by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
The only reason why I keep babbling about the arcane idea of Congressional “inherent contempt” is hysterical MAGA Republicans in Congress seem determined to abuse their “hard” power to make the life of Alvin Bragg hell just because he wants to uphold the law.
Their latest idea is to ban the ability of state and local prosecutors to indict — you guessed it — former presidents. This is an absolutely bonkers idea that even if it passed the House would die in the Senate or be vetoed by Biden.
But I think that may be besides the point. The point of even looking into doing such a fucking fascist thing would be to give House Republicans the cover they need to demand Bragg come before them as part of the hearing process of writing the bill in the first place. If he keeps telling them to pound sand, they subpoena him and if he still won’t come, they sick the House Sergeant at Arms on him using inherent contempt and keep him in the tiny Capitol brig until they get what they want.
I am well aware of how fucking dark and hysterical this sounds, but, fuck, have you seen how…dark and hysterical…MAGA Republicans are these days? Something’s gotta give. America continues to careen towards something jaw-dropping in late 2024, early 2025, it’s just a matter of what it is.
At the moment, it seems we face a choice between sliding peacefully into MAGA Nazi autocracy and, well, a fucking civil war. It still could go either way at the moment.
