"...nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
I am sure that several Republican Justices are prepared to reinterpret the text as they have done with section 3 of this amendment and their invention of pr…
"...nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
I am sure that several Republican Justices are prepared to reinterpret the text as they have done with section 3 of this amendment and their invention of presidential immunity for criminal acts done under the color of official acts and having decided that a bribe isn't a bribe as long as delivery of the "gift" used to induce the behavior is delivered after and not before.
I would agree with you IF we were dealing with a court of even a decade ago. BUT this Court is more than happy to dispose of precedents that have been accepted for decades and even centuries.
Were we dealing with a judiciary from even twenty years ago I would agree with you
The operative phrases are "due process" and the meaning of "equal protection."
Due process is a requirement that legal matters be resolved according to established rules and principles and that individuals be treated fairly. As long as they have a reasonably fair process that is intended to be equally applied to all persons in a similar legal position THIS Supreme Court will uphold the Trump regime.
"...nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
I am sure that several Republican Justices are prepared to reinterpret the text as they have done with section 3 of this amendment and their invention of presidential immunity for criminal acts done under the color of official acts and having decided that a bribe isn't a bribe as long as delivery of the "gift" used to induce the behavior is delivered after and not before.
I would agree with you IF we were dealing with a court of even a decade ago. BUT this Court is more than happy to dispose of precedents that have been accepted for decades and even centuries.
Were we dealing with a judiciary from even twenty years ago I would agree with you
The operative phrases are "due process" and the meaning of "equal protection."
Due process is a requirement that legal matters be resolved according to established rules and principles and that individuals be treated fairly. As long as they have a reasonably fair process that is intended to be equally applied to all persons in a similar legal position THIS Supreme Court will uphold the Trump regime.