Donald Trump Is A Criminal

Created
Sun, 07/01/2024 - 01:00
Updated
Sun, 07/01/2024 - 01:00
Stop pretending he’s wearing clothes! Friday afternoon the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review the case from Colorado that declared Donald J. Trump, Insurrectionist, ineligible to appear on that state’s 2024 primary ballot. And oh, the humanity! The 14th Amendment, the Civil War, Maine, Colorado, a divided nation, MAGA death threats against lawmakers and judges, etc. Plus the kettles of limp-spaghetti arguments desperate Trump’s attorneys have thrown at courtroom walls hoping something, anything, will stick and save their client’s ass. And then there’s the tarnished Roberts court itself (Washington Post): The public already views the Supreme Court through a partisan lens, with Democrats expressing little confidence in the court and Republicans saying the opposite — and the question of whether Trump should be kept off the ballot has the potential to further polarize those views. “It throws them right into the political thicket,” Stanford law professor Michael W. McConnell said of the court. “There is no way they can decide the case without having about half the country think they are being partisan hacks.” Oh, but Team Trump thinks they have this in the bag: “I think it should be a slam dunk in the Supreme Court; I have faith in them,” [Trump attorney Alina] Habba said on Fox News.“You know, people like Kavanaugh who the president fought for, who the president went through hell to get into place, he’ll step up.” Aaron Blake: [D]espite Habba’s cleanup effort, she was clearly pointing in the direction of Kavanaugh (and potentially others)…