Jeh Johnson: An unbelievable decision and a setback to our constitutional order

The Morning Joe panel discusses the Supreme Court ruling Trump has limited immunity.
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#MorningJoe #JehJohnson #SupremeCourt

[@dstarrII8442]

How much more damage does this court need to do before people declare it illegitimate!?!?🤬

[@foxlake6750]

Joe says no one is above the law….and then ignores the SC on the student loan ruling.

[@stasiekpiekarski]

Autocracy starts from taking over judiciary by the executive branch.

[@daydays12]

Fascism 101 ! job done in the USA

[@tonylocke1214]

The oligarchy decides upon the shape of the autocracy first.

[@susanford2388]

All one has to do is look at Hilter's play book from 1933.

[@MauiWowie51]

@@susanford2388 like the part where he put his political rivals in jail?

[@gayan2517]

Or having a wife like Jill Biden.

[@stevenpike7857]

They're cowards- they drop the news after they've left town for their undeserved vacations.

[@rude1527]

Go to their houses and see if you don't get free room and board.

[@fletcherreed3259]

Smart.

[@TheHauntedKiwi]

They can't go on vacation if you find them. ​@@rude1527

[@zalronwow7222]

You truly can't see the big picture. Without this, Obama could have been held responsible for the drone strikes on civilians (accidental) and Biden could have been charged for the deaths in the Afghanistan withdrawal. Do some research and see the bigger picture.

[@krisrob648]

This is awesome first the debate diabolical and this major l even one Democrats win they lose Joe Biden being a prime example

[@FMW922]

Are they not not just covering Donald Trump but themselves so that now they look forward to having a President that would allow them to enrich themselves as he enriches himself.

[@jennfaire8726]

Yup and we get away with it 😁

[@talk3194]

Yes, SCOTUS actually runs the country, the President doesn’t, unless SCOTUS gives him/her the power. Why? Because America is an Aristocracy!!! What does that mean? A class of persons holding exceptional rank and privileges, especially the hereditary nobility. a government or state ruled by an aristocracy, elite, or privileged upper class! MAGA is so delusional that they can’t see what is happening right before their very eyes.

[@shirleywarner8831]

Criminals in our Highest Court trump should not be on a ballot

[@grumblegroan]

Corruption at the highest level

[@ralphstarling6707]

The Supreme Court will eventually realize and suffer the shame of their actions! So sad!

[@sandyradford5248]

You think they care?

[@yojimbosatoshi]

MSNBC comments are why civics should be required in every grade from 3rd to graduation.

[@sixpackchad]

@@yojimbosatoshi I have to admit though. Reading these comments is wildly entertaining. These people can vote and they do.

[@georgehamm5224]

@@yojimbosatoshi question for you, what is fox news saying about this? What are your comments about them?

[@yojimbosatoshi]

@georgehamm5224 I don't know what they're saying about it. Conservatives don't do anything. They're not a worry to me. It's the commies that have infiltrated everything and are attempting to destroy our nation that worry me and they live here.

[@RegebroRepairs]

@@sixpackchad That's not entertaining, it's terrifying and the reason we are in this mess in the first place.

[@sixpackchad]

@@RegebroRepairs The progressive lunatics spouting off left wing talking points about fascism is the entertaining part.

[@suedavis3525]

I am a Brit living in France. I can tell you that if something like this happened in France the population would be striking and demonstrating in the streets until the decision was reversed.

[@SS-pc6dg]

Why?

[@KAMMD]

Result ?

[@electrolytics]

Something like what happened?

[@sweetdulcesunshinenyc]

​@@SS-pc6dgbecause no one wants a dictator dumdumdums the 5 judges were hand picked to work with traitors liars or the treasonous rightwing confederate republikkkan grifters infiltrators that are against democracy freedom justice equality humanity education progress harmony and peace and it's confirmed by this decision dumdumdums they voted for a Dictator dumdumdums connect the dots WATCH THE VIDEO wow

[@SS-pc6dg]

@@electrolytics I don't believe many of these comments are from any actual individual. It is all marketing.

[@Mr.Monta77]

This is shocking.

[@UMVELINQANGI]

With an imperious, far right wing super majority driving the SCOTUS, this disgraceful opinion was inevitable, and it has the potential to break our constitutional order. We should all be very concerned.

[@thrivalmode4523]

No you are!

[@Mr.Monta77]

@@thrivalmode4523 Why am I shocking?

[@NotRose-hf7kr]

Corrupt New York judges and corrupt Biden and Democrats. Democracy?. Stop lying and stop stealing elections. Tell Democrats.

[@portiawilcox3120]

@@Mr.Monta77Not only shocking,delusional you people are! Trump IS your next President! Enjoy November!!😂🎉

[@user-sq7nk9us6f]

Why should people show respect for the courts if the Courts show no respect for the people? It encourages anarchy.

