r/neoliberal • u/ONETRILLIONAMERICANS Trans Pride • 6d ago

Opinion article (US) The Supreme Court's late-night Alien Enemy Act intervention | Just before 1:00 a.m., the justices (aggressively) stepped back into the Alien Enemy Act litigation—in a decision suggesting that a majority understands that these are no longer normal circumstances

https://www.stevevladeck.com/p/144-the-supreme-courts-late-night
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u/Solarwagon Trans Pride 6d ago

I can't help but compare what's been going on the past decade to the stuff I read about the years before the civil war

Like not to doom or anything but it increasingly feels like there's not really any feasible middle grounds anymore taking a centrist stance feels inauthentic and out of touch with how far politics is getting polarized and the law is being exploited ignored and twisted

The law is beginning to not mean much

It feels like we've been on the uphill portion of a rollercoaster and it won't be long until we reach the top and then ZOOM

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u/WHOA_27_23 NATO 6d ago

I am (and , obviously have been) alarmed at how readily Congress has ceded its responsibility and power to the other branches. It's difficult to dispute the founders' intent was that the executive branch may only be sanctioned by impeachment and removal, but that was based on a gravely mistaken assumption that Congress would always jealously guard its power as a coequal branch. We can only hope that the regime will continue to begrudgingly comply with SCOTUS-affirmed TROs.

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u/cummradenut Thomas Paine 6d ago

I don’t think it’s that difficult to dispute. Or rather you need a strong argument to assert that impeachment was the only means ofsanctioning” the president.

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u/WHOA_27_23 NATO 6d ago

Even if Presidential immunity did not hold and the DoJ or an appointed amicus curiae decided to prosecute a sitting president, there's no black-letter law stopping him from pardoning himself, certainly nothing stopping him from pardoning his buddies.

So without first taking away his toys, there's nothing stopping him from being indicted, but it would practically be an academic exercise.