I am closer to being black than I have probably ever been, or at least since the darkest days of the coronavirus lockdown.
i want to be wrong Donald Trump’s pending visit The case was filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in April. I don’t want to be misunderstood about the court’s decision, which is expected by the end of June. People whose opinions I respect think I’m wrong. I’ll explain why I disagree with them.
This is political assassination by other means.
We are not a nation ruled by law, and we have never been a nation ruled by law. We are and always will be a nation with political will. The law does not force itself. Rules do not enforce themselves.
Some of the headlines you’re seeing make it sound as if the court has granted Trump’s appeal in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal case against the former president. In fact, the court issued a “certificate of stay request” regarding Mr. Smith’s “whether and to what extent a former president enjoys immunity from criminal prosecution for acts he allegedly engaged in in the course of his official duties.” Smith’s request that the petition be treated as a petition for during his tenure. ”
This means that President Trump’s defense strategy of running out the clock through appeals was avoided by the Supreme Court.
Late last year, Smith moved the Supreme Court to seek an immediate decision on whether the president has complete immunity, essentially forever, for anything he does while in office. I want you to remember what you did. I was sure Smith wouldn’t make that motion unless he was sure what would happen. That’s why I was stunned when the court told him on December 23 that it would not expedite the decision in this case.
Mr. Trump then appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit over a permanent immunity issue handed down by Judge Tanya Chutkan, an Obama loyalist, who ruled against him. The three-judge panel ruled unanimously against Trump, noting that Bill Clinton could face penalties if he commits perjury while in the White House and leaves office. .
Citing that precedent, they told President Trump not to even bother appealing to the full court, giving him only six days to appeal. They were clearly trying to hasten the final outcome, but Trump still appealed to the Chancery Court to extend his time.
movement and counterattack. As a result, Mr. Smith will once again file a motion directly to the Supreme Court on February 14th to answer the immunity issue. This time, the motion was granted. Oral arguments will be held on April 22nd, potentially in time for a ruling to be placed on President Trump’s neck by Election Day. It is expected to be announced no later than June 30, the day the court adjourns. There are still at least 128 days left before the Spirit of the Age brings President Trump to the D.C. Star chamber.
When the Supreme Court took up this issue, dobbs In the Mississippi case, no one seriously thought that the final decision would require the infanticide status quo to be maintained. Something will figure out, and so will President Trump, who will expedite the exoneration decision at the request of the hangman nominee.
Trump will probably lose.
Most people I’ve talked to, or whose opinions I respect, agree with what I’ve said so far. But here’s where I disagree: Things are even worse for Trump than many believe. Let’s say the court doesn’t rule on this until June 30th. Still, will it be so difficult for Trump’s opponents to put him on trial on specific charges before Election Day?
This is a question you only ask if you think of all of this as a buttoned-down legal procedure done with an intended political outcome, when in fact it is a political procedure with an intended legal outcome. is.
In other words, this is a political assassination by other means.
Legal procedures are only used to appear “official” to the norm. If that were the case, there is no way that those who have dreamed of putting Trump in prison for years would be given the green light to do so and not proceed simply because the so-called process is running out of time. .
Do we even believe our own talking points about who the left is and how it operates? Are we saying that the people who have actually been working to remove Trump from the vote in multiple states will suddenly fold their tails and give up, citing administrative demands? No, they don’t mean that. Especially if you have a “letter of approval” from the Supreme Court in your hands.
If Chief Justice John Roberts allows this, he doesn’t care if he has to givel in court on the morning of Election Day — and with this expedited process, it appears he will. Just like when President Obama’s own lawyers saved Obamacare not once but twice by redefining taxation and state exchanges beyond the definitions he used in his arguments. Just like when there was a leak. dobbs Despite his “investigation,” the incident never surfaced. Mr. Roberts is also in the process of seriously working on this scale, and unless someone on the right tries to screw up, as he has in the past, it is highly unlikely that he will waste such efforts.
I predict Roberts will eventually concoct the proverbial baby split. His court will slam Colorado for trying to remove Trump from the ballot without due process, then overturn the quorum and do the same in Trump’s immunity case. All because he insists, like an institutionalist swamp creature, that America was “saved” from the worst instincts of both sides.
Except that one has much greater political impact than the other. Do you know which one it is?