[@santyclause8034]

Didn't the Nixon tapes get used as evidence of misconduct?

[@henkholdingastate]

From a respected country to a banana republic with a dictator at the head and his cronies in the high court. It looks like Germany just before the war

[@gogreen7794]

Yes.

[@JoeWayne84]

Nixon wasn’t prosecuted

[@markjones4704]

@@JoeWayne84 yes ford pardoned him so never tested wether potus has imunity at all

[@somedaybythesea3748]

@@markjones4704he was pardoned on the impeachment, not supposed crimes.

[@lindabingham6403]

If there was EVER a doubt .... we need to not doubt anymore.

[@Sticky-Situation]

If you think this decision was "Unbelievable", you having been paying attention

[@chrisjessee9789]

This is no longer legal BS. This will be decided in the streets.

[@debbieparrish2993]

Republic for which it stands....

[@jeffhampton2767]

One nation under God 🙏🏻

[@HotChronicles]

@@jeffhampton2767 “indivisible”

[@S__a_m_u_r_a_i]

Indivisible with Liberty and Justice for all 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@Rustea314]

@@jeffhampton2767 "under God" was added in 1950's to fight the godless communist.

[@Marshall_Stacks]

@@jeffhampton2767NOPE! That nonsense was added in the 50's and has no basis in reality.

[@markvogel3473]

The way it works is that the president promises the director of homeland security (or whomever) a presidential pardon for carrying out an order to do something for which the director does not otherwise have immunity. The president, after all, has the absolute power to pardon anybody she/he wants to pardon.

[@Jarhead1968]

So, y’all not telling everyone to respect our judicial system today? 😂

[@DuaneHallinSD]

Our democracy had a good run. It will be missed.

[@jennfaire8726]

Thank God!

[@PassportBrosBusinessClass]

Without presidential immunity, EVERY PRESIDENT could be prosecuted after they leave office by the opposing party. THERE ARE TWO WAYS to hold a President Accountable: #1 THE BALLOT BOX #2 IMPEACHMENT

[@sandyradford5248]

They tried impeachment.. twice for Trump. And the gutless Republicans let him off.

[@elogiud]

We really have only ONE way; Don't let the lunatic back into power; vote Blue!

[@nataliandavis4515]

Having mercy on thousands, overlooking evil and wrongdoing and sin; he will not let wrongdoers go free, but will send punishment on children for the sins of their fathers, and on their children's children to the third and fourth generation.

[@manatee123]

Jeh Johnson knows what he is talking about. 😭

[@MagnumForce439]

Half the country is upset, while the other half is fine with this decision. It’s called democracy.

[@TomZanetic]

What do you expect when psychopathic judges are admitted to the supreme court

[@weepinglilies]

What do you expect when appointed officials are Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller, and Kash Patel??! They will not say no, because he will pardon them if they get in any trouble, this is insane, we don’t have a democracy anymore, it breaks my heart.

[@MauiWowie51]

like the woman who doesn't know what a woman is?

[@TheHauntedKiwi]

@@MauiWowie51 Republicans are not human beings.

[@gayan2517]

Do they have dementia too?

[@Anita-e3h2x]

"psychopathic judges are admitted to the supreme court..." put there from a lunatic and psychopathic President Trump!! So vote blue to impede a second term of this mad-man!!!

[@faby3392]

Supreme Court shameless

[@JoshuaK-st7ln]

You're shameless

[@SS-pc6dg]

Why?

[@JoshuaK-st7ln]

@@SS-pc6dg Because this whole thing is a political persecution by a bunch of corrupt power hungry swamp rats

[@jennfaire8726]

I love them

[@SS-pc6dg]

@@jennfaire8726 Hey, you have a brain capable of critical thinking!!!

[@FloatDown]

What this SCOTUS is doing is corrupt and unacceptable. They need to be held accountable. Immediately.

[@raulabeyta7853]

Just like the Biden administration needs to be held accountable for weaponizing the DOJ.

[@foxlake6750]

Why is it corrupt?

[@deanhirakawa8436]

I can’t believe that in my lifetime, I am watching democracy being slowly dismantled by people who are supposed to protect the rule of law and the Constitution.

[@markcosenza3274]

😂😂 No! Biden's lawfare crushed!😂😂

[@kuistancfraine3488]

Amen!!

[@judyharragin5145]

Congress back Aipac isreel thieving American taxpayers money

[@Kermit_T_Frog]

I didn't believe this was going to happen, either, but in hindsight, it was inevitable. They've planned this for decades. Why do you think Trump has been so brazenly unlawful? He knew that the courts had his back.

