victory for democracy recently where they um uh demanded that the Trump administration pay the billions of dollars that had Congress had already appropriated to USAD mag is having a meltdown a stage 10 meltdown over Amy Coney Barrett even his lawyer was not arguing that he gets absolute immunity for all unofficial acts his lawyer was conceding at the oral argument there sure there are some unofficial acts that he made in the role as candidate Trump that he wouldn't be protected if for the Supreme Court just slapped Trump with a ruling so sharp you think they dipped it in lemon juice first one landmark decision and suddenly he's spiraling like someone repossessed his gold toilet he strutdded in thinking he had a lifetime get out of jail free card but the justices tossed it in the shredder and handed him a mirror instead now he's pacing Mara Lago face redder than his tie ranting about immunity like it's a coupon he forgot to redeem this isn't just a ruling it's the moment Trump realized even reality TV villains eventually get voted off in breaking news historic news unprecedented news Chief Justice John Roberts not waiting around for a court hearing or a case to write it in has opened a dialogue and rebuked Donald Trump in public telling him to back off calls to impeach federal judges that that's not the way the way is through appeal what got his eye up what got Chief Justice Robert's eye up this morning donald Trump posting on social media a blatant violent attack on chief on the chief judge of the DC no one's above the law in the United States that's a foundational principle and nobody is above the law in this country and that includes the president of the United States no person in this country no matter how high or powerful is above the law i believe that no one is above the law under our under our system and that includes the president the president is fully bound by the law uh the constitution and statutes fully bound by the law the constitutions and statutes before we move on smash that like button and subscribe because you know you don't want to miss out on this one donald Trump has taken a lot of losses in his life stakes casinos airlines and let's not forget that whole university scam but nothing hits him harder than losing in court and this time the Supreme Court just delivered a legal smackdown so severe you could practically hear his golf club snapping in half from across the country i think it's very important that the Supreme Court recognize that what he's doing is a delaying tactic and that that the American people it it cannot be the case that a president of the United States can attempt to overturn an election and seize power and that our justice system is incapable of holding a trial of holding him to account before the next election that cannot be the case trump's lawyers strutdded into the Supreme Court like they were about to headline a Vegas show grinning eartoear convinced they were about to pull off the legal equivalent of a magic trick you could practically hear the internal monologue "We've got this immunity piece of cake. " They walked in holding legal arguments the same way a kid clutches an ice cream cone on a summer day full of confidence no clue it's about to melt all over their shoes chief Justice John Roberts in a very rare public statement is saying that impeaching judges over uh legal rulings that you don't like isn't how it works it's not how the American judiciary is organized this is in response to Donald Trump's completely whacked out their grand claim that the president of the United States should basically be untouchable immune to prosecution immune to consequences immune to reality in Trump's world sitting behind the Resolute Desk is apparently like slipping on an invisibility cloak straight out of Harry Potter except instead of sneaking down hallways it's to dodge lawsuits subpoenas and indictments like they're raindrops their argument boiled down to he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and what's anyone going to do he's the president what do you make of the judicial systems handling of Donald Trump it seems to me the bottom line is is there something in our system that means it can't handle a Donald Trump right he engages in delay he seems to skate out from under sorts of problems and challenges no other person could avoid and I think that causes a lot of people to question the system the justices bless them didn't even need to lean in for this one even the ones Trump handpicked his so-called golden ticket to legal bliss looked at his lawyers like they just tried to pay for groceries with monopoly money you could almost see the thought bubbles forming above their heads this is your argument really you want us to sign off on the idea that the president is some all powerful unaccountable emperor it was the judicial equivalent of someone showing up to a chess match and flipping the board over yelling "Checkmate! " After making zero legal moves going into this case Donald Trump said he could assassinate his political opponents when he was president he could stage a coup and people thought that that was hyperbole and over the line it is time we start to take him literally and seriously because today a majority of the US Supreme Court did just that in fact Donald Trump if returned to the White House and in the Oval Office assassinates his political opponents as part of a plan to uh uh to effectuate what he believes Chief Justice Roberts who's not exactly known for his stand-up comedy practically delivered a punchline in the form of his decision no the president is not above the law no he doesn't get a special pass to commit felonies in broad daylight and no presidential power doesn't come with a no strings attached immunity coupon roberts may as well have stood up and said "Even kings have rules.
