It sets the tone for the remainder of the Republic. Perhaps a ruling as significant in outcome as the result of the Civil War.
Treason isn’t a criminal activity.
I despise Trump for just about everything, and my opinion goes back to the ‘80s. This is gonna piss a lot of people off, but Bill Clinton has a lot to do with this shitshow. While Ken Starr was an absolute tool for trying to get him for anything, Clinton getting up in front of everyone and committing perjury with zero remorse and then getting reelected anyway, showed that America (or at least the voters) has degenerated way too far from moral integrity (history of slavery notwithstanding).
Politicians lie. That’s a given. No way you reward them for their behavior.
Well done, you managed to find a way to blame a Democrat for this. Very helpful.
I mean it’s not hard to know what happens when accountability isn’t a thing anymore.
Spoiler Alert: everything turns to shit.
Why should we obey laws if our leader is a convicted felon who gets to bypass the punishment phase? Why should we ever respond to a jury summons for a sham justice system? Why should we pay taxes when our leader is a tax cheat?
Nothing matters now.
Yeah, no kidding. Thanks to milquetoast “centrists” and the rabid right wing…
The crazy thing is we used to go after people over rumors that they were communist. The DOJ and other government agencies would steam roll people’s careers, and make life miserable for the mere accusation of being communist (whether it was true or not). But a legit attempted coup to stay in power goes un-prosecuted.
The second he started making moves to stay in power after losing the election, he should have been arrested. In what sane world do you re-elect that person and then tell them they’re now immune from prosecution.
It’s the equivalent of a 5th grade I’m rubber you’re glue argument.
The DOJ and other government agencies would steam roll people’s careers, and make life miserable for the mere accusation of being communist (whether it was true or not). But a legit attempted coup to stay in power goes un-prosecuted.
Yes, but that was directed at the left. The criminals in this case are right wingers, and therefore, it’s fine. That’s the inherent bias in the system.
Of course when the teabagging qanon magabrains go on about the “deep state”, they are crying because they feel the system is not tilted ENOUGH against the left, probably because things like COINTELPRO etc had a bit of blowback and the schemes against the left receded just a tiny bit…everything with them is projection; if they see that the instruments of the state are not crushing the left, they assume it means they have their boot on the neck of the right (LOL, as if).
The SCOTUS immunity decision will echo even more
The worst part is the Dems are going to be portrayed (rightfully? Idk) as complicit
I would say rightfully, yes.
This is a failure of the government to stop Trump’s dad in the 1960s when he started skimming public money when building public housing. This is a failure of the government to stop Trump in the 1970s when he rented to whites only.
Why are all the scumbags getting away with it?
