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No. of Recommendations: 6
Just saw on TV, SCOTUS denies Trump request to halt sentencing.
I’m stunned.
No. of Recommendations: 3
No. of Recommendations: 2
I’m stunned.
Why? SCOTUS has a history of ruling against Trump, and he had no legitimate legal argument (unlike the immunity case, where the broad scope of the lower court ruling actually gave Trump an argument).
No. of Recommendations: 8
Why?
Presidential immunity case created out of thin air.
No. of Recommendations: 4
Presidential immunity case created out of thin air.
Wasn't out of thin air. Lower court said there was no Presidential immunity, even for official acts. No nuance or exception. That can't possibly be the law for every possible criminal statue or official act.
What if Congress were to pass a law making it a misdemeanor for any person to conspire with a federal official to delay any Congressional hearing? Presidents strategize with their Cabinet officials all the time in how to respond to Congressional hearings, including - sometimes - trying to work with their allies in Congress to get the hearing delayed. Can Congress criminalize every such discussion between the President and their Cabinet? Almost certainly not. They can limit the power of any other citizen to do things like that, but whatever official acts are necessary for the exercise of the Executive Power (like consulting with a Cabinet official about official business) probably can't be stripped from the President by act of Congress.
The dissent got in high dudgeon over how far the opinion went in insulating every official act from every criminal law, and I think their criticism was right. But neither do I think that the dissent would support that the claim that any criminal law would always restrain the President in any official act - because then the Congress could simply make it a crime to veto one of their bills for "improper purpose." I think even the dissent would have a hard time accepting that the President could be prosecuted for violating that statute.
No. of Recommendations: 2
It was close though: 5 to 4. For once Roberts did the right thing.
No. of Recommendations: 2
Why? SCOTUS has a history of ruling against Trump, and he had no legitimate legal argument (unlike the immunity case, where the broad scope of the lower court ruling actually gave Trump an argument).
I was surprised, too. It was only Roberts that swung the vote. 5 to 4. If Trump gets another SC judge, god knows what we'll see.
No. of Recommendations: 4
Supreme Court Denies Trump’s Last-Ditch Effort to Avoid Sentencing
It was close though: 5 to 4
Dang. PubicCokeCanClarence and BoofBoyