Christian Mott @cjmott.bsky.social

Baude's podcast is even more revealing on this point. He criticizes the immunity decision on originalist but not consequentialist grounds. He also suggests that prosecuting Trump for the insurrection was unlikely to make a difference to the election or to any president's behavior. Roberts may agree.

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@okjess.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 14:02 UTC

The whole point of reaching the conclusion the majority did is that they - Roberts in particular - very much believe prosecuting Trump for insurrection would have made a difference in the election.

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