We've just learned that the six conservative justices on the Supreme Court are immune from anything resembling good sense.

They have granted a level of immunity not just beyond what former President Donald Trump asked for, but beyond all he could have dreamed.

The ridiculous decision, helped along by two Supreme Court justices—Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito—with clear insurrectionist sympathies, makes it virtually impossible for Jack Smith to proceed with his cases and likely sabotages Fani Willis's case as well.

There is no need nor cause for this. Since 1789, when George Washington first took office, the presidency has been able to function without any concept of absolute immunity from criminal prosecution. In fact, as Justice Sonia Sotomayor pointed out in her blistering dissent, the founders specifically spelled out immunity protections for Congress, and could've chosen to carve out immunities for the president, yet chose not to. They had to deal with a king who acted with extreme privilege already.

The founders understood that immunity leads to impunity, which is the situation we have upon us now—both in terms of the impunity Trump is bound to show if he is put back into power and........

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