Reality check: this was the only ruling the Court could have come up with

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19. Different "reality" check

This country survived 240 years of Presidents from numerous parties, with diverse ideologies, without having to adjudicate that no one is above the law, and that the president was subject to the same laws that my plumber is.

This standard was so implicit in the documents, debates, doctrines and laws that formed our country, that it was like the act of breathing. You didn't need to plan to breath, you just did it. No man was above the law, because, of course, no man is above the law.

Despite all the "nuanced" arguments and legalistic language being thrown around, the vast majority of Americans just witnessed another 6-3 court decision, split along partisan lines where the OBVIOUS benefit of said decision serves ONE PARTISAN INTEREST.

Excuse me, but the "reality" of this travesty needs no checking.

The presidency is significantly "different" today than it was yesterday. That's reality.

The relationship between the presidency and the people, is significantly "different" today than it was yesterday. That's reality.

The standards under which a president has been expected to conduct themselves is significantly different today than it was yesterday. That's reality.

And that "new" reality is for all future presidents. Hard to imagine, but there may even be someone more morally bankrupt than Donnie Dipshit that could ascend to our highest office. That's reality.

In the Navy we used to say; "don't blow smoke up my ass and tell me it's a sea breeze"