Anyone unwilling to comply, people like Mark Esper, would be purged from the military, obviously, if they refuse to carry out orders. We already know Trump will pardon anyone willing to do his bidding.

The idea that the chief justice of SCOTUS doesn't understand that he's rubber stamped a dictatorship is pretty funny, honestly. It's more likely that he knows exactly what he's doing, and he knew that Biden's position would be exactly what Biden announced yesterday in response to the ruling: "I will not abuse this power". Weak. Pack the court, bro.

I'm generally considered "alarmist". I have found it to be a reliable way of thinking (nailed it in the third paragraph). Immunity for "official acts" is effectively blanket immunity. It's already emboldened Trump to call for repealing his NY state-level conviction, wherein we will be expected to accept that committing financial fraud to obscure hush money payments to help him win the election is an official act of the presidency. And you watch: Cannon will use this to try and throw out the classified docs case, regardless of the fact that all of the obstruction was committed after he left office.

It's Trump's SCOTUS. More so than I thought a few months ago. They'll only continue to help him win the election. Kicking the immunity case back down to the lower courts to puzzle over what constitutes an "official" act and further delaying any prosecutions is step 1. Not exactly sure how far they'll go, but I'm sure that if Trump manages to appeal a 2024 election case up to SCOTUS late this year, they'll do anything they can to help.

"It's not illegal when the president does it". But literally. Fuck SCOTUS.

edit: SCOTUS throwing out the "obstruction of an official proceeding" charges against J6 criminals last week is another huge tell. They. are. telling. Trump: "anything goes, do your worst".