there is nothing remotely resembling a federal question in this case and Trump still got four votes - ThreadSky

lemieuxlgm.bsky.social • 58 days ago

there is nothing remotely resembling a federal question in this case and Trump still got four votes

Yeah, the story here isn’t that a state court proceeding is being allowed to continue normally, it’s that there are four Supreme Court justices prepared to shamelessly rubber stamp any demand Trump makes.

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littlenomad.bsky.social•58 days ago

The two most corrupt justices, and two of the justices he put on the bench. Not surprising.

lonegreywolftx.bsky.social•58 days ago

The Robert’s R court has led the charge to destroy democracy and help the rich get, and stay in, power

phgoldstein.bsky.social•58 days ago

The federal question is, “what does Trump want us to do, and how quickly can we do it?”

texaspatriot1.bsky.social•58 days ago

Sometimes 9.

cmlanna.bsky.social•58 days ago

SCOTUS sucks

dogberryjr.bsky.social•58 days ago

Too bad they answer to no one, because I'd be fascinated to hear their rationale.

gonecoastalms.bsky.social•58 days ago

I thought we understood that and I thought it was six judges so I’m very surprised at the outcome even if they already know he won’t be sentenced to anything.

davewakeman.bsky.social•58 days ago

That was my take.

csbricker.bsky.social•58 days ago

Because SCOTUS sucks. Bring on the term limits!

nickazz.bsky.social•58 days ago

and he's one judge's heartbeat from being kinged

trishinohio.bsky.social•58 days ago

THIS

amdiamanti.bsky.social•58 days ago

A rogue state is trying to stop the president from Making America Great again. Checkmate libs.

jtlesq.bsky.social•58 days ago

Seems like he’s got four with whom anything goes. Barrett’s concurrence in the immunity case didn’t buy this official act can be used to prove private conduct. Roberts has a chance to pull the court back from the fringe right. Rebuild faith in the third branch of government!

billypilgrim65.bsky.social•58 days ago

Notice how the court went out of it's way to explicitly not to say there was no federal question. Presumably as that would have hurt the fee fees of the Gorsuch, Alito, Squi, Thomas.

marcashrsn.bsky.social•58 days ago

And what makes you think that the lack of a federal question matters to this court?

bevball.bsky.social•58 days ago

I am glad he didn’t get six

mtnem.bsky.social•57 days ago

Given that constitution says justices are to serve during periods of good behavior the 4 dissenters should be impeached. Considering your question over which the court has no jurisdiction is not Good behavior

ilkamarino.bsky.social•58 days ago

Is it within #potus power to wield his official acts immunity and impose term limits and remove the rogue justices?

ryanhide.bsky.social•58 days ago

Absolutely inexcusable that it took Biden until like September 2024 to even consider the need to reform SCOTUS. If Harris had won we’d probably be in unprecedented horror right now.

nobswilly.bsky.social•58 days ago

Ginni's husband and Sam are nothing resembling rule of law.

jim0novak.bsky.social•58 days ago

Yet Alito assured Trump just this week that it was in the bag.

chrisneyland.bsky.social•58 days ago

Dear Leader got four votes.

dukefan.bsky.social•58 days ago

Including one who should have recused and another who owes Trump for covering up his sexual assault

chrisneyland.bsky.social•58 days ago

They all should be impeached. One of them is married to an insurrectionist. One of them spoke to his Dear Leader the very day of the filing. One of them had his debt cleared by an unknown rich benefactor.

mattl1.bsky.social•58 days ago

"We were promised even SUPREMER Court seats... and RVs" seems like a jurisdictional hook to me.

jtadetroit.bsky.social•58 days ago

Downhill all the way from Bush v Gore

woodsidehouston.bsky.social•58 days ago

Gorsuch is the snake here—not as attention-seeking as Thomas and Alito but equally pernicious. Kavanaugh is a feather-headed hack in the mold of Aileen Cannon.

rodericka1.bsky.social•58 days ago

Time to go Luigi on a few people's asses I think.

jamesjhare.com•58 days ago

That's why there was never a chance for accountability for Trump in the first place. He's got 4 votes that say he's a king and Roberts is a waffle.

crazy4sherman.bsky.social•58 days ago

I think Roberts might have realized what total immunity for Trump was going to be like and didn’t want to hand over his power to Trump.

50megatonfbomb.bsky.social•58 days ago

He's got 6 votes, but 2 of them are at least pretending to be reasonable for now.

jnkc.bsky.social•58 days ago

This. The weaselly qualifying language surely was per ACB & CJ Roberts' insistence. Gotta signal to the big guy that they'll be happy to do his bidding on the "merits" when his appeal gets to SCOTUS, where they'll rule their made-up immunity doctrine requires reversing his convictions.

jlakepa.bsky.social•58 days ago

And Cannon is the one who stayed it and she has absolutely nothing to do with this case. Just bonkers.

dukefan.bsky.social•58 days ago

I think this thread is referring to the NY sentencing

jlakepa.bsky.social•58 days ago

You’re right! Thanks!

realbenisons.bsky.social•58 days ago

so you're saying that four justices saying "yes sir your sultanic patrimonial majesty sir" is not a federal issue?

tbh we're in the era of coin flips on opinion days btw full sultanic patrimonialism and lukewarm vindication of the right to criticize the monarch a la Jean Gerson's Vivat Rex