How in the hell can THIS SC decide what evidemnce is alllowed?

[bluestarone]

Arn't they OVERSTEPPING it's authority?

[getagrip_already]

1. let's ask scotus..... nt

[bluestarone]

2. Just thinking Joe could issue EO staing national emergency

Because of THIS SC overstepping authority?

[republianmushroom]

3. Because they believe they are the power, which they are, for now anyway.

[ScratchCat]

4. I asked this in another thread

It seems they are just making stuff up out of thin air. I don't see any type of authority to make such a proclamation. The intent is clearly to prevent the fact that Trump was told by his cabinet that a)he didn't win and b)he was likely violating the law from being used in the trial. Again, they just invented something and gave themselves power over evidence.

[agingdem]

5. they can't...that's why their chicken shit non decision was to

pass the buck to the district court...

[NoRethugFriends]

6. Is this a serious question? Can one be that naive?

[Irish_Dem]

8. It takes some time to wrap your head around pure evil.

[Irish_Dem]

7. The US Supreme Court is at the very top of the food chain.

And they make sure we know it.

They can do whatever the hell they want.

[brooklynite]

9. They haven't

They've said nothing about evidence. They responded to a lawsuit about the CHARGES made by Jack Smith.

[bluestarone]

10. Didn't they rule that ONLY certain evidence can be used?

If they did, how can they tie the prosecutors hands BEFORE trial? (Am i not understanding this?)

[uponit7771]

12. Could you help me out with this part, here's what I read ...

"... Also not relevant to the assessment on official versus unofficial conduct, the high court said, is the fact that an action would have allegedly violated a generally applicable law..."

[LetMyPeopleVote]

11. Just Security has an interesting flowchart of the effect of the SCOTUS immunity ruling on TFG's prosecution

I am still reading the opinion (it is hard because I keep getting mad). This flowchart purports to outline the effects of the decision on the prosecution of TFG.

If this is accurate, there can be a prosecution of TFG

Link to tweet

There's a lot of misunderstanding of the Supreme Court's ruling in the presidential immunity #January6th case.

We created this infographic
@just_security
to explain:

- the pathways open to Jack Smith
- the scope of immunity from prosecution for all future presidents

[TheKentuckian]

13. If nobody stops you, you have the will, and you have the resources you can

essentially do anything that physics allows.