[WarOnPrivacy]

> "He told another colleague ... that he expected to receive a presidential pardon if his actions were deemed to be illegal."

Yeah. It was an alarming supposition because it wasn't unreasonable or delusional.

It's a side effect of SCotUS gifting an unprecedented 90% win rate to this administration (40%-65% for prev admins). The court is effectively enabling this exec branch while protecting it from the consequences of it's actions.

    The [Social Security] agency has historically limited access to sensitive 
    data to prevent it from leaking. But the Supreme Court had granted DOGE 
    members "unfettered" access to Social Security data last summer

We've never before known SCotUS justices like this - ones who are openly, fiercely loyal to a PotUS.

ref:https://www.courtaccountability.org/shadow-docket-analysis