[@dwightbethel488]

​@@markcosenza3274 so I biden decides he should do as donald said and assisnante someone it should be a problem for you... this ruling goes both ways.

[@susansantapola]

President Biden must take action on this.

[@gayan2517]

You mean Jill Biden.

[@DuaneHallinSD]

@@gayan2517 Hey troll. Derp derp

[@carltonredden4885]

@@gayan2517😂

[@krazzylion4135]

he meant BRANDON, DARK BRANDON

[@Bicbawsaq]

@@krazzylion4135 dork brandon

[@branevans3705]

Be quiet, Luke. MSNBC, you have a real nerve to post this joyful announcement after such a serious topic

[@One.--]

Justice Roberts & his gang had did this...😮

[@catheerineflannigan3321]

no. it was trump/mconald that did this.

[@SS-pc6dg]

Why?

[@jimmys50]

Just one more step towards Fascism. Surprising how many want to run not step down that road.

[@MauiWowie51]

define fascism right now without googling it. i dare you.

[@raulabeyta7853]

​@@MauiWowie51😂😂👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@michaelbriganti]

Do you need a wambulance jimmy????

[@jimmys50]

@@michaelbriganti No thanks., I am 76 years old and I won't live long enough to see the damage the republican party, oh my bad Maga, will do to this country.

[@TheHauntedKiwi]

@@jimmys50 Republicans never were really human beings or Americans.

[@prajnachan333]

You guys aren't including "presidential pardons" for carrying out those acts!

[@joewearsadroolbib7347]

Why does MSNBC constantly whine about everything?

[@HeadacheMachine]

says the guy who certainly supports the whinner-in-chief, the orange turd

[@indiansfever11]

*whine and lie!

[@SS-pc6dg]

@@indiansfever11 Humans don't lie.

[@AugaAuf]

A real whiner comment.

[@SS-pc6dg]

@@AugaAuf What is?

[@evalawler4524]

Why are 6 Supreme Court Justices working for Donald Trump instead of doing their job? We, the American people, will be the ones paying for it if the unpredictable, chaotic, angry Donald Trump gets elected. We all have to vote in large numbers. Make sure you are registered to vote.

[@tedf9233]

The court has spoken.

[@Mr.Monta77]

The extreme right wing activist ‘justices’ of the Court have spoken, rather.

[@Djturnt]

Goofy

[@sifisodube4686]

Laws only apply to the poorer people only. If you have money you can get away with any thing truth must be told

[@susancoddington6393]

I can’t believe anything an lawyer says now because like me they all said no way the SCROTUS would give the monster absolute immunity we were all wrong

[@RegisterRedVoteBlue]

The lawyers are telling you the law. SCOTUS is doing whatever tf they want.

[@SS-pc6dg]

@@RegisterRedVoteBlue What are you talking about? Do you understand how the sytem works?

[@SS-pc6dg]

What monster?

[@Kathleen-d8j]

Not absolute

[@RegisterRedVoteBlue]

@@Kathleen-d8j yes, absolute for official acts.

[@markjoseph196]

🤣🤣🤣, This is what happened when you don’t have term limits in the Supreme Court. At aged 65 or 70 (tops ) you should be out of that building!

[@Joe-c4c1i]

JUDY JUSTICE was blindfolded by the kangaroos. Animal Farm.

[@susanford2388]

I don't remember kangaroos in Animal Farm?

[@xTHExROADx]

Oh no!!! We can't prosecute our political rival??? Lol pathetic

[@HD46409]

More to the point the president could order the military to "take out" the SCOTUS majority and then issue pardons (or pre-emptive pardons) for all those involved and we're all good.

[@davidtuttle7556]

Then the Constitution would be as good as dead.

[@Nib_Nob-t7x]

No they couldn't. Because it has to be "official". Which is determined by the lower courts on a case by case basis.

[@darkcld82]

Service members are sworn to uphold the constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. So you point is mute

[@jamesross3939]

​​@@Nib_Nob-t7xit's official if it's for national security. Full stop.

[@MLIrons]

And you act like the commander-in-chief can just snap his fighers and make the military dance like puppets. Newsflash, that's not how it works.

[@jamesdean80]

THE SKY IS FALLING!!!! It was law. And nothing wrong.

[@cherylbarrett3443]

I am glad this went to the Court of Appeals first. It shows how corrupt the Supreme Court has become.

[@jamesross3939]

Good point.

[@zalronwow7222]

It is "corrupt" to allow protection to past presidents for what they did in office. Obama should then be brought up for charges calling in a drone strike that killed civilians, since you are saying after his presidency he no longer has immunity.

