Life of Wry

For starters, there’s this:

Good lord.

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If I had the energy (I don’t), I’d rant about the Supreme Court’s decision today that defines presidential immunity (I just can’t). It’s complicated and will likely lead to evermore challenges, so at this point it’s hard to say how it will impact real life and real presidential immunity. But the one thing that is true: this is a huge victory for the former guy. For one: loads of immunity. For two: the ruling came down so late (months and months after the case went before the Supreme court and on the last possible day of its session) and the process going forward will be so mired in challenges and appeals that, effectively, he’s already achieved the immunity he sought. In other words: the only remaining case that had a chance to be tried before the election, the January 6th case — the one where he faces criminal charges for efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election — will certainly not be. So, people will be voting for president without knowing whether one of the candidates is actually guilty of trying to steal an election (which he is). And, his team is already in the process of challenging cases that were previously settled (like the hush money/election interference case) on the basis he should have gotten immunity. Said Justice Sonya Sotomayor, “The relationship between the President and the people he serves has shifted irrevocably. In every use of official power, the President is now a king above the law.”

Also: Steve Bannan went to prison today. Four months is way too short a sentence.