New Trump charges expose the Supreme Court's failings

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : The shift follows the Supreme Court's logic in immunizing Trump for official acts.
40% : What is lost in the transition to the new formulation is the reality that Trump also tried to use his powers as sitting president to advance his private interests -- a key part of the original indictment.
40% : The upshot is that Trump could still conceivably face conviction and sentencing in federal court.
37% : And the new characterization is plausible, given that Trump was indeed trying as a citizen, not as president, to be reelected.
34% : Trump would appeal a decision by the federal district court in Washington to let these charges stand.
31% : Removing the allegations that Trump abused his official powers is the only available legal strategy for Smith now that the court has ruled.
29% : The main shift in the new indictment is to categorize Trump as having acted criminally in his private capacity as a candidate for office in 2020, not as a sitting president.
28% : But if Kamala Harris becomes president and the federal district court allows the remaining charges to proceed, Trump could still find himself facing trial for trying to subvert the outcome of the 2020 election.
26% : If Trump is elected, his Justice Department will withdraw the criminal charges against him, and Smith's refiling will end up in the dustbin of history.
23% : It all but invites future bad-actor presidents, potentially including Trump, to make sure their criminal acts have an official cast to avoid prosecution.
14% : Similarly, Smith's decision to appeal the dismissal of the charges brought against Trump in federal district court in Florida -- the charges on retaining classified documents -- will be more than symbolic if Trump loses the election.
10% : In the wake of the court's controversial decision earlier this summer granting Donald Trump criminal immunity for official acts committed while president, Smith has refiled his indictment charging Trump with offenses connected to Jan. 6, 2021.

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