General Discussion

And finally, new rule. The Supreme Court has to recognize that they have one last chance to not look like a bunch of partisan hacks who are no different than the other two branches of government. This week, the court is hearing about a case that will definitively tell us if they really are still a separate branch of government or whether when the founders said, "You are a check on executive power," they thought it meant a blank check because their recent past has been kind of shaky.

For example, in May and June of this year, on issues like withholding money Congress specifically authorized and suspending due process for non-citizens, federal district courts ruled against the current administration in 82 out of 87 cases. But at the Supreme Court, President Trump is on a 17 case winning streak, which is funny because during the Biden years, the court was all about reigning in presidential power. Biden was constantly asking for leeway on issues like vaccine mandates, regulating carbon, cancelling student debt, and the court was constantly telling him, "Sorry, Joe, we check the rules and no, President alone doesn't have that power."

But when Trump's lawyers asked if he had absolute immunity, so absolute that he could even use Seal Team Six to assassinate political enemies, they said, "Who are we to judge? You do you. And the president has taken full advantage of that.