Anonymous
Post 04/26/2024 11:44     Subject: The President is Above the Law
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Get out the down ballot vote to give the Dems 2/3 House and Senate and SC justices Thomas and Alito can be impeached for their corruption. Biden is still in the WH and can appoint two of the most liberal FEMALE jurists in the country and no older than 40!!!

It's a nice thought but...how? The *best* Senate pickup opportunities the Dems have this year are Florida and Texas.

I think part of the reason the GOP is pushing Gaza (and probably sending the same provocateurs to protests they sent summer of 2020) is that it’s their only hope. Abortion and the total erasure of women is top of mind for most fertile women, and if those who claim their top choice is “inflation” thought a little harder about it, being forced to have a baby or several (that you don’t want anyway) is incredibly expensive.

The GOP and their handmaiden media outlets need to push Gaza and inflation (notice they can’t push immigration any more since Trump killed it as an issue) because the GOP is so overwhelmingly wretched and here we have a court that is giving a little amuse bouche of what the fascist feast would taste like.


There is no need for that. The democratic leadership has said they will not address court only comply with its ruling. The dems have no desire to do anything to change the court.
Anonymous
Post 04/26/2024 09:07     Subject: The President is Above the Law
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Get out the down ballot vote to give the Dems 2/3 House and Senate and SC justices Thomas and Alito can be impeached for their corruption. Biden is still in the WH and can appoint two of the most liberal FEMALE jurists in the country and no older than 40!!!

It's a nice thought but...how? The *best* Senate pickup opportunities the Dems have this year are Florida and Texas.

I think part of the reason the GOP is pushing Gaza (and probably sending the same provocateurs to protests they sent summer of 2020) is that it’s their only hope. Abortion and the total erasure of women is top of mind for most fertile women, and if those who claim their top choice is “inflation” thought a little harder about it, being forced to have a baby or several (that you don’t want anyway) is incredibly expensive.

The GOP and their handmaiden media outlets need to push Gaza and inflation (notice they can’t push immigration any more since Trump killed it as an issue) because the GOP is so overwhelmingly wretched and here we have a court that is giving a little amuse bouche of what the fascist feast would taste like.
Anonymous
Post 04/26/2024 08:28     Subject: The President is Above the Law
Anonymous wrote:Get out the down ballot vote to give the Dems 2/3 House and Senate and SC justices Thomas and Alito can be impeached for their corruption. Biden is still in the WH and can appoint two of the most liberal FEMALE jurists in the country and no older than 40!!!

It's a nice thought but...how? The *best* Senate pickup opportunities the Dems have this year are Florida and Texas.
Anonymous
Post 04/26/2024 07:43     Subject: The President is Above the Law
Anonymous wrote:Nina Totenberg has interesting input on the history of the justices who seemed sympathetic to Trump’s immunity claims. It’s worth a listen. Their earlier experiences may have shaped the conservative victim narrative.

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/26/1247383537/trumps-immunity-arguments-supreme-court-conservatives


Oh her coverage of the court has been so….great! She broke that corruption story on Thomas.
Anonymous
Post 04/26/2024 07:41     Subject: The President is Above the Law
Anonymous wrote:Are the Justices above the law?
Can a Justice be arrested, tried and incarcerated?
They decide the law so they are the law?

So much hubris in this court, I hope there is a reckoning.


Yes
The JustIces are about the law and make the law. There is no way Garland could appoint a special counsel. The court would strike down any and all attempts at accountability. These people are appointed for life and have immunity to all laws. The federalist society saw this and put the people in place to rule the country.
Anonymous
Post 04/26/2024 07:34     Subject: Re:The President is Above the Law
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Listening to this argument today, I got the same sinking, nauseous feeling I had a couple other times the last few years.

The first time was Trump's news conference with Putin in Helsinki. The second time was January 6, 2021. The third time was today.

I fear the fix is in and our country is doomed. I really do think so.

So what are you doing about it?


Giving money to Biden and campaigning for him and other Democrats. And speaking up to friends and family. Any other ideas?

Thank you! I’m very active and have been frustrated that many of my friends just doom scrolled but didn’t take action. Now they hold postcard parties. It’s maybe not the most effective campaigning but every action is something. Hopefully your activism will rub off on them.
Anonymous
Post 04/26/2024 06:45     Subject: The President is Above the Law
Are the Justices above the law?
Can a Justice be arrested, tried and incarcerated?
They decide the law so they are the law?

So much hubris in this court, I hope there is a reckoning.
Anonymous
Post 04/26/2024 06:38     Subject: The President is Above the Law
Nina Totenberg has interesting input on the history of the justices who seemed sympathetic to Trump’s immunity claims. It’s worth a listen. Their earlier experiences may have shaped the conservative victim narrative.

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/26/1247383537/trumps-immunity-arguments-supreme-court-conservatives
Anonymous
Post 04/25/2024 23:56     Subject: Re:The President is Above the Law
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Listening to this argument today, I got the same sinking, nauseous feeling I had a couple other times the last few years.

The first time was Trump's news conference with Putin in Helsinki. The second time was January 6, 2021. The third time was today.

I fear the fix is in and our country is doomed. I really do think so.

So what are you doing about it?


Giving money to Biden and campaigning for him and other Democrats. And speaking up to friends and family. Any other ideas?
Anonymous
Post 04/25/2024 22:12     Subject: Re:The President is Above the Law
So... if the President is above the law, does that make him Judge Dredd?

Anonymous
Post 04/25/2024 21:58     Subject: The President is Above the Law
Anonymous wrote:So Brett Kavanaugh, who made his name in conservative legal circles as part of a criminal investigation of a president, is going to say that actually presidents are immune to criminal prosecution. Absolutely no shame.

What else do you expect of an attempted rapist with money problems who was wiling to take a seat vacated just for him?
Anonymous
Post 04/25/2024 21:57     Subject: Re:The President is Above the Law
Anonymous wrote:Listening to this argument today, I got the same sinking, nauseous feeling I had a couple other times the last few years.

The first time was Trump's news conference with Putin in Helsinki. The second time was January 6, 2021. The third time was today.

I fear the fix is in and our country is doomed. I really do think so.

So what are you doing about it?
Anonymous
Post 04/25/2024 21:57     Subject: The President is Above the Law
Anonymous wrote:Get out the down ballot vote to give the Dems 2/3 House and Senate and SC justices Thomas and Alito can be impeached for their corruption. Biden is still in the WH and can appoint two of the most liberal FEMALE jurists in the country and no older than 40!!!

+1
This is the solution. Otherwise we’re going to keep banging our heads into the wall of Republican fascism.
Anonymous
Post 04/25/2024 21:25     Subject: Re:The President is Above the Law
Listening to this argument today, I got the same sinking, nauseous feeling I had a couple other times the last few years.

The first time was Trump's news conference with Putin in Helsinki. The second time was January 6, 2021. The third time was today.

I fear the fix is in and our country is doomed. I really do think so.
Anonymous
Post 04/25/2024 21:20     Subject: The President is Above the Law
Get out the down ballot vote to give the Dems 2/3 House and Senate and SC justices Thomas and Alito can be impeached for their corruption. Biden is still in the WH and can appoint two of the most liberal FEMALE jurists in the country and no older than 40!!!