[@askmshaymes]

After being an insider sitting socially with federal judges, dining and traveling with state court judges my lack of awareness of the seriousness of legally binding procedures dismantled my future completely. The system meant to support citizens had become a bit of a monopoly, protected, just like Mr. Trump is being protected. I am not doing a bash the courts series I am waking up the minds of people who don’t know what they don’t know. Thank you for subscribing.

[@andersljunggren4763]

goodbye the so called american democracy

[@piratelechuck1911]

"Guh'bye dumbocracy 🧟‍♂️" - Team Clown

[@rickrobitaille5590]

Good buy to our so call American Democracy! Thank god for our Supreme court!

[@ozachar]

That goodbye was done in the NY court

[@danielnixon1976]

It's a constitutional republic. Republic, like in the pledge of allegiance. We're not a socialist country yet clown.

[@ek-1707]

Not if you vote, and encourage everyone you know to do likewise.

[@rosanash4949]

Corrupt court

[@genabrie]

I am not joking- Joe Biden must act “boldly and decisively” now while he is still president. If he can’t, he should step down and have Kamala sworn in… she would do what has to be done to save our country!

[@NOMOREDEMOCRACY]

OOO RAH

[@sixpackchad]

@@genabrie 😂😂😂 keep em coming, this is wildly entertaining.

[@alwayzchillin0714]

🤭🤣

[@Bicbawsaq]

I don't believe that you understand what any word means

[@genabrie]

@@Bicbawsaq really? I would argue my education probably exceeds yours. I may not mean what I am saying, but I can certainly read. The only reason the Supreme Court ruled this way yesterday is that they are certain Biden is to incorruptible to see the implications. He should call their bluff!

[@BVN-TEXAS]

Gotta love watching MSNBC throwing a hissyfit when they don’t get their way.

[@MyVale13]

Honestly, I think Scotus would have helped trump more by simply stalling the case, than ruling in favor of immunity. Because now they have granted the same immunity to President Biden. I hope that he uses it

[@waverideraus4882]

Hopefully it may have also rung the alarm bells for many who may have been sitting on the fence. There will be many who may not care about one party or the other but definitely do not want unaccountable overlord

[@m.b5777]

Biden is only half alive.

[@Bicbawsaq]

Trump was Impeached for j6 just like biden could be. Nothing has changed. Anything outside of impeachment is illegal for official duties.

[@jtarmstrong1986]

The US is a joke ugh

[@franklingonzalez1003]

Then why are you still here? You can leave you know? I will help you if you get lost at the airport. I will even have tissues ready for your liberal tears.

[@SS-pc6dg]

The US is the best country in the world with the worst government

[@rickrobitaille5590]

It is but we finally got something right!

[@ek-1707]

If you are not an American, then you are correct. If you are an American, you are the problem.

[@jennfaire8726]

Move

[@chrisward4576]

Another 20 million illegal immigrants comin' in hot

[@AmitRay47]

The Roman emperor NERO (the worst in Roman history) has incarnated by the blessings of the Supreme Court.

[@Iserate]

Are you having a stroke?

[@michaelbriganti]

Take your meds sweetheart.

[@somedaybythesea3748]

Cry more

[@waverideraus4882]

Better to be innocent than Immune

[@7thpilot]

Nice to see the RULE OF LAW still standing strong Thankyou Justices you have returned sanity to the masses

[@kathyweis7451]

Long live King and Queen Biden

[@catlady443]

This is totally unconstitutional. It is an illegal ruling. If you cannot see this, then YOU are equally guilty and part of the problem

[@catlady443]

Just because YOU like it and YOU see it as sanity, It isn't. It isn't even Christian let alone American. Trump is EVIL must be stopped, but they are aiding and abbetting the traitor. that makes them traitors too. Just like YOU

[@melissabruhn1429]

False. But MAGA love to lie and bluster.

[@rovingnomad8397]

do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.

[@RegebroRepairs]

The six justices that voted for this should be removed as failing to uphold their oath.

[@zdwade]

Can’t wait for trump 2.0

[@wlm1697]

Cry harder liberal garbage.😂😂😂

[@JohnMoseley]

@@zdwade So he can start hurting people you don't like, this time with total impunity?

[@mjcmustang]

​@RegebroRepairs except they did hold up the constitution if you cared to read the part that specifically relates to this instance

[@Bicbawsaq]

Our constitution doesn't say federal agencies can make law

[@Miathiren]

Ok, when did the Supreme Court make a law?

[@gogreen7794]

Government agencies administer the law, otherwise there's no point in having law.

[@Bicbawsaq]

@@Miathiren it's scotus job to interpret law, that's why they're there

[@Bicbawsaq]

@gogreen7794 chevron gave federal agencies the power to interpret ambiguous law but that's scotus job as one of the 3 branches. The epa isn't in the constitution

[@sixpackchad]

😂😂 love to see progressive cope.

