paradis, an attorneywho teaches national security and constitutional law at Columbia Law School.
"And it is not obvious to me how you would show that it was not if you are forbidden from any inquiry into the president's motives," Paradis added.
Under Monday's decision, "courts may not inquire into the President's motives" in deciding if a presidential act is official or unofficial.
Trump is now free during a potential second administration to direct others to stretch or break the law in any of the ways he's already signaled he hopes to, Paradis said. (He means like Bidan is doing but won't admit it)
• He can dispatch the military to break up protests or deport migrants;
• he can fire civil servants who disagree with him; he can disband agencies he doesn't like —
• including the Department of Education or the Environmental Protection Agency —
• and he can then pardon anyone who gets in trouble for carrying out his orders, Paradis said.
• And by calling these acts "official," he can do all of the above without himself being prosecuted, Paradis said.
"Or take the subject matter of Trump's first impeachment," the law professor added. (none of this is true though)
• With his new Supreme Court-protected immunity, "He could have much more explicitly directed Rudy Giuliani to convey a threat to the Ukrainians demanding that they come out with dirt on Biden or that he would withhold all aid," he said.
• "And he can direct subordinates to not simply 'skirt' the law, but affirmatively break it with the promise of a pardon if they do," Paradis added. "And he can do so, knowing that it is extremely unlikely under the court's rule today that he could be successfully prosecuted."
• It will give Trump even more license to push legal boundaries, agreedformer federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani, the president and co-founder of West Coast Trial Lawyers.
• "Trump will be more empowered to push the limits of the law and to go after his rivals if he thinks he can get away with it," Rahmani told Business Insider.
• "Trump has always pushed the limits of the law, and if he has at least some immunity now, he will be even more willing to do so," Rahmani added.
https://www.businessinsider.com/scotus-would-let-second-term-president-trump-run-rampant-experts-2024-7