Many progressive pundits are predicting that the Supreme Court of the United States will deny Trump’s claim of immunity for his actions surrounding the 2020 election. They may be right, but if the justices were simply going to affirm the very broad lower court decisions, why did they grant review? Cynics claim that the justices were simply doing Trump’s bidding by slowing down his trial in Washington DC. There may however be a more reasonable and less political explanation.
Any parent would want to hold someone accountable if that person put their children in “cold, smelly” jail cells. But if that person happens to be a judge, it can be incredibly difficult to do so. A case in front of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit last week could help make it clear, however, that even judges aren’t above the law.
Judge Alexis G. Krot shouted at Burhan Chowdhury, a 72 year old cancer patient whom local police cited for not maintaining his yard. “If I could give you jail time on this I would,” the Michigan jurist warned Chowdhury.