The Supreme Court's Blocking Strategy

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America’s top legal authority is doing all it can to prevent Donald Trump from standing trial before the election.

BY MICHAEL MELTSNER JUNE 14, 2024


There seems no end to the ethical questions surrounding the behavior of several Supreme Court justices, what with the endless stories of undisclosed swanky vacations and gifts, but the most shameful lapses aren’t personal, they’re institutional.

Recall that Donald Trump has been charged with multiple felonies for attempting to overthrow the government. The federal court of appeals in D.C. unanimously rejected his outlandish argument for total presidential immunity on the sixth of February, setting the stage for a trial on this multi-count indictment.

But the Supreme Court weighed in three weeks later, not only to rule it wanted to review the appeals court decision, but in a lengthy process that seems designed to ensure that the voters will not know Trump’s guilt or innocence after a trial—if one is now ever held—before they cast their ballots.

Litigants are used to hearing about the slow pace of judicial decision-making; the law’s delay is a cliché. But when the national interest plainly calls for speedy resolution of an essential constitutional conflict, as in a case like this one that features an attack on the Capitol and an attempt to set aside a presidential election, previous Supreme Courts have often responded immediately.
https://prospect.org/justice/2024-06-14-supreme-courts-blocking-strategy/

[BComplex]

1. Someone needs to make the supreme court irrelevant to their rulings or stalling strategy.

"Everything trump touches dies" obviously applies to the republican party and the supreme court. I say let it die & ignore it. Judge Chutkin needs to just announce the start of the trial.

[KS Toronado]

2. Hell yea, allow a jury of 12 of his peers decide if he has immunity.

Why do we have to wait on the Supremos because a toddler went whining and crying to them? They ignore us
all the time, ie: abortion/bump-stocks, turnaround should be fair play.

[BComplex]

4. Hear! Hear! That's what I'm talking about.

They aren't listening to OUR constitution! Why in the hell should anyone listen to them?

[slightlv]

8. The Red States are already ignoring

any and all SCOTUS rulings they don't agree with, as well as anything coming from President Biden.

Given this situation, why isn't it being called Secession by Default, or something along those lines. What else could it be?

[duckworth969]

3. Cannon blocking Chutkan

If Chutkan gets a window to schedule the J6 trial, Cannon will decide to suddenly schedule the espionage case, thereby blocking any trial before the national election.

[BComplex]

7. Chutkan should ignore Cannon. We already see what they're doing! We need to go right aheafd

and do what we damn well please, just like they're doing!

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

5. For Bush v. Gore SCOTUS issued its decision one day after it heard oral arguments.

This isn't the first time the Court has acted in a way to affect an election.

Justice Kennedy, the Court's swing vote, was favoring Gore. That didn't serve Scalia's purposes, however, so he forced the Court to delay its vote into late in the night and browbeat Kennedy until he wore him down, and the SCOTUS awarded the presidency to Bush.*

In the current instance we can expect the Court to require an additional delaying tactic -- maybe send the case back to the trial court for additional arguments -- and that, plus Cannon's delays, will insure the MAGATs have a second shot at what they failed at before, and literally steal the election.

*I have tried to find the book where I got this information, but it's lost in the 'net.

[slightlv]

9. You may not be able to find the book...

but you're not alone in remembering it. I have always wondered if and how they threatened Gore. It may not even have been against him personally, as we see Magats doing today to everybody they don't like. It may have been something against the country, itself. Something so horrible in Gore's mind, he couldn't bare to see it come to pass, so he gave in and gave up instead... for the "good" of the country. Of course, we see where that has led us.

[ancianita]

6. So the SC's strategy is hurry up to ensure Democrats lose in 2000, & go comatose to ensure Republicans win in 2024.

Got it.