"Could a president order Seal Team Six to assassinate a political rival?" Judge Florence Pan, appointed to the court by Joe Biden in 2021, inquired.
Even though Justice Samuel Alito directly challenged the veracity of the Seal Team Six scenario during oral arguments before the Supreme Court on April 25, Pan's imaginary execution order made it into the court's landmark opinion that significantly narrows a former president's exposure for criminal prosecution.
In a 6-3 decision issued Monday in Trump v US, the immunity question that originated out of Special Counsel Jack Smith's four-count indictment against Trump related to the events of January 6 and 2020 election, the court concluded a former president cannot be held criminally liable for "Official acts" in office.
The court continued, "[As] for a President's unofficial acts, there is no immunity.
Far from how the perpetually-perturbed cabal of cable news legal experts have described the matter-anywhere from a "No brainer" to "a slam dunk" to "Black and white" that no such immunity exists-the court never before has contemplated whether a former president can be criminally charged.
Moments after the opinion posted on the court's website, MSNBC host Chris Hayes tweeted, "SCOTUS answered the Seal Team Six hypo withyeah that's fine?" ABC News Supreme Court contributor Kate Shaw told the network's audience Monday morning that if a president ordered an assassination in his official capacity, he would be protected from prosecution.
Saddled with an obstinate dementia patient for president, the best the Left can do is warn the Donald Trump will start offing his enemies if he's re-elected in November.
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