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Showing Original Post only (View all)David Rothkopf: Supreme Court decision to hear immunity case "is outrageous and, at its heart, fundamentally corrupt" [View all]
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David Rothkopf
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Let's not beat around the bush, decision by the Supreme Court to hear the Trump immunity case is outrageous and, at its heart, fundamentally corrupt. The Appeals Court decision was bullet proof and there is no case Trump has any sort of immunity. The decision not to hear it until late April makes further significant trial delays likely. They are deliberately delaying the trial without any reasonable legal reason to do so. This is a political decision and, in my estimation, an ugly one.
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Let's not beat around the bush, decision by the Supreme Court to hear the Trump immunity case is outrageous and, at its heart, fundamentally corrupt. The Appeals Court decision was bullet proof and there is no case Trump has any sort of immunity. The decision not to hear it until late April makes further significant trial delays likely. They are deliberately delaying the trial without any reasonable legal reason to do so. This is a political decision and, in my estimation, an ugly one.
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David Rothkopf: Supreme Court decision to hear immunity case "is outrageous and, at its heart, fundamentally corrupt" [View all]
highplainsdem
Feb 28
OP
All of us that aren't involved in prosecuting trump need to focus on ONE thing...
Think. Again.
Feb 28
#5
If you mean this a sarcasm, please use the :sarcasm: smilie. This is, as you know, untrue & outrageous
Hekate
Feb 28
#14
I have seen his other posts...I don't doubt he meant is sarcastically and likely went offline.
Demsrule86
Feb 28
#22
Arazi, the only reason I'm not alerting is that I think you mean this as sarcasm & haven't seen you spew this before
Hekate
Feb 28
#15
All too reminiscent of Sandra Day O'Connor and the 2000 election. December 2000 article:
highplainsdem
Feb 28
#26
We can thank McTurtle for getting us one step closer to ending our Democracy.
NoMoreRepugs
Feb 28
#18
The truth is we must save ourselves by voting against Trump. If he wins, we lose our Democracy.
Demsrule86
Feb 28
#19
Court will decide before the election, the case won't straddle two court terms, they don't do that.
thesquanderer
Feb 28
#37
Don't give up. Democracy is not something that can be earned. Apparently, it must be continually fought for.
Earth-shine
Feb 28
#31
Rothkopf -- another "expert" with no experience practicing law, let alone before the Supreme Court
onenote
Feb 28
#23
Yes. But the court could have issued a "refusal to hear" and let the lower court decision stand.
3Hotdogs
Feb 29
#51
Thumbing his nose and flipping the bird at Democracy, Mitch dissolves into the sunset... or is that HELL?
PTL_Mancuso
Feb 28
#36
Don't overlook the fact that the crazy maga judges love them some power! Tfg in a second term will do
PortTack
Feb 29
#43
So four justices think the lower court decision is wrong or needs clarifying?
Buckeyeblue
Feb 29
#47
Well, what a surprise. Not. And not an effing thing we can do to respond except to vote.
msfiddlestix
Feb 29
#56