Supreme Court of the United States
The ex-Trump fixer says he was summarily jailed by Trump to silence him—and says SCOTUS declaring presidents immune would turn a second-term Trump into a dictator.
Five of the six justices who ruled that Trump has absolute immunity for “core” presidential duties sung a different tune at their confirmation hearings.
Trump benefits from SCOTUS ruling not only that certain conduct is immune from prosecution, but also that any evidence related to such conduct may not enter the court’s analysis.
In Justice Sotomayor’s dissent to the Trump immunity ruling, Shan Wu heard the anger and isolation of a jurist seeing the court taken over by the power of a conservative majority.
The Trump-aide-turned-podcaster brought the a wild set of fans including a billionaire mercenary and MTG plus someone shouting "we baked you a cake with a file."
Many will see this as another example of the Court picking sides—and the fruition of Trump’s mission to stack the court with conservative justices to rubber-stamp his agenda.
The Chevron Deference established the 40-year-old precedent of giving deference to the expertise of federal agencies. Reversing it will undo many rights and protections for us all.