petersuber<p>In my view, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnRoberts</span></a> admonished <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> (on appeals v. impeachment) for *two* reasons. First, Roberts is an institutionalist who wants to preserve respect for courts. Second, he regrets giving Trump so much latitude in the presidential immunity case (Trump v. US). </p><p>I've been watching for other court-watchers to agree on the second point, and just saw this excellent piece by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@SabrinaHaake" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>SabrinaHaake</span></a></span>.<br><a href="https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/john-roberts-has-created-a-monster-and-he-knows-it/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rawstory.com/raw-investigates/</span><span class="invisible">john-roberts-has-created-a-monster-and-he-knows-it/</span></a></p><p>"Here’s some free legal advice to Venezuelans caught up in Trump’s nightmare: Amend your complaint. File in state court. Get a state prosecutor to allege specific grounds supporting criminal liability against Trump, to give the Roberts court an opportunity to delimit its immunity ruling. Identify specific acts Trump has taken to harm you that cannot be construed as core executive functions. This will give Roberts the chance to list some conduct that is—and conversely that can never be—a core executive function, to diffuse Trump’s notion that he can get away with murder. Hint: trying to impeach a federal judge is not, and can never be, a core executive function. Lying to American citizens about a foreign invasion is not, and can never be, a core executive function."</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USLaw</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>