A 15-year-old law review by Brett Kavanaugh offers a clue at how the Supreme Court

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A 15-year-old law review by Brett Kavanaugh offers a clue at how the Supreme Court

Justice could rule in Trump's immunity case

Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert Apr 29, 2024, 7:45 AM ET

• SCOTUS could soon rule on Trump's claims of presidential immunity from criminal prosecution.
• A 2009 law review by Brett Kavanaugh sheds light on how the conservative justice might rule.
• Kavanaugh didn't support blanket immunity and said prosecution could occur after a president's term.

Many in the political world are waiting with bated breath as the Supreme Court considers arguments over whether Donald Trump is immune from criminal prosecution for his behavior while in office.

Depending on how the high court rules, some of Trump's most serious legal troubles could melt away instantly. And though the conservative-majority court could hand Trump a massive legal win with their ruling if they offer a sweeping decision that affirms immunity for the former president's actions, as his lawyers have argued, analysts and legal experts say it's more likely he'll be offered a minor victory and the Supreme Court may not issue a final ruling on immunity at all.

But one clue, hidden in a 2009 legal review written by Trump-appointed Justice Brett Kavanaugh, could indicate how the conservative judge may decide in this case. And as Kavanaugh is relatively moderate compared to the court's other right-leaning justices, his 15-year-old analysis may offer insight into how the other Republican-appointed justices are looking at the matter before them.

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[walkingman]

1. I wouldn't bet on it. ☮

[elleng]

2. So kavanaugh, amy c-b, kagan, sotomayor, Jackson!

Looks good to me! (+ Roberts, to save his face!)

[tanyev]

3. I predict Boof's beliefs have "evolved" since then.

And he will not see any reason to remain consistent with something he wrote 15 years ago when a Democrat was president.

[FakeNoose]

7. Yeah, he wrote that while Obama was President

Now they're working hard to save Chump's ass, and it takes on a whole different context.

[unblock]

4. Maybe. But these fascists have consistently been as right-wing as they could get away with in the moment

Not to mention have lied their asses off to get where they are.

None of the roe repealers would have clarified their views prior to confirmation and most of them claimed to have never even thought about it and certainly not to have formed on opinion.

Then they overturned roe, in a way that makes it hard to believe that they hadn't, never mind that we basically know that that view was a litmus test for their selection in the first place.

Kavanaugh would not have expressed such a radical view about presidential immunity 15 years ago. But he may be able to now get away with something utterly insane, so this historical note is fairly meaningless.

[blm]

5. Trump turned SupremeCourt into his National Enquirer.

[duckworth969]

6. Unitary Executive Theory

Kavanaugh served in neo-con administrations.

Likely he supports a strong executive.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitary_executive_theory

[pansypoo53219]

8. blue dress.

ken star. just delay tactics for fat ass.