Donald Trump's legal team as early as Tuesday could appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court the Colorado Supreme Court decision barring him from the GOP primary ballot.
This is a big risk. If the Supreme Court determines that the CO Supremes decided correctly, that sets the precedent nationally that he is constitutionally ineligible to be president.
I know the court is definitely a friendly one for him in general, but the consequences are extremely high if they don’t go his way.
This court is friendly to conservative causes in general, but not necessarily to Trump. They have their lifetime appointments already, and the eight Justices who are not on Harlan Crow’s payroll have nothing to gain if they prop up Trump’s campaign unnecessarily.
But if they do uphold Trump’s ineligibility, I expect a bunch of Conservative States to throw Biden off the ballot for “giving aid and comfort to out enemies” at the Southern Border, or some other bullshit like that. Thats the Supreme Court ruling that will matter.
This is the one thing that gives me hope. They’re already at the top of their field, they’re there for life, no one can take it from them and they get shovels full of money heaped upon them all day every day. Trump has nothing to give them. He’s also a private citizen right now, and has nothing to threaten them with. If they help him win the presidency, they stand nothing to gain from him but they could lose their power and their lavish lifestyles if he sufficiently fucks up the current power structure.
I have no faith in the current Supreme Court, but at the same time I’m really, really curious to see if they take up the case and how it goes. If they rule against Trump, it’s going to set off a revolt from MAGAts everywhere. If they rule for Trump, they’re saying that presidents are above the law, and Biden can essentially do whatever he wants to maintain power, which seems like bad news for our country - but especially Trump who (assuming the current trajectory of the GOP primary) will have to run against Biden.
That’s the thing with dictators ane fascists. They gamble big because it’s the little people that will have to deal with the consequences while they hand-wave away responsibility and blame everything else.
This is a big risk. If the Supreme Court determines that the CO Supremes decided correctly, that sets the precedent nationally that he is constitutionally ineligible to be president.
I know the court is definitely a friendly one for him in general, but the consequences are extremely high if they don’t go his way.
This court is friendly to conservative causes in general, but not necessarily to Trump. They have their lifetime appointments already, and the eight Justices who are not on Harlan Crow’s payroll have nothing to gain if they prop up Trump’s campaign unnecessarily.
But if they do uphold Trump’s ineligibility, I expect a bunch of Conservative States to throw Biden off the ballot for “giving aid and comfort to out enemies” at the Southern Border, or some other bullshit like that. Thats the Supreme Court ruling that will matter.
This is the one thing that gives me hope. They’re already at the top of their field, they’re there for life, no one can take it from them and they get shovels full of money heaped upon them all day every day. Trump has nothing to give them. He’s also a private citizen right now, and has nothing to threaten them with. If they help him win the presidency, they stand nothing to gain from him but they could lose their power and their lavish lifestyles if he sufficiently fucks up the current power structure.
That would be so shitty. Mexico is not our enemy, there are fugitives in there.
I have no faith in the current Supreme Court, but at the same time I’m really, really curious to see if they take up the case and how it goes. If they rule against Trump, it’s going to set off a revolt from MAGAts everywhere. If they rule for Trump, they’re saying that presidents are above the law, and Biden can essentially do whatever he wants to maintain power, which seems like bad news for our country - but especially Trump who (assuming the current trajectory of the GOP primary) will have to run against Biden.
That’s the thing with dictators ane fascists. They gamble big because it’s the little people that will have to deal with the consequences while they hand-wave away responsibility and blame everything else.