Special counsel Jack Smith urged a U.S. appeals court to reverse the dismissal of the criminal classified documents case against former President Donald Trump.
I don’t think anyone on the Court is as far right or as nakedly corrupt as Thomas. Just because he’s advising her, I wouldn’t take that as an endorsement from the full Court. He frequently writes concurring opinions that go way beyond anyone else.
With Joe stepping down and a surge of support for Kamala, is there a point where the Supreme Court has to accept they’re not winning this time and switch to clean house of people who overplayed their hand?
If Democrats are ever lucky enough to get 2/3rds of the Senate (and 51% of the House), at that point the Supreme Court might start to think twice about their decisions.
Grossly unlikely. We’re likely to see the country continue to consolidate most of the population into a few states. We could be seeing a situation in the next few cycles where it’s outright impossible for Democrats to win the senate while blowing out the House and Presidential vote.
She is so blatantly biased. I wonder if even this Supreme Court would back her up.
She seems to have been advised by Clarence Thomas on this, so the idea to do this came from the supreme court.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/clarence-thomas-opinion-jack-smith-appointed-special-counsel-rcna161975
I don’t think anyone on the Court is as far right or as nakedly corrupt as Thomas. Just because he’s advising her, I wouldn’t take that as an endorsement from the full Court. He frequently writes concurring opinions that go way beyond anyone else.
Maybe, but for sure she is starting off with an active voice on the supreme court in her favor. That’s a good start.
I was gonna say Alito, but even for him I had to pause because Thomas is just so bad.
It’s real interesting that they thought dismissal for a transparently bad reason has a better shot than dismissal for lack of evidence.
With Joe stepping down and a surge of support for Kamala, is there a point where the Supreme Court has to accept they’re not winning this time and switch to clean house of people who overplayed their hand?
What? No, definitely not. They’re appointed for life and don’t have to give a shit about anything Kamala could possibly do.
(Well, short of using the immunity they gave Trump to Seal Team Six them, I guess, but no Democrat is likely to do that and they know it.)
If Democrats are ever lucky enough to get 2/3rds of the Senate (and 51% of the House), at that point the Supreme Court might start to think twice about their decisions.
Edit: unfortunately unlikely, though
Grossly unlikely. We’re likely to see the country continue to consolidate most of the population into a few states. We could be seeing a situation in the next few cycles where it’s outright impossible for Democrats to win the senate while blowing out the House and Presidential vote.
Gerrymandering has made it impossible to “blow out” the House too.
That only goes so far, and it’s slowly being dismantled.
That’s optimistic. It’s a constant battle.