Supreme Court to decide Trump’s immunity claim in election interference case
Even if the justices ultimately rule against Trump, the court’s intervention adds a further delay, meaning his trial will not start for weeks, if not months.
SCOTUS agrees to hear Trump's case over presidential immunity
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This is insane. They're just going to roll over and rule in favor of him. Why are they allowed to do this?
I fully expect them to rule he's got full immunity, and to be narrow enough in their ruling that it only applies to republican presidents.
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I don't think there is any chance they actually say the president has full immunity. They are just stalling.
I'd actually be okay if November waited for a few years. And by a few years, I mean my entire life.
good news is biden can just fucking shoot trump in the stomach with a 12 gauge if the potus is immune from crimes committed during office. at this point in this hypothetical scotus might not even care about trump/biden in particular and want the anarchy since republicans are generally much more violent than democrats and independents when it comes to politics.
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I wouldn't be surprised.
Because that's how SCOTUS works.
most of the conservative ghouls on the court have some instinct of self-preservation and understand the rammies of a president having blanket immunity, and, perhaps more importantly for them, understand it would reduce the power of their positions, and girlies in power do not like to cede their power.
The Supreme Court wants to have the final word on Presidential Immunity, that is not surprising to me in the slightest.
No, they are not going to rule that Trump can do whatever he wants. Don't be a fucking weirdo.
No, they are not going to rule that Trump can do whatever he wants. Don't be a fucking weirdo.
Almost certainly not, but the point isn't to grant Trump immunity, it's to delay the DC case by several more months to potentially prevent a conviction from landing before the election
Because before they officially rule in trump's favor they need to give the apperance of an actual trial. You know, for the people who actually think scotus is still a legitimate institution.
SCOTUS ruling: "the only president allowed to do anything he wants is Trump, all others cannot"
Jesus, that's crazy, they put it in on hold too with a stay too(they could have heard it without stay). Fully expect them to slow walk it to delay the trial post election.
DC district court decision against immunity was unanimous and pretty watertight too, the decision to hear it seems against the norms.
DC district court decision against immunity was unanimous and pretty watertight too, the decision to hear it seems against the norms.
They can easily prevent it from happening before the election if they want to. They can always reorder arguments.
I can't imagine that they'd rule him immune, if only because of the precedent it would set. That sounds more like stalling by a political body that should have no legitimacy.
If that case isn't shot down in a near unanimous decision I will be very shocked.
? not at all. trump is still likely to lose the election at this point in time. in fact anyone hoping this scotus was not going to not hear this case is ridiculous imo.
trump likely needs to lose wholly and legally again, without the courts (granting him special treatment and such or otherwise). probably the best for history's sake too but nonstop bullshit and suffering from him while we deal with it in real time.
Anybody who expected the courts to save America from itself were always engaging in wishful thinking.
Speaking of wishful thinking.
It's still early, but Trump has a better than 50% shot as things stand today.
Speaking of wishful thinking.
It's still early, but Trump has a better than 50% shot as things stand today.
Yeah I think SC is smart enough to know if they rule this before election there will be mass riots across the US.
What's especially galling is Jack Smith appealed for SCOTUS to rule on this *last year*, they kicked it over to DC instead, that court ruled, then Trump appealed to SCOTUS again and this time they sat on it for weeks more. They are dragging this shit out for as long as they can.
They will likely split the baby and rule in his favor in Colorado but against him here.
As if Republicans would give a shit about that. Red states would just go full fascist and would shut down riots down with lethal force.
The ruling will occur at the end of the court's term in June and it will be 9-0 or 8-1 against Trump, but it will have successfully delayed the start of the trial.
If they rule that he has presidential immunity, I want Barack Obama to suddenly descend with a sword on him Sephiroth style, and just whisper in his ear, "it goes both ways..."
Okay, but that will make any state that isn't red state lose all GOP goodwill.
I don't care what anyone says it is clear as day they are just dragging it out for as long as possible probably hoping to push any conviction past when it might matter for the election. Though that is based on the assumption that they are not actually going to rule that presidents are untouchable kings as long as whatever they did was while in office.
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I hope you're right and wish that you're right with every single fibers of my being.
Excuse my crippling cynicism.
hey no worries, and anything can change as inspiring or scary as that is. no one has a crystal ball. please don't hesitate to dm folks here if the doom gloom gets too heavy!
the "two things can happen therefore both are 50% likely" thing isn't true
How? Trump has been underperforming in the primaries, including last night.
The court's term doesn't end in June and they've released opinions in July before.
But if the goal is to simply delay, they would just order new arguments after June/July.
This is less about the ruling and more about helping Trump by delaying the start of trials for several months.
As other have said, it's just delay tactics. Also the Supreme Court just wants to look big and tough making the final say.
I don't think they will actually rule for him, why this sucks is it delays the trial as others have mentioned. They are entertaining his blatant stall tactics
