Thank you for the quote from Linda Greenhouse regarding how the Alabama Supreme Court ruling may finally jolt Americans out of their complacency about the advancing theocratic movement determined to rule our country. Separately, I hope your family, and you, continue to recover well from your recent batting trauma. David, thanks for all you do to keep your reading constituency informed and thinking.
A very charitable reaction to SCOTUS granting cert and taking up the Orange Insurrectionist's "immunity" claim is that a bare majority - those who also voted for a continued stay in the Jan6 trial - wanted the final say in this case, perhaps, one hopes, to place a definitive denial of presidential immunity for criminal acts whilst still serving in the office. I simply refuse to believe that there exists a consensual majority who support rank criminality in the guise of "official acts" or even within the "outer perimeter" of a president's scope of action.
Oh, and it must be noted that the husband of noted insurrection supporter Ginni Thomas did NOT recuse himself from hearing the appeal, all in keeping with his bottomless corruption.
This Supreme Court doesn’t deserve the benefit of the doubt that you so graciously give. Their delays make it crystal clear they DO NOT want to allow a transparent vetting of The former president’s alleged election crimes in a court of law before the next election.
Nearly all the conservative justices had a front row seat and some had direct partisan involvement on Bush v Gore.
No matter what the reasoning behind SCOTUS' decision to take this case, the fact that they are going to slow walk it means that we can be sure to see some really bizarre twisting of reality in some of their opinions. I can't imagine them granting him immunity but it should make for fun reading!
I’m fine with SCOTUS’ foot dragging — Tricky Dick’s twisting slowly, slowly in the wind is fine. Beats an acquittal before the election IMO. Also makes life easy for the Democrats since few of them are brave — or just responsible — enough to play the theocracy card.
As for even the GOP majority being somehow above politics, please, no. The majority is first and foremost political actors.
As for Greenhouse, let’s not thank the Alabama court. What she’s grateful for means little without the mainstream media reporting it as the existential threat it is and… I personally wouldn’t count on that happening.
Related is the idea of the GOP and/or their special interests being completely cool with the national becoming an anti-democratic theocracy. It would have approximately no affect on profits.
I know, I know, not everyone is as cynical as I. But after seeing this stuff going on long enough and often enough, it’s hard not to be.
Oops! Forgot: letting the DCCA immunity decision to stand would be… bad. The one national appellate court has to be the one that says a POTUS can’t overthrow the government because he lost the election and no proof of any significant fraud (worse that a lot of the documented proof was of Republicans frauding) and therefore was left with the only means of staying in office was to do so lawlessly.
Of course not ideal to let SCOTGOP has the last substantive word on the subject but letting the DCCA have the word here would be worse.
I agree completely that the Alabama decision is a wake up call for the consequences of the imposition of a religious view into a law. If life begins at conception, as so many fervently believe, the court was 100% right in its holding, and there is no way the GOP can get around that without awakening the ire of the true believer. Some are trying now to amend the State Constitution, whose wording is an excellent example of "be careful what you wish for."
Thank you for the quote from Linda Greenhouse regarding how the Alabama Supreme Court ruling may finally jolt Americans out of their complacency about the advancing theocratic movement determined to rule our country. Separately, I hope your family, and you, continue to recover well from your recent batting trauma. David, thanks for all you do to keep your reading constituency informed and thinking.
Boating trauma...
The “Supreme” Court is a corrupt joke.
A very charitable reaction to SCOTUS granting cert and taking up the Orange Insurrectionist's "immunity" claim is that a bare majority - those who also voted for a continued stay in the Jan6 trial - wanted the final say in this case, perhaps, one hopes, to place a definitive denial of presidential immunity for criminal acts whilst still serving in the office. I simply refuse to believe that there exists a consensual majority who support rank criminality in the guise of "official acts" or even within the "outer perimeter" of a president's scope of action.
Oh, and it must be noted that the husband of noted insurrection supporter Ginni Thomas did NOT recuse himself from hearing the appeal, all in keeping with his bottomless corruption.
SCOTUS and Nov. 4, 2024 have always come down to
1 thing. The most important thing: We, The People and our votes. We are the front
line and rear lines of defense
for our Constitutional democratic republic against
authoritarian theocracy.
SCOTUS has proven we can't
depend on them. It's up to us.
The Supreme Coup Court
This Supreme Court doesn’t deserve the benefit of the doubt that you so graciously give. Their delays make it crystal clear they DO NOT want to allow a transparent vetting of The former president’s alleged election crimes in a court of law before the next election.
Nearly all the conservative justices had a front row seat and some had direct partisan involvement on Bush v Gore.
They know the implications here.
The Supreme Coup Court.
No matter what the reasoning behind SCOTUS' decision to take this case, the fact that they are going to slow walk it means that we can be sure to see some really bizarre twisting of reality in some of their opinions. I can't imagine them granting him immunity but it should make for fun reading!
I’m fine with SCOTUS’ foot dragging — Tricky Dick’s twisting slowly, slowly in the wind is fine. Beats an acquittal before the election IMO. Also makes life easy for the Democrats since few of them are brave — or just responsible — enough to play the theocracy card.
As for even the GOP majority being somehow above politics, please, no. The majority is first and foremost political actors.
As for Greenhouse, let’s not thank the Alabama court. What she’s grateful for means little without the mainstream media reporting it as the existential threat it is and… I personally wouldn’t count on that happening.
Related is the idea of the GOP and/or their special interests being completely cool with the national becoming an anti-democratic theocracy. It would have approximately no affect on profits.
I know, I know, not everyone is as cynical as I. But after seeing this stuff going on long enough and often enough, it’s hard not to be.
Oops! Forgot: letting the DCCA immunity decision to stand would be… bad. The one national appellate court has to be the one that says a POTUS can’t overthrow the government because he lost the election and no proof of any significant fraud (worse that a lot of the documented proof was of Republicans frauding) and therefore was left with the only means of staying in office was to do so lawlessly.
Of course not ideal to let SCOTGOP has the last substantive word on the subject but letting the DCCA have the word here would be worse.
You give the SC way too much benefit of the doubt, I think.
If Trump wins in 2024?! Seriously how do you see Trump being elected… Do tell. please.
I agree completely that the Alabama decision is a wake up call for the consequences of the imposition of a religious view into a law. If life begins at conception, as so many fervently believe, the court was 100% right in its holding, and there is no way the GOP can get around that without awakening the ire of the true believer. Some are trying now to amend the State Constitution, whose wording is an excellent example of "be careful what you wish for."