“I’m not concerned about this case so much as future ones, too” - Gorsuch

“I’m not focused on the here and now of this case; I’m very concerned about the future” - Kavanaugh

“I’m not discussing the particular facts of this case” - Alito
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In other news, former Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) says he voted for Nikki Haley in Tuesday's primary, he'll prob write her name in in November and says 'there is a non-trivial, significant minority of Republicans' in PA who won't vote for Trump. inquirer.com/politics/elect…

Kavanaugh says he's worried about how a SCOTUS ruling would impact future presidents.

'Like Justice Gorsuch, I'm not focused on the here and now of this case. I'm very concerned about the future.'

Alito: 'If an incumbent president loses a hotly contested election and knows that there is real possibility after leaving office that...he may be criminally prosecuted by a bitter opponent, will that not lead us into a cycle that destabilizes the functioning of our country as a…

Alito described consquences for Trump of going to trial:

'That may involve great expense, and it may take up a lot of time. And during the trial, the former president may be unable to engage in other activities that the former president would want to engage in and then the…

'What concerns me is the court of appeals did not get into focused consideration about what acts we're talking about,' Roberts said

Ketanji Brown Jackson: 'I'm trying to understand what the disincentive is from turning the Oval Office into the seat of criminal activity in this country. If the potential for criminal liability is taken off the table, wouldn't there be a significant risk future presents would be…

Is the president immune if they sell nuclear secrets?

“Likely not immune,” Trump lawyer says. “Now if it’s structured as official act, he’d have to be impeached and convicted first”

How about if they order a military coup?

“I think it would depend on the circumstances”

Sotomayor: If the president decides that his rival is a corrupt person and he orders the military to assasinate him, is that within his official acts to which he has immunity?

'That could well be an official act,' Trump lawyer John Sauer says

Police have arrested and charged a Maryland high school athletic director with using AI to impersonate and frame a principal accused of making racist and antisemitic comments behind closed doors thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-12…

NEW YORK (AP) — New York appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction, ordering new trial in landmark #MeToo case.

A grand jury in Arizona has just handed up an indictment against Boris Epshteyn, Mark Meadows and Rudy Giuliani, per Zachary Cohen and Holmes, over their efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss, including the fake electors from that state and several individuals connected…

Here at 1:45pm, a line is already forming outside of SCOTUS for tomorrow's Trump immunity case.

Biden’s long fight with Republicans over Ukraine aid has ended, but significant damage has been done.

Even with a burst of new weapons and ammunition, it is unlikely Ukraine will immediately recover after months of setbacks. w/ Aamer Madhani

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The “Trump is definitely gonna win” tone of two months ago was embarrassing. The “Biden’s got this” tone after the SOTU was embarrassing. The amount to which coverage shifts every two weeks based on the whims of individual poll….embarrassing!!

NEW — Biden campaign tells Monica Alba it will keep using TikTok through the election, despite the new law that the president just signed

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OK, I was skeptical of her vote share earlier, but 117k Haley votes (and counting) is notable.

PA was decided by 80k in 2020, and around 46k in 2016.

The small group of Ukraine supporters who have been demonstrating outside the Capitol for months celebrate tonight by chanting USA as senators leave the Capitol