Any president who can overturn an election can overturn the entire Constitution. I believe this was President Trump’s aim; he has practically said so. I listened to the Supreme Court arguments over whether he could do this legally with immunity.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said, if presidents weren’t protected by immunity, prosecutors would have a field day destroying them. They haven’t for the past 250 years, but no matter. A line must be drawn between public and private presidential acts.
Here’s a real world example: How about a president who lies to the American people to drag us into a war? You all know who I mean. Public or private? Let that sleeping dog lie; settle it when it actually comes up. In the meantime, don’t use it to keep Trump out of jail.
The job of the Supreme Court is to interpret our Constitution. It is bad enough that it is controlled by right-wing reactionaries. The truly frightening thing is that they are too stupid to know that their jobs are at stake.
Robert Supansic
McKeesport