What I would like to know is what the effect of a future Congress simply going through the Trump v. US immunity decision and legislatively undoing each point. Since the decision is not actually based on anything in the Constitution, couldn't a future court, after some reform, simply accept that the Congress has the power to determine what, if any, criminal immunity the president should have? Serious question.
I would think this would be easier than for such a future court to simply overrule the decision. There is a real danger that the whole concept of "precedent" would be out the window forever... and that could pose some real problems. The Roberts court has done more damage to the legitimacy and function of the courts as a whole than any previous court in our entire 250 year history.
Silence is complicity. Americans who believe in democracy MUST RESIST.
--George Washington, 1783
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