The Supreme Court just got even more important

This case could possibly make Trump's pardons water tight. Criminal indemnity for Manafort, et al. Whomever he appoints to replace Kennedy will have his marching orders as to how to vote on this one.

The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a case in the fall to consider whether the double jeopardy clause of the Fifth Amendment bars states and the federal government from separately trying the same person for the same criminal offense.

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"Current precedent allows such prosecutions by 'separate sovereigns.' If the court overrules its prior precedent, it could make it more difficult for a state to try someone who has been pardoned by the federal government if trial proceedings had already begun for the federal offense," said Stephen Vladeck, CNN's Supreme Court analyst and a law professor at the University of Texas School of Law.

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The court's decision to consider the case comes a day after the end of the court's summer session.

  CNN

The stars are aligning in Satan's favor.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.