Ah, I stand corrected on that point. The judge may see the evidence to determine whether an act was unofficial, but the evidence may not be introduced at trial to establish motive.
Total tangent here, but re-reading the ruling has got me wondering where in the Constitution the Originalists found this principle.
I see what you’re saying, and I can wholeheartedly agree that we should have been worrying about our rights for years. I’m not here trying to say that this latest ruling suddenly changes everything, but that it’s incrementally worse.
I guess I do have to defend those headlines a little bit. It’s not that we worry that the President is going to murder us, personally, but that it’s abominable that he could, and not be prosecuted. But, then, I was complaining about that when Obama had al Awlaki killed based on ersatz due process that he made up.