US Politics Thread

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

"Do you know who my Mom is?"

"Probably setting up a cross between conspiracy theories and only fans to pay her when she loses her job."

Id happily be cranked off by her in the pictures though

 

[TinFoilHat]

Trumps Lawyers now going to ask for an indefinite stay on the Mar a lago case after the SC decision.

Trump judge will probably grant it

 

[SkyBlueFlux]

Trumps Lawyers now going to ask for an indefinite stay on the Mar a lago case after the SC decision.

Trump judge will probably grant it

She might do but I think that would get reversed... the immunity case only relates to actions taken while the President was in office. The documents case is quite explicitly about actions Trump has taken since leaving office as a private citizen.

One more reversal (she's had two already) and she's at risk of getting yanked out of the chair.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

She might do but I think that would get reversed... the immunity case only relates to actions taken while the President was in office. The documents case is quite explicitly about actions Trump has taken since leaving office as a private citizen.

One more reversal (she's had two already) and she's at risk of getting yanked out of the chair.

That's why she had to rule the way she did in the latest filing. It would have been overturned and she'd have been off the case. i'm starting to think that's the plan all along. If she clings on for as long as possible, then forces the AG's hand in having to replace her it will be a lengthy delay in the new judge getting up to speed, which ultimately delays the case until well after the election.

 

[BlueMoonAcrossThePond]

Trump immunity claim taken up by Supreme Court, keeping D.C. 2020 election trial paused

The court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, will hear arguments in the case during the week of April 22.

www.cbsnews.com

Stall tactic by the conservative justices? Or is the court going to quickly rule on this matter so that the federal indictments against Trump can proceed well in advance of the election; or might they find that Trump is in fact immune? Stay tuned.

Edit: The Supreme Court will not hear oral arguments for this case until the week of April 22nd. So at best, the Court appears to be engaging in stall tactics.

 

[SkyBlueFlux]

Trump immunity claim taken up by Supreme Court, keeping D.C. 2020 election trial paused

The court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, will hear arguments in the case during the week of April 22.

www.cbsnews.com

Stall tactic by the conservative justices? Or is the court going to quickly rule on this matter so that the federal indictments against Trump can proceed well in advance of the election, or possibly to rule that Trump is in fact immune? Stay tuned.

If they judge Trump to be broadly immune then Biden should just have them all immediately arrested. What they gonna do?

Honestly if they vote in favour of immunity, at that point you might as well just scrap the whole country and start again.

 

[jim tolmies perm]

If they judge Trump to be broadly immune then Biden should just have them all immediately arrested. What they gonna do?

Honestly if they vote in favour of immunity, at that point you might as well just scrap the whole country and start again.

All legal commentators I've watched reckoned this would be kicked back to the original decision. Stinks of political interference

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

All legal commentators I've watched reckoned this would be kicked back to the original decision. Stinks of political interference

It will be, but unlike Nixon vs US — which was fast-tracked — this one is coming in and out on a normal timeframe. They also granted cert when they could have just remanded. I think the court is trying maintain an appearance of neutrality by treating this as “normal” but it’s hard not to see it as a thin disguise. Were Trump actually President at the moment I bet they’d fast-track it though.

 

[Damocles]

If they judge Trump to be broadly immune then Biden should just have them all immediately arrested. What they gonna do?

Honestly if they vote in favour of immunity, at that point you might as well just scrap the whole country and start again.

I'm not sure the President asking for the arrest of the judges of the Supreme Court is really the path to a more rational future here.

 

[jim tolmies perm]

It will be, but unlike Nixon vs US — which was fast-tracked — this one is coming in and out on a normal timeframe. They also granted cert when they could have just remanded. I think the court is trying maintain an appearance of neutrality by treating this as “normal” but it’s hard not to see it as a thin disguise. Were Trump actually President at the moment I bet they’d fast-track it though.

Can DOJ put enough pressure to have this decision expedited with a little more alacrity, bearing in mind the primary season and proximity of the GE?