Devastating point made by the Solicitor General in the Special Counsel (Dellinger) case:
"No one [ever] imagined that the President might need to obtain the advice and consent of a federal district court." reason.com/wp-content/upl…
"A court has barred the elected President from controlling an entire department of the Executive Branch and has turned over that department to a person who answers to no one and for whom no one voted." 🔥🔥🔥
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SCOTUS notes the parties' agreement that there were at least *some* indicted acts that may face prosecution. supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf…
Core official acts get absolute immunity, while non-core official acts might or might not get absolute immunity.
(Maybe my article hasn't become obsolete after all! I argue absolute immunity for all official acts, though I may have defined those acts differently from SCOTUS.) papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
Many twitter experts said that criminal prosecution was LESS dangerous than civil liability. So, they said, civil immunity could not imply criminal immunity.
I'm glad to see SCOTUS recognize the obvious -- being thrown in jail is more dangerous than being asked to pay damages.