Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social

Looks like they’re going to try.

www.nytimes.com/2024/07/01/n...

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 00:11 UTC

Recognizing that the SCOTUS decision is extremely unpopular among politically-aware American on the Left or anywhere near it: I am still mulling over whether they feasibly could have ruled in any other way without inviting bizarre legal consequences. It would require splitting extremely fine hairs.

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crossery @cdg864.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 00:25 UTC

The best part is we can speculate as though John "Taney2" Roberts actually has a legal theory underpinning his calvinball. It's all word vomit to reach the conclusion he wants. Very bizarre to think the president can kill or jail his opponent but cannot regulate power plants.

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Sharmake Farah @sharmake.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 00:03 UTC

Part of the reason they can even do it is because it relied on evidence of stuff that happened while he was in president, which is presumably official acts and thus can't be used as evidence.

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Jung Choi "I dissent!" @jung-gt.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 00:06 UTC

Um, didn't these actions (hush money payments) take place before he took office?

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