Supreme CourtĀ Justice John Roberts has been left ā€œshakenā€ by the unexpected public reaction to his ruling in the DonaldĀ Trumppresidential immunity case, a columnist wrote Friday.

Slateā€™s judicial writer Dahlia Lithwick wrote that Roberts was left shocked that Americans didnā€™t buy his attempt to persuade them that his ruling was not about Trump, but instead focused on the office of the presidency. The court ruled that a president was largely immune from criminal prosecution for official actions.

Lithwick referenced a report byĀ CNNā€™sĀ Joan Biskupic. He ā€œwas shaken by the adverse public reaction to his decisionĀ affording [Donald] Trump substantial immunityĀ fromĀ criminal prosecution," she wrote.

"His protestations that the case concerned the presidency, not Trump, held little currency.ā€

  • Awesomo85@sh.itjust.works
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    Remember folks: political violence is totally justified and not authoritarian a long as itā€™s not against a Democrat!

    Democrats are the chosen political party! They are better than you! They know whatā€™s best for you! Fuck you for having any ideals that go against their infallible ideology!

    Youā€™re a stupid piece of shit if you arenā€™t a Democrat! So you deserve violence against you!

    Itā€™s not terrorism, itā€™s ā€œfuck you, you arenā€™t a Democrat so you deserve it!ā€

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      99% of political violence in this country is from your side, but its a classic republican move to attempt to blame everyone else with the charges of the stuff your side is actually doing itself. So youā€™re just a tired and not very original liar/troll. Arent there snowflake/safespace threads you should be on? You might get your feelings hurt here or god forbid, talk to a female and that would be a real tragedy because you might go hurt someone because of it. Or kick/kill an animal seems to be the thing your side prattles on about lately isnt it.

      But yes, boohoo youā€™re a victim and dems are violent. message received.

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        " your side".

        See, people just assume that if you donā€™t agree with the general ideology, you are an enemy.

        I tend to agree with most socially ā€œleftā€ ideas, but because I donā€™t want tax money to go toward wars or abortion as a form of birth control, I am a totalitarian piece of shit.

        There is no nuance anymore. Itā€™s always: ā€œyou are either with us or against usā€ mentality. And there is absolutely NO WAY you can tell me thatā€™s not the case (at least on social media).

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          See, people just assume that if you donā€™t agree with the general ideology, you are an enemy.

          Youā€™re the one that came in with ā€œDemocrats badā€. This was about ā€œof course presidents shouldnā€™t have immunity FFS.ā€