Team, the Supreme Court ruled that former President Trump has immunity from prosecution for "official" acts.
This decision will cause even more wreckage than Bush v. Gore.
The far-right radicals on the Court have essentially elevated the President above the law – the Founding Fathers’ greatest fear.
In what should have been a fast, unanimous decision against Trump, The Court That Dark Money Built handed Trump another win. The first win for Trump was that the Court dragged its feet in handing down the decision, depriving the American people of knowing before the election whether the former president is guilty of attempting to overturn the last election. Contrast that months-long delay to help Trump with how quickly the Court decided Bush v. Gore to help Bush; the Court made its decision the next day when it meant installing a Republican president. Ditto getting Trump back on the ballot in Colorado in time. There’s a pattern.
But the far-right justices (three of whom were nominated by Trump) went further than gifting a trial delay to help Trump’s chances — they’ve now made it a lot harder to hold a former president accountable for crimes committed in office. Even treason can’t be prosecuted, if any “official” channels were used!
If Trump gets back in, things are going to be a lot worse this time around. We can’t let that happen.
Will you donate to my re-election campaign so I can get dark money out of our democracy, clean up this mess at the Supreme Court, and send a strong slate of Democrats to Washington in November?
Thank you for standing with me,
Sheldon Whitehouse
