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THE VIEW FROM HERE - Congress has become the paragon of the ancient art of sycophantic lickspittling. On the other hand, when one looks at the American public, one sees an uneducated, dim-witted, assortment of cowards. Even a retard can figure out that when the Supreme Court rules that the President may murder whomever he wishes by claiming the person interfered with one of the President’s core constitutional duties, no one is safe and the rule of law is dead, dead, dead. See Trump v. United States, 603 U.S. 593 (2024).
The Rule of Law Underlies Western Civilization
When the Supreme Court rules that chief executive has absolute immunity to commit any criminal act he desires by claiming that he is pursuing one of his core constitutional duties, e.g. enforcing the laws, Art III Sec 3 (he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed), the Court has eradicated the foundation of Western Civilization that no one including the King is above the law. Absolute immunity for criminal acts means that Trump is above the law. When England’s Charles I took that position, the Brits responded by chopping of his head.
The principle that no one including a King or a President is above the law was integral to Alfred the Great’s Book of Doom, which was a compilation of Anglo Saxon jurisprudence which means the principle that all men are equal before the law had been established before 9th century England. In fact, Tacitus ( 56 CE - 120 CE) reported that among Germanic tribes, which were ancestors of the British Anglo-Saxons, Kings were not above the law. Thus, the concept that no person no matter how elevated his status was above the law existed in pre-historical times. While early Germanic tribes believed that “might makes right,” that law applied to kings or to whoever was the recognized leader. A group of elders or other high-status persons would hold the King accountable for his transgressions. In modern parlance, Congress and the courts are charged with disciplining the President. Early Germanic tribes would find today’s Congress and Supreme Court to be despicable yellow-bellied varmints.
In compiling his Code, Alfred the Great not only incorporated prior Anglo-Saxon and Germanic law, he also called upon the Bible to show that even King David was not above the law. “And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, . . .” 2 Samuel 12:7-13 Furthermore, nothing in the US Constitution Article II supports the concept that the President is above the law. Chief Justice Roberts’ decision is so odious that decaying flesh smells sweet in comparison. It will be to the eternal discredit of not only Chief Justice Roberts but also America itself that we have not already risen up in mass condemnation of the Supreme Court.
The Magna Carta, 1215
Most Americans incorrectly believe that the concept that no man is above the law, (i.e. the rule of law is supreme) entered English Common law in 1215 with the Magna Carta. As Tacitus and Alfred the Great show, the concept predated recorded history. The nobles were angry because King John (Prince John in Robin Hood folklore) did not consult them on new taxes, as was required by English Law. Thus, he was forced to re-commit in writing the limitations on his power and certain specific rights of noblemen. In 1649 when Charles I insisted that the Divine Right of Kings meant that he was immune from man made laws, he was terminated with extreme prejudice.
Lord Acton’s 1887 meme that “power tends to corrupt . . . “ has a corollary: The more power accumulates in one man, the more likely others will seek to violently overthrow that man. The more the Presidency accumulates power under the Unitary Executive Theory, the more the Presidency becomes similar to a monarchy, where murdering the king results in a new regime. After Trump vs the United States, the power of the presidency is unlimited. Anyone, who Trump or more likely Stephen Miller (our own Joseph Goebbels) finds to be an impediment to his desires, is dead meat. Likewise, JD Vance and others, who desire to assume the Presidency after Trump’s second term, should contemplate, “What if Trump wants a third term?” Absolute monarchs are famous for anticipatory elimination of usurpers. On the other hand, Trump should make certain that there are no banana peels at the top of a flight of stairs.
The final goal of the Unitary Executive Theory is not to allow the President to usurp some aspects of Congressional power, but rather to make Congress an appendage to the Presidency. Trump declares the same subservient role for the courts whenever they rule against him. Armed with absolute immunity for murdering people, Trump has the upper hand. If, however, Trump should fail to awaken some morning, JD Vance automatically is President with the right to murder anyone who opposes him.
One has to wonder, “How retarded is the Chief Justice to place his life in the hands of a madman?” Roberts has taken a risk in holding the decision in Trump vs Illinois in abeyance. Is Roberts toying with Trump by holding in suspense Trump’s constitutional right to deploy the US military to enforce his edits? Trump (i.e. Stephen Miller) has been grooming Americans to have the military stationed in cities and to acquiesce in Trump’s ordering the US Marines to seize the ballots in November 2026 elections. Chief Justice Roberts ruling against Trump’s tariff authority could start a backtracking on the Unitary Executive Theory. What Western Civilization needs, however, is Roberts’ retraction of the Court’s grant of immunity to commit crimes and it must affirm that no one is above the law.
As Trump’s Chief of Staff Susie Wiles warned us, Trump thinks he can do anything and thinks that there is nothing he cannot do; plus he believes that has the right to “unlimited power.” Chief Justice Roberts has given Trump an all systems go thumbs up to destroy the Republic.
Let’s be totally clear, Roberts’s grant of absolute immunity to violate criminal law eradicates, destroys, and nullifies the Declaration of Independence’s individual inalienable rights and makes a mockery of the Constitution’s Preamble’s promise “to secure the blessings of liberty.” When the President has absolute immunity to murder, no one has an inalienable right to Life, Liberty, and Happiness. Chief Justice John Roberts should be defrocked, impeached, and run out of town as a threat to Western Civilization.
(Richard Lee Abrams is a former Los Angeles-based attorney, an author, and political commentator. A long-time contributor to CityWatchLA, he is known for his incisive critiques of City Hall and judicial corruption, as well as his analysis of political and constitutional issues. Abrams blends legal insight with historical and philosophical depth to challenge conventional narratives. A passionate defender of civic integrity and transparency, he aims to expose misuse of power and advocate for systemic reform in local government. You may email him at [email protected])