[@MauiWowie51]

its insane. "why wont the fascists jail my political rivals?"

[@sixpackchad]

@@MauiWowie51 Bro, read Sotomayor’s dissent. She legitimately believes this gives the president power to assassinate their political opponents. Absolutely insane.

[@anguselliott8986]

OK Goebbels.

[@Noreb]

"progressives" = literally everyone who isnt a maga cultist, across both sides of the aisle..

[@TheHauntedKiwi]

@@sixpackchad Republicans are not human beings. Act accordingly everyone.

[@Ynos-62]

-So these people would get to the top seat not certainly based on their expertise and credential ( Federal District judge Aileen Cannon with less than 3 years of experience on the bench) but more on who put them there and for what purposes (Al Gore Vs. Bush ). -So integrity from these people is just a public advertising!

[@Johnnywalker-vq7kl]

BIDENS ENTIRE PRESIDENCY IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL COPE GET YOUR FLIGHT TICKETS SOON 😂😂😂 LS

[@alcrow1458]

The grown ups are trying to talk. Go outside and play with your friends.

[@johngodley256]

@Johnnywalker-vq7k1 There was a time when the US had mostly decent normal people, that went out of the window with Trump and the GOP. 60 courts said Biden is the president, so where do you get your lies from?

[@Johnnywalker-vq7kl]

@@alcrow1458 grownups in the youtube comment section what a L🤡🤣

[@Emrsnx]

You all better drop that freedom crap and good luck with keeping your basic human rights.. .America died today.

[@daveg695]

Now we see why it took so long for SCOTUS to rule on this case. They were figuring out how to completely protect trump.

[@SS-pc6dg]

How so? By following the law?

[@daveg695]

@@SS-pc6dg Yeah, but they didn't follow any law. They created new law.

[@SS-pc6dg]

@@daveg695 Well you are clearly no legal scholar and the opposing force on the supreme court offered no legal rebuttal, i.e. there was no law broken (or not followed as you suggest). No new law was created but rather the existing law was interpreted for the first time since no political party has ever been so afraid of a political opponent before to actually bring these types of cases. People need to stop listening to the media and start applying basic critical thinking skills.

[@antoinefigafetta6405]

@@SS-pc6dg Let's just put it this way. SCOTUS the last Bastion of Justice has just given Trump the License for a Dictatorship ( if he wins election).

[@jennfaire8726]

Yes we protect Trump all the way

[@davidschneider6306]

Care to know how the Supreme Court/Trump love affair ends? Read William Shire “Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.”

[@ramadoo2179]

Correct ruling. There has not been a sensical dissent thus far, just immature emotion outbursts

[@john.maynard]

Explain

[@2200Stinger]

⁠​⁠@@john.maynardHow about you try and prove him wrong by explaining what sensical dissent there is for the decision? Other than hyperbolisitc nonsense like “the president is now a king” or “we should use this in our favor to enact violence against our political opponent”

[@melissabruhn1429]

False.

[@georgehamm5224]

Immature is the comments you just made, still in America we have a right to our own opinions. How ironic!

[@TheHauntedKiwi]

@@2200Stinger "Disprove it without talking about it" The parasite wishes you to justify his own madness. Go away parasite.

[@PaulRueben]

Next time don’t try to jail your political opponent , blue side brought this on themselves . And your losing November

[@awtodor]

Trump did this to himself by directly attacking our election

[@williamstanley4714]

Trump 2024. To big to rig

[@dontewashington3250]

Wow. These liberals have no sense.

[@davidsylvester6880]

Tump could still run for president even as he sits in jail. Bringing him to court before election would have just gave him more votes

[@markjones4704]

and win and be sworn in and release himself issueing exec order to the governer

[@somedaybythesea3748]

Even if he is sentenced to jail, he will remain free under appeal just like Steve Bannon was.

[@lmiller1413]

I would chuckle to see him give his inauguration speech in stripes! And then I would cry after I realized that I lost all my freedom.

[@DuaneHallinSD]

Trumpf cant vote in November. 😂

[@somedaybythesea3748]

@@DuaneHallinSD he doesn’t have to. We will vote for him in overwhelming numbers

[@kirkdogg007]

We already knew this the crooks who tried this are surprised it didn't work.

[@bigtime9589]

Enough of the Supreme Court. I want to know why Ukrainian kids are fighting over a pair of tennis shoes, while Zelenskyy's wife is driving a $4.4 million Bugatti? 10% for the Big Guy!

[@grahamwade5932]

Shut up man

[@susanford2388]

More importantly, how much were those 6 justices paid for their immunity decision? Who paid them? No justices recused themselves!

