"When
a nation allows the outlandish to become routine and accepts dangerous
claims as normal, it loses its moral compass and its capacity to sustain
liberty.
"So
do not shrug off how significant it is that the Supreme Court will soon
hear Donald Trump’s claim that presidents should enjoy absolute
immunity from prosecution for illegal acts performed in office. How the
court handles this case involving the former president’s efforts to
overturn the 2020 election — and how the country responds — are tests of
the nation’s capacity for self-government under the rule of law. [snip]
"Trump is saying something no other presidential candidate
has ever said: That the only way to be an effective president is to be
willing to break the law. 'A denial of criminal immunity would
incapacitate every future President with de facto blackmail and
extortion while in office, and condemn him to years of post-office
trauma at the hands of political opponents,' his lawyers wrote in their brief. 'That would be the end of the Presidency as we know it and would irreparably damage our Republic.'”... -- E.J Dionne, Jr., Washington Post, on the importance of the Republican Supreme Court's decision on the Malignant Loser's farcical claims of absolute criminal immunity. The Court has already assisted the Malignant Loser, first by taking the case, then dragging out the timing of arguments, and potentially not ruling until later in the summer. That this has reached this once unthinkable point with our highest court is already an indication that it, specifically, is losing "its moral compass and its capacity to sustain liberty."
