John Robertsā€™ Secret Trump Memo Revealed in Huge SCOTUS Leak
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A memo obtained by The New York Times indicated the chief justice wanted to act quickā€”and decisivelyā€”on Donald Trumpā€™s presidential immunity.

The Supreme Court was hit by a flurry of damaging new leaks Sunday as a series of confidential memos written by the chief justice were revealed byĀ The New York Times.

The courtā€™s Chief JusticeĀ John Roberts was clear to his fellow justices in February: He wanted the court to take up a case weighingĀ Donald Trumpā€™s right to presidential immunityā€”and he seemed inclined to protect the former president.

ā€œI think it likely that we will view the separation of powers analysis differently,ā€ Roberts wrote to hisĀ Supreme CourtĀ peers, according to a privateĀ memoĀ obtained by theĀ *Times.Ā *He was referencing the D.C. Circuit Court of Appealsā€™Ā decision to allow the case to move forward.

Roberts took an unusual level of involvement in this and other cases that ultimately benefited Trump, according to theĀ Timesā€” his handling of the cases surprised even some other justices on the high court, across ideological lines. As president, Trump appointed three of the members of its current conservative supermajority.

  • KoboldCoterie@pawb.socialEnglish
    14Ā·
    2 months ago

    they expected future generations to update the constitution as necessary to protect the republic from those who would seek to undermine or replace it.

    The problem with this is that it requires people in power to vote to limit their own power. And while there have been some, certainly, who have been willing to do so, getting a supermajority of people willing to do it is simply not something I see as remotely possible anymore.

    • krashmo@lemmy.world
      2Ā·
      2 months ago

      One could argue that situation would occur if we were smart enough to repeatedly elect those kinds people

    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
      2Ā·
      2 months ago

      It assumes a democracy of well informed voters that is capable of creating enough Cincinnatus figures that they can reliably voted in. Thatā€™s not the worst assumption for them to have. Itā€™s a similar assumption to what fucked over the ussr and ccp. The problem is that the average person only cares about bread and circuses and that when the going gets rough or they start losing a certain percentage of the population is comfortable abandoning democracy for perceived security.