[@gayan2517]

Hunter Biden paid them?🙄

[@rogerclark9285]

Just their usual salaries. They are paid by the federal government.

[@jadenbrooks4327]

If yall think this is OK then you're NOT OK ... Please seek a doctor

[@NOMOREDEMOCRACY]

doctor 2A

[@jadenbrooks4327]

@@NOMOREDEMOCRACY Any doctor that can make people realize that America was literally made to prevent this.

[@NOMOREDEMOCRACY]

@@jadenbrooks4327 EXACTDAMUNDO !!! EXTRA RATION OF RUM FOR YOU MY INTELLIGENT FRIEND :) GENUFLECT :)

[@lindsaygook5550]

Madness in the Supreme Court. Goodbye Cruel World Strewth ! 🤷🤷‍♂️

[@MB-ng2rj]

Biden and Obama better give thanks for this ruling...

[@7thpilot]

Exactly

[@2200Stinger]

Them and all of the other war criminals, sure.

[@catlady443]

why, they haven't done anything illegal, unlike trump

[@alwayzchillin0714]

@@catlady443 tell that to the people of Yemen(one of which was a US citizen)

[@2200Stinger]

@@catlady443 They didn't intentionally hit an American with a drone strike in a foreign country without due process? Lol

[@radwulfeboraci7504]

The word you are looking for is obscene.

[@IndianaJake]

Anybody still believe this crap? Hahaha

[@tom-hu6hc]

These people are from China or what?

[@Bunbunamor]

This court is disgusting.

[@ThatLife4U]

Outside of not liking the ruling, explain your comment

[@Marshall_Stacks]

@@ThatLife4U They are dragging their feet with this delay and egregious nonsense when everyone knows trump is guilty. They are in the bag for Trump. How hard is this for you to understand ?!?

[@northernbohemianrealist]

Such a mark of professionalism - ending videos with bearded hipster Russert yell at us from the men's room.

[@Randal-Flagg]

Arsonists are now fully in charge of the fire department. We are truly living "Fahrenheit 451."

[@alwayzchillin0714]

False equivalency

[@siegfread9683]

​@@alwayzchillin0714how so? Cause from what I can see what is personal and what is presidential business has been left intentionally vague which means that it's up to the courts to decide. Ultimately meaning the supreme Court gets to pick and choose what behavior can be prosecuted. A heavily liberal supreme Court could mean that a Republican could be tried for legitimate business that runs a foul of normal law and a Democrat could quite literally get away with murder. This ruling more or less means whoever controls the supreme Court controls where presidential power begins and ends.

[@alwayzchillin0714]

@@siegfread9683 Again, the SCOTUS only interprets the laws already written and deems whether it is Constitutional or not, they do not write laws, that is Congress, they would decide whether something was “an official duty” or not.

[@siegfread9683]

@@alwayzchillin0714 no the courts would. Unless you expect Congress to write a law every time a new edge case comes up.

[@weinbergfahrer4048]

How can a convicted criminal be on the presidential ballot at all ?

[@alwayzchillin0714]

Because the charges are shenanigans to begin with, that’s why no one’s buying it.

[@markdavis9510]

Definitely a blue news agency.

[@michaelwaterman6122]

What are you going to do about it

[@rude1527]

First red hats. Than Trump flags Now black robes trigger the liberals

[@JohnMoseley]

If you think that's all this is, you're just as ill-informed as I'd expect a MAGA to be.

[@KrytenKoro]

...y'all did Jan 6. It's not "triggering", we're just acknowledging the evidence of our eyes.

[@rude1527]

​​@@KrytenKoroare you forgetting 100 days of riots by liberals?

[@zalronwow7222]

Biden stays in, they will be rainbow robes.

[@BlastOutWEST]

It isn't a new decision and SCOTUS is only stating laws that are already in place based on this case. He will still be accountable for anything unofficial.

[@Miathiren]

Your wasting your time trying to explain anything to these people, it's like trying to teach a monkey algebra

[@sandyradford5248]

Trump thinks the plan of the fake electors is official business.

[@IrmaVargas-rb1mu]

Get over it msnbc so sad to be sore losers

[@kathyweis7451]

Long live King and Queen Biden....

[@michaelbriganti]

@@kathyweis7451 Calm down Karen.

[@georgehamm5224]

The biggest and greatest losers isn't MSNBC , it's our Country itself and one day it will even cause that smile to disappear off your face.... Be careful what you ask for.

[@anguselliott8986]

They said about the same in Germany when their democracy fell.

[@catlady443]

@@michaelbriganti well we certainly can't have a king Trump. the country would disintegrate in a year

[@graemej2599]

From my viewpoint in Australia, it seems to me that the Founding Fathers should have stayed tied to the British Legal System, and not try to invent their own. American justice seems just as impotent as the other totalitarian dictatorships that exist around the world.