" And last I checked we fought a whole revolution to avoid that nonsense what's more hilarious is that Trump actually thought the people he handpicked were going to bend the entire judicial system backward just to keep his name out of courtrooms it's like hiring referees for a game and expecting them to ignore the fact you're committing fouls left and right only to find out they've got the rule book memorized and aren't impressed by your jersey and Trump oh you know how that went down the moment the ruling hit he probably dropped whatever Big Mac he was holding stormed down the nearest Mara Lago and locked himself in his office to fire off an all caps typo riddled meltdown unfair total witch hunt the usual classics you can bet he was pacing demanding someone block the Supreme Court on Truth Social like they're an annoying ex who won't stop texting donald Trump well you might get the view that maybe the job of the Supreme Court is to do what he wants them to do listen to how he thanks Chief Justice John Roberts like an orange mafioso following his joint address to Congress on Tuesday night thank you again thank you again won't forget did you catch the won't forget huh and yeah the Supreme Court has ruled in Trump's favor a bunch of times remember the presidential immunity decision from last summer but not always meanwhile his legal team is probably back at square one scrambling to figure out how to spin this into a win good luck with that the Supreme Court essentially told them "Nice try but no one not even a president is above the law. " leaving them to sweep up the shards of what was supposed to be Trump's legal safety net but let's be honest the funniest part isn't that Trump lost the funniest part is that he genuinely believed he wouldn't that's the story of Trump's life surrounded by enablers who keep telling him he's winning even as the walls close in it's not enough to lose once he keeps finding new more embarrassing ways to lose bigger louder and in front of an even larger audience this ruling wasn't just a legal setback it was a national reminder that no matter how many times Trump insists he's untouchable reality has a way of knocking louder the Supreme Court just handed him a giant mirror and he's screaming at his reflection and somewhere out there late night comedians are popping champagne already working on their monologues four Supreme Court justices were entirely willing to let the Trump induced darkness descend on America but the good news is five Supreme Court justices were not in a very real sense those five justices today pushed back against Donald Trump's abuse and overreach the best part you know Trump's legal team walked in thinking they were about to deliver the mic drop of the century they probably practiced it in front of mirrors rehearsed every line convinced themselves that the sheer force of their argument basically president equals king was airtight they thought they were strolling into a friendly room of nodding heads only to realize halfway through their monologue that they'd wandered into the wrong courtroom and this wasn't Fox News meanwhile the justices are sitting there like teachers grading the worst group project they've ever seen wondering how anyone could stand there with a straight face and argue that unlimited power comes standard with the White House furniture we have major breaking news to tell you about in the case of the United States of America versus Donald J trump with permission from Judge Tanya Chuck and special counsel Jack Smith has released a filing detailing neverbeforeseen evidence he has compiled against Donald Trump in his investigation of the federal election interference case it begins with the defense of Jack Smith's entire case in light of the Supreme Court's immunity decision which divides official acts from private acts giving presidents immunity for official ones it reads him you could practically feel them mentally flipping through the Constitution pointing at every line Trump's team ignored like "Did they even read this? " And Trump oh you can bet he was watching from Mara Lago waiting for his legal hailmary to land already drafting smug posts bragging about how he's above the law instead he got the judicial version of a slam door and you just know that tantrum was next level cue the frantic all caps rants the furious calls to his legal team maybe even a few ketchup bottles thrown against goldplated walls because nothing enrages Trump more than being told no especially when it's delivered by the very people he assumed would play defense for him well they called for an appeal and as you know they uh acknowledge what the judge said about no penalty and there is really there's no penalty but we're going to appeal anyway just psychologically because frankly it's a disgrace it's a judge that shouldn't have been on the case he's a highly conflicted judge and Frank and they called for an appeal so I read it and I thought it was a fair decision actually so I'll do my little thing tomorrow they can have fun with their political opponent as you know i'm Trump's legal team was sweating harder than he does after climbing a single flight of stairs they threw out hypotheticals so absurd they might as well have been brainstorming for a bad Netflix political thriller could a president assassinate a rival and claim it was official business could he accept a suitcase of cash in exchange for a Supreme Court nomination at this point even Trump's most loyal justices were side eyeing his lawyers like "You do realize we're on the record right?
" The whole thing was unraveling faster than Trump's hairpiece in a windstorm well this is one of the very first things from this term to make it fully to some kind of decision from the US Supreme Court and this is about foreign aid that was ordered to be paid out by a lower court judge there were groups who take in USAD money and they had gone and said "Listen this freeze is harming us. " And they went to the district court judge that lower court level and he said "Yes the government has to pay this out. " It went through the appeals got to the Supreme Court they by a 5-4 vote today say they won't put that judge's order on hold but they've told that lower court "Now you need to explain to the Trump administration exactly what money you want them to pay out.
" Even the justices he appointed "Yes the very people he once bragged about picking weren't buying his nonsense. " You could almost hear him screaming at his TV in Mara Lago "I hired you for a reason where's the loyalty? " Turns out justices don't come with a loyalty program shocking right and that's when it really started to sink in for Trump his grand fantasy of Supreme Court justices bending the law for him was crumbling faster than his Atlantic City casino one by one they dismantled his legal argument like a toddler tearing apart a Lego tower the entire courtroom was watching his team flounder offering up defenses so ridiculous that even a firstear law student would be embarrassed to say them out loud special counsel Jack Smith is appreh asking the Supreme Court to fasttrack a decision on whether former President Donald Trump has immunity from prosecution over that 2020 election interference federal case smith wrote that a decision is imperative so that Trump's trial which is currently scheduled for March can move forward quickly with that issue resolved the Trump campaign issued a statement saying there is no reason to rush the trial calling it completely politically motivated trump faces four charges including conspiracy to defraud the United States he has pleaded not guilty even Chief Justice Roberts who normally tries to keep things professional had a look on his face like he was regretting his entire career choices and then there was Justice Sodto Mayor whose facial expressions alone could have ended Trump's entire legal strategy she basically asked Trump's lawyers if they were seriously arguing that a president could commit literal crimes and just walk away because of official immunity the awkward silence that followed was long enough to binge watch an entire season of the West Wing at one point the justices had to clarify whether Trump's immunity argument meant he could order military action against political opponents you know like some kind of reality TV dictator the mental gymnastics that his lawyers performed to avoid answering the question would have made Olympic gymnasts jealous they were bending twisting and flipping their way through legal arguments that had less logic than one of Trump's rambling speeches about dishwashers the moment of truth came when the Supreme Court ruled against him boom gone just like that trump's dream of presidential immunity shattered like one of his many failed business ventures it was the legal equivalent of the universe telling him "No you're not special.
" Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts issued a rare but not unprecedented statement today following President Trump's call for a federal district judge who ruled against the administration to be impeached roberts said quote "For more than two centuries it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision and the normal appellet review process exists for that purpose.