“This election is now a clear-cut decision between democracy and autocracy. Vote accordingly,” says Asha Rangappa

 Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote [in Trump vs US] that because of the majority’s decision, "[t]he relationship between the President and the people he serves has shifted irrevocably. In every use of official power, the President is now a king above the law."

“Never in the history of our Republic has a President had reason to believe that he would be immune from criminal prosecution if he used the trappings of his office to violate the criminal law. Moving forward, however, all former Presidents will be cloaked in such immunity. If the occupant of that office misuses official power for personal gain, the criminal law that the rest of us must abide will not provide a backstop. With fear for our democracy,” she wrote, “I dissent.” 

Letter from an American Historian, Heather Cox Richardson

This is a rightwing minority rule SCOTUS attempting to grant immunity to Trump for Jan 6, his fake elector scheme, trying to change votes in Georgia, stealing boxes of top secret documents, everything. Still remains hard for me to believe a popular majority of people vote for this. There may be some people that don't think Trump ought to be jailed but I'm reasonably confident none of the above infractions are popular. People don't want more Jan 6s; if possible, they'd rather something like that never happen again. 

But now, after this profoundly anti-American SCOTUS decision, and in addition to other horrendous consequences, now a vote for Trump or the republicans in the '24 election is a vote for more Jan 6s. Sorry, but I don't believe that is a winning campaign pitch. 

Still, the Electoral College and all the red state fuckery going on is bound to come out in the election and that is a scarier and closer proposition. And then there is the corporate filter on mainstream media that wants to normalize the fascist takeover; wants people not to notice the dire stakes of Trump's re-election. And, again, now we know SCOTUS and the courts cannot be counted on to uphold the law and protect the Constitution. Shouldn't that be at least part of the definition of a Constitutional crisis? 

Anyway, this is NOT a populist or popular movement. It is a revolt of the elites, demagoging violent bigot deplorables to their cause. And it threatens America's and the world's future. Be wary and take note of anyone belittling the potential consequences of a Republican admin after this decision.