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Even worse ... #Trump has said he intends to be a dictator on Day One. Think of what he can do now, since his motives cannot be questioned.

Not only can he order DOJ to drop all federal charges against him, but he can order DOJ to arrest the state prosecutors in NY and GA.

Congress can question his motives through impeachment, but good luck with that.

The ban on questioning motives is just as bad, if not worse, than just the immunity ruling, in my opinion. (2/2)

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So here's a scenario ... The #MAGA majority ruled today that #Trump is immune for any "official acts" while in office, and that his "motives" may not be questioned.

If he's re-elected, what's to keep him from issuing an executive order requiring all travelling federal employees to stay at Trump hotels? The executive order is an official act, and his corrupt motive may not be questioned. (1/2)

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From Bill Bramhall of the New York Daily News, on his Zombie Twitter account.

#Politics Today's "This Modern World" by Tom Tomorrow on #DailyKos.

https://www.dailykos.com/blogs/Tom%20Tomorrow/

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Idle thought ... This morning's immunity ruling may backfire against #Trump. The voters may be horrified by the notion of Trump or similar sociopath in the White House with virtually unchecked powers.

#Biden may be looking better and better. Yeah, he's old, but he's not going to throw you in Gitmo for having an abortion.

#SCOTUS #Trump:

Sotomayor: "The President is now a king above the law.”

“Orders the Navy’s Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune. Organizes a military coup to hold onto power? Immune. Takes a bribe in exchange for a pardon? Immune. Immune, immune, immune.”

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My hot take ... The #MAGA majority just ruled a president can commit crimes until a district court decides such criminal acts were not an official act.

Hopefully #Biden is sending the military over to the Supreme Court building right now to arrest the six justices, and will hold them until a district court rules after he leaves office that it was illegal.

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"The President enjoys no im-
munity for his unofficial acts, and not everything the President does is official. The President is not above the law. But under our system of
separated powers, the President may not be prosecuted for exercising his core constitutional powers, and he is entitled to at least presumptive immunity from prosecution for his official acts."

6-3, with the three liberal judges dissenting.

#SCOTUS also remands to the district court a review of whether "a President's public communications" are an official act.

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Re the attempt to overthrow election results in various states, the majority writes:

"The Court accordingly remands to the District Court to determine in the first instance whether Trump’s conduct in this area qualifies as official or unofficial."

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The indictment’s allegations that the requested investigations were shams or proposed for an improper purpose do not divest the President of exclusive authority over the investigative and prosecutorial functions of the Justice Department and its officials. Because the President cannot be prosecuted for conduct within his exclusive constitutional authority, Trump is absolutely immune from prosecution for the alleged conduct involving his discussions with Justice Department officials.

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In dividing official from unofficial conduct, courts may not inquire into the President’s motives. Such a “highly intrusive” inquiry would
risk exposing even the most obvious instances of official conduct to judicial examination on the mere allegation of improper purpose.

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As for a President’s unofficial acts, there is no immunity. Alt-
hough Presidential immunity is required for official actions to ensure that the President’s decisionmaking is not distorted by the threat of future litigation stemming from those actions, that concern does not support immunity for unofficial conduct.

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At a minimum, the President must be immune from prosecution for an official act unless the Government can show that applying a criminal prohibition to that act would pose no “dangers of intrusion on the authority and functions of the Executive Branch."
Branch.”

BREAKING: The #SCOTUS immunity decision is out. Reading now ...

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-939_e2pg.pdf

#Politics While we await today's #SCOTUS #Trump ruling, I take a little solace in knowing that whatever they rule, it will apply to all presidents, not just Trump.

If the MAGA majority rule Trump is above the law ... so is #Biden.

Biden could then order Seal Team Six to the Supreme Court building to have the justices rounded up. Unless Congress impeaches and convicts him, it's legal. If Biden refuses to leave office, it's legal.

Maybe that will scare them enough to think twice.

#Politics What will the #SCOTUS majority rule today? #Trump

#Politics From #FloridaToday:

#DeSantis and #Florida Republicans wiped out incentives for filming in the state. No surprise, filmmakers have gone elsewhere, and Florida's film industry has tanked. That's #MAGA thinking for you!

https://www.floridatoday.com/story/money/business/2024/07/01/industry-advocates-seek-new-ways-to-lure-film-tv-productions/74204265007/