i feel comfortable saying that at least four members of the court probably outright believe that donald trump is the legitimate president of the united states
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Cristian Farias
Reading this latest Jack Smith filing, it occurred to me that people haven’t quite internalized the reality that in all three cases touching on the insurrection on January 6—by far the darkest day for our democracy since the Civil War—the Supreme Court sided with the insurrectionists in all three.
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I think it’s five BTW.
...annnnnd, you know, stop getting lavish and unreported perks...
... whiiiiiich, apparently, is just as cool as insurrection.
The only people who *believe* Trump won in 2020 are the people at the bottom of the scam, the ones eating dog food to send their social security checks to buy Trump N*Ts. Everyone else knows it's a lie.
I don't think they believe it
But they believe they can cause it to be
So more like they believe in it
Also, and this may be way down in the weeds, but he took two oaths when he was sworn in. One as a federal employee, and one as a justice… 1/n
The Judicial Oath does not include the phrase “without mental reservation.”
It’s dumb, but it’s exactly the kind of casuistry that particular set of reactionaries thrives on. 2/2
I would've once attributed everything to nihilism and cynicism about politics and power, but these guys have been in a hermetically sealed room huffing their own supply for so long...
https://bsky.app/profile/tubapeter.bsky.social/post/3l5iceyytne2z
All the rest is bullshit.
Bizarro world
There's your four, who want a theocratic oligarchy.
(Gorsuch... I have trouble figuring him out.)
That was unexpected. Wd love to know why. Maybe she draws the line at political violence? The State can kill the powerful, but common people can't?
It doesn't mean she won't fall into line if her husband/priest/whoever tells her to (I'm quite certain she discusses cases with them).