I am listening to the coverage of the hearing. I think Trump's case is toast.

Amy Coney Barret asked Trump attorney John Sauer directly, does the immunity you describe apply to personal acts of a President? Sauer answered no. She then cited numerous acts alleged in the indictments and asked him public or private. He answered private to each.

That should be case closed. Sonia Sotomayor even asked whether that means these trials should proceed and let the trial court figure out which charges to reject while continuing litigation of the others.

Overall, the tone of the discussion sounds like the conservatives jurists seem eager to find any excuse to help Trump. They're alread doing so just by taking this case, imposing a stay and injecting a delay into his case. On the other hand, they seem to be eager to find something they can hang their hat on to rid themselves of this while citing logic that won't generate more blowback on them.

Truly, a bizarre hearing on a bizarre argument that shouldn't be occupying one second of the Supreme Court's time.


WTH

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