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With the more “conservative” judges on the Supreme Court. I believe it’s understood that they have a deeply entrenched view of the “Unitary Executive” who has unbridled power and authority over most everything.
I keep wondering what tune they will sing when a Democrat is President.
The ignoring of all the impeachable crimes by this President sets a precedent for both sides going forward. No more oversight means no more oversight in either direction. Will they all of a sudden going to have an epiphany about executive authority and oversight once a Democrat is elected president?
Most of the people currently being nominated to courts around the country are not qualified, neutral jurists. They're hardline conservative partisans, sometimes with no qualifications other than "sucked up to Trump".
this article... Not encouraging.
Back to impeachment though as this is established precedent we're discussing. I don't know about Kavanaugh but Gorsuch is far more independent whether one agrees with him or not. Part of his known position is on the independence of the Judiciary and that it owes nothing to Trump. So Thomas and Kavanaugh might want to upend all the decisions regarding Nixon and a hell of a lot more, but that then undoes everything associated with those decisions resulting in utter chaos.
I expect that in the end Trump will fail on many things, possibly sooner than later on many important things.
