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SCOTUS would do well not to seriously fuck up here.
It’s important to remember that they’d be giving Biden carte blanche to do whatever he wants, because he’ll still be in office when the ruling is made. Not that he’d actually have the balls to use the power they had given him, but if they grant blanket immunity to presidents then there’s nothing stopping Biden from simply dropping a missile on the SCOTUS, cancelling the election, and declaring himself the new POTUS-for-life.
After all, what are they going to do? Prosecute him?
Yes. And be bald-faced hypocritical. They don't give a shit about the rule of law. They only care about "winning"
Yes, they will.
Why do you believe a group that doesn't follow the rule of law will start doing so after they've empowered their biggest enemy? It makes no sense.
Trump will likely gain immunity but the SCOTUS could declare it starts with the next president, or convict Biden of something else, citing an exception to immunity.
We can't assume they're going to start playing by the rules when they're actively rewriting the rulebook as we speak.
The SCOTUS kicked off the civil war and we’re pretty much back there again. I have no hope.