The blatantly unethical and partisan conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court has, without any regard for our constitution, precedent, or common sense, removed perhaps the last remaining guardrail protecting our nation against Donald Trump’s worst criminal instincts by concocting a broad and loosely defined “presidential immunity” from prosecution.

Subsequently, the sentencing for Trump’s 34 felony convictions has been delayed until at least September. Holding Trump accountable for conspiring to overthrow the 2020 presidential election cannot now happen before the next election, if ever.

This irresponsible jurisprudence comes after also overturning the Colorado Supreme Court decision that Trump was ineligible to be on their state’s ballot due to his engaging in an insurrection per the Constitution’s 14th Amendment. The Roberts’ Court chose not to even address whether or not Trump had engaged in an insurrection and simply claimed that the state lacked the authority to make ballot access decisions even though the Constitution clearly entrusts states with this power.

Justices Thomas and Alito both joined this “gift” decision for Trump, despite the fact that Ginni Thomas was a ringleader in the January 6 insurrection and Alito’s wife has brazenly displayed flags aligning herself with MAGA extremists, thumbing their noses at the Code of Conduct for United States Judges, which states “A judge must avoid impropriety and appearance of impropriety.”

If the U.S. Supreme Court will not prevent Trump from remaking our nation into a criminal enterprise, who will?

The dangers of Trump returning to office have never been greater.

BEVERLY CROW

State College

Submitted by Virtual Newsroom