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The ruling answered a question that an appeals court had never addressed: Can former presidents escape being held accountable by the criminal justice system for things they did while in office?

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[–] CoffeeAddict@kbin.social 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

The 3-0 ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit handed Mr. Trump a significant defeat, but was unlikely to be the final word on his claims of executive immunity. Mr. Trump is expected to continue his appeal to the Supreme Court — possibly with an intermediate request to the full appeals court.

It’s just so, so obvious that a President should not be above the law.

But, somehow Trump and his cohorts have convinced his followers that he (1) should be above the law, and (2) that it is a good thing he is above the law. It’s frightening.

Hopefully, the Supreme Court is rational, sets aside partisan politics, and states the obvious: the #POTUS is not above the law.

[–] JCPhoenix 6 points 9 months ago

I could see SCOTUS, as shit as they are, outright agreeing with the appeals court or just choosing not to hear the case and letting the decision stand (which I suppose is just "soft agreeing"). SCOTUS has crossed a lot of lines, but I feel like this is one line they're not willing to cross and rightfully so.

Does this current decision cover the whole country? Or is this one of those things where Trump not having immunity only currently applies in this district, but it's possible another district could (perplexingly) come to another conclusion?