US is in freefall. Impeachment has no change of passing.
Both the immunity decision and regulations case are just the majority rewriting the law of the land. Walking over legal precedent, established legal principles, .. just raw power without restraint. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_hardball
>JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN and JUSTICE JACKSON join, dissenting.
>Today’s decision to grant former Presidents criminal immunity reshapes the institution of the Presidency. It makes a mockery of the principle, foundational to our Constitution and system of Government, that no man is above the law. Relying on little more than its own misguided wisdom about the need for “bold and unhesitating action” by the President, ante, at 3, 13, the Court gives former President Trump all the immunity he asked for and more. Because our Constitution does not shield a former President from answering for criminal and treasonous acts, I dissent.
Here is a link to the opinion so you can read the rationale behind the decision. I have not made it through the whole document yet, but here're some of the points I noted.
From the opinion: The President has duties of “unrivaled gravity and breadth.” ... His authority to act necessarily “stem[s] either from an act of Congress or from the Constitution itself.” ... When the President exercises such authority, Congress cannot act on, and courts cannot examine, the President’s actions.
A little later, they go on to say: "As for a President’s unofficial acts, there is no immunity. Although Presidential immunity is required for official actions to ensure that the President’s decision making is not distorted by the threat of future litigation stemming from those actions, that concern does not support immunity for unofficial conduct"
They have sent the case back down to lower courts to determine whether the acts were official (in which case he has immunity) or not (in which case, the prosecution must prove that the acts were not official).
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-939_e2pg.pdf