[@datpat8776]

Time for, "Dark Brandon" to Play hardball and use the Power that the Court has given him in order to protect Democracy.

[@piratelechuck1911]

He needs a few more braincells than what is available.

[@somedaybythesea3748]

Dork bRaNdoN

[@Bicbawsaq]

You actually have to to impeach presidents for such acts then they can be tried and they already impeached trump for this and voted not to indict so no, dork brandon can't order assassination. You're now on a list though

[@asongfromunderthefloorboards]

They won't for the same reason that the "good cop" in the routine isn't actually looking to protect you from the "bad cop". They have the same goal.

[@jaygosev3589]

If the "power" you claim is available for Brandon to use, HE WOULD. In a second.

[@jacquelinekeddy6212]

Time and time again there has been shockers from the norm then 2 months sown the road all is forgotten PATHETIC

[@floydhutcherson1732]

Looks like 28% of you should start packing. Go on..get!

[@TheHauntedKiwi]

@@floydhutcherson1732 Republicans are not human beings. Do not treat them like they are.

[@Marshall_Stacks]

Trump idiots?

[@Connie25v]

Majority decision

[@ronabitz5156]

All a President that us ordering an act that he can not be prosecuted for but his Cabinet Secretary can be needed to do is issue a pardon for ir.

[@zalronwow7222]

"I don't know what he just said, and I don't think he does either."

[@michaelbriganti]

@@zalronwow7222 Exactly. LOL!!!!!

[@j.thomas7128]

Biden supporters sound just as incoherent as Biden at a debate!

[@catlady443]

you don't even realize what this really means. As long as the supreme court is on his side, they will do whatever he wants. Got it now?

[@j.thomas7128]

@@catlady443 You don't even know how wrong you are: learn something! Article II, Section 3: He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States. The doctrine of executive privilege defines the authority of the President to withhold documents or information in his possession or in the possession of the Executive Branch from the Legislative or Judicial Branch of the government. While the Constitution does not expressly confer upon the Executive Branch any such privilege, the Supreme Court has held that executive privilege derives from the constitutional separation of powers and from a necessary and proper concept respecting the carrying out of the duties of the presidency imposed by the Constitution.1 Although there are various and distinct components to executive privilege,2 the privilege’s foundation lies in the proposition that in making judgments and reaching decisions, the President and his advisors must be free to discuss issues candidly, express opinions, and explore options without fear that those deliberations will later be made public.3 Conceptually, the doctrine of executive privilege may well reflect different considerations in different factual situations. Congress may seek information within the possession of the President in the course of exercising its investigatory powers;4 government prosecutors may seek information in the course of investigating and prosecuting crimes;5 and private parties may seek information in the possession of the President for use as evidence in either a criminal or civil proceeding.6 In all of these contexts, the courts have generally assessed any asserted privilege by weighing the President’s need for confidentiality against the interests of the party seeking the information.7 Today, it is apparent that executive privilege is qualified rather than absolute. For the vast majority of U.S. history, however, the existence and appropriate scope of the privilege was uncertain and nearly untouched by the courts.8 Chief Justice John Marshall referred to the confidentiality of presidential communications in Marbury v. Madison and during the treason trial of former Vice President Aaron Burr,9 but in neither instance [ ] was Marshall forced to definitively decide whether such a presidential privilege existed and if so, in what form.10 In fact, the judiciary’s involvement in addressing the privilege’s use in resisting disclosure in the face of either judicial or legislative subpoenas did not begin in earnest until the 1970s and the Administration of Richard Nixon.11 Prior to the Nixon era, executive privilege’s contours were defined, if at all, by historical practice and the actions and interpretations of Congress and the President. And with little further explication coming from the Supreme Court since, the Nixon era remains the defining era of judicial consideration of the privilege.

[@72stones43]

When I have more sense than Supreme Court judges.

[@galaxy-star-me]

You are nuts as I bet that you never read the verdict!

[@UncleFred-mb4eq]

You don’t.

[@PassportBrosBusinessClass]

I hope you all read the story of THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES. In that story, was an emperor who was forced to believe he had invisible clothes because people who couldn't see them were unfit for office and not smart. The emperor's hands were forced to believe he had invisible clothes because they themselves might be seen as unfit for office and not smart. It wasn't until the emperor came out to show off to the townspeople that a child shouted out his nakedness. Everyone realized immediately the child was right and they themselves decried the emperor's nudity. Sometimes it's possible to have so many sycophants and liars from behind protection that the truth and reality escape you. But eventually it all comes crashing down.

