Roberts made no serious effort to entice the three liberal justices for even a modicum of the cross-ideological agreement that distinguished such presidential-powers cases in the past. He believed he could persuade people to look beyond Trump.
Roberts made no serious effort to entice the three liberal justices for even a modicum of the cross-ideological agreement that distinguished such presidential-powers cases in the past. He believed he could persuade people to look beyond Trump.
The only thing I can think of is that Roberts and Co must think the rest of us are morons. His rationale seemed to be that he wanted to make sure the ruling applied to all presidents and not just Trump, but seemed to forget that Trump is known for pushing our system past the previously established political norms.
You can’t say “Presidents need immunity so George W. doesn’t get prosecuted for torturing terrorists at CIA black sites” without also realizing that you’re giving Trump immunity for stealing classified documents and trying to overthrow our government.