Despite how insane all this is:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/legal-experts-shameful-supreme-court-puts-us-one-vote-away-from-the-end-of-democracy/ar-AA1nRWLC
Legal experts: "Shameful" Supreme Court puts US one vote away from "the end of democracy"
Story by Charles R. Davis 1d
Andrew Weissmann, a former federal prosecutor who worked on special counsel Robert Muellers Russia investigation, believes the very fact that the Supreme Court took up the case is alarming. Appearing on MSNBC, he said the very fact Trumps legal arguments are being considered is a victory for the former president, likely delaying his election-interference trial until after November. But that the court is seriously considering his claim to immunity for all official acts taken as president signals that American democracy is in a terrible state.
Trumps claims could possibly be squared with the text of the Constitution or the history of the presidency, Weissmann said. And yet, there were justices who actually were taking this seriously. And it just was, frankly, shocking.
At least four of the courts conservative justices appear likely to side with Trump, Weissmann argued, suggesting it could hinge on Chief Justice John Roberts, putting the country one vote away from sort of the end of democracy as we know it, with checks and balances. The U.S. would not just have an imperial presidency, he continued, but a criminally immune king. What is so shocking is how close we are.