[@HotChronicles]

Time for the dems to have another meltdown 😂

[@catlady443]

Not a meltdown. Just out vote the Republicans, Massively. You really do forget ultra conservatives -only make up 1/3 of the country. !/2 is Dems and the rest are a mix of undecides and tea party. there are a lot more of us than you. And Trump has Zero of the top 100 of forbes because they decided he was insane.

[@Noreb]

dems = everyone who isnt a maga cultist apparently..

[@johnmott5653]

This will only matter if Trump wins. He will not! We Americans know he is a Criminal. The majority of the Electorate will vote for Joe! Americans are sick of this foolish banter and want it stop.

[@waverideraus4882]

But the ruling will still stand as a beacon to draw the next hungry mob boss that wants a slice of it. Any future president could be corrupted by this power regardless of party. This is not a one off ruling.

[@Miathiren]

Well according to the poles the majority is voting for Trump

[@MCJSA]

When constitutions become broken and unworkable they are rewritten. Since 1789, France has had 13 constitutions, or 16 depending on how you count, four of those in the 20th century. Constitutional crises are common in democratic states. Our constitution has lasted 250 years because it is well-designed for our needs, until yesterday.

[@mjcmustang]

First of all, we are NOT a democracy. We are a constitutional republic. Secondly, read ArtII.S3.5.1 Presidential Immunity to Suits and Official Conduct Since you claim this is dismantling the constitution

[@2200Stinger]

Hahaha! “The Government(s) of France since 1789 are the standard we should be holding for proper governance” Thank you for confirming you have no idea what you’re talking about and just found some statistic to throw into the comment in an attempt to prove your asinine point.

[@MCJSA]

@@mjcmustang Yeah. A 'constitutionl republic' like North Korea? Spouting MAGA nonsense like true Putinista.

[@MCJSA]

@@2200Stinger Bruh! Counting to 13 is not statistics. It's first grade math. Where have you been?

[@lostbutfreesoul]

Other countries didn't create a system designed to make changes near impossible. Nor do they have a Supreme Court that would nullify a law.... That is something to keep in mind, many times Congress passes an act or the likes... the Supreme Court gets called in to swat it down. It doesn't matter what that act is attempting to do, nor how much of the constitution you can point to as 'grounds to create such acts.' All it takes is a single corrupt court beholden to rich donors can nullify even the constitution itself. Case in point: The 14th Amendment has a massive hole right now, where a whole paragraph of text used to be. Instead of accepting that the framers of the 14th clearly intended something for this line of text... they ruled it as doing nothing *until Congress Clerifies.* What other Countries' Supreme Court has the power to nullify lines of a Constitution on the grounds 'Who could understand what Congress intended without clarification?' Also keep in mind: They know this congress is Gridlocked, but they still demand a Super Majority and Constitutional Changes. Which, if you read their opinion, they still want power to Nullify if they do not like it...!

[@rileybrown7688]

Vote Blue to get rid of trump for good!!

[@UncleFred-mb4eq]

Go do your homework Riley. Mommy says no more KZbin.

[@al-paciyes5722]

Libs having a total meltdown.... priceless

[@Marshall_Stacks]

Oh, really? I bet you're not even old enough to vote and have your mom's phone right now. Be honest.

[@krazzylion4135]

"THE Q'ANON SUPREME CULT"

[@TruthPrevails89]

⬆️🤡🤡🤡

[@drew4HIM]

The ONLY way forward @ this stage, is to inform millions and be @ the Voting station this Nov, to Vote BLUE & Save OUR Country, OUR Democracy, OUR Virtues & Values, OUR Lives are worth so much more than this EVIL CHAOS! OUR Vote/Fight and OUR Preparation NEEDS to be top to bottom, we know the rep will LIE AGAIN about the results

[@alwayzchillin0714]

Buying into the fear they’re pushing I see. Get real, you have lost your mind.

[@billjoe613]

only evil I see doing is from the leftist neo cons.

[@billjoe613]

cope harder

[@somedaybythesea3748]

Nope. Voting for President Trump to save America

[@drew4HIM]

@@somedaybythesea3748 I do hope you will seek TRUTH, repeated Lies are so deceptive, to the point you think they true

[@MauiWowie51]

isn't it the worst when the courts wont unjustly prosecute your political rivals?

[@KrytenKoro]

Do you seriously not get that this ruling allows Biden to legally prosecute his political rivals?

[@phillyrocks3847]

Imagine voting for a kid sniffer.

[@winterslideride]

This sounds more like the view than news, 🤯

[@Thistaken2]

​@@KrytenKoro No it doesn't! Biden was already prosecuting his political opponent hence why they had to have this ruling which was established in 1887.

[@phillyrocks3847]

@@KrytenKoro He already is prosecuting his rivals