Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said on Saturday that she hopes the court’s decision granting former presidents broad criminal immunity will be overturned, saying her colleagues have done some “crazy things.”
Appearing for a civics education talk at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate, the liberal justice also publicly commented for the first time on this week’s midterm contests, when Democrats swept control of both chambers of Congress.
The justice specifically singled out the court’s 6-3 decision along ideological lines that former presidents enjoy at least presumptive immunity for their official acts. At the time, the justice wrote that it made Trump and his successors a “king above the law.”
It’s noteworthy that Sotomayor – a sitting justice – believes that this is now possible.
I’d love to ask her why she believes that, and by what means she thinks it can be done, because I would get on board in a heartbeat.
The Surpreme Court unlike lower courts can overrule prior decisions it’s made. Thats how Roe v Wade was overturned
Only if those decided cases are revisited again which is (usually) very rare. They only looked at Roe again because criminal Republican rat fuckers get to pick and choose what makes it to their docket. And of course they were allowed to do that just like all the other shit they get away with. So it will take some Democrat rat fuckery to get it (and all the other horrific decisions) in front of them again in our lifetimes.
And they need to start packing it ASAP or it’s pointless to even consider. The Republican judges will somehow all live to be +100.
It is not that difficult to get a case submitted to the Supreme Court. The challenge is getting them to accept it (then to rule in your favor). If they are inclined to overturn precedent, they are likely going to accept a case that involves it.
The SC also has the option to simply overturn it on a random other case. For instance, in Trump v Hawaii, Roberts, writing the majority opinion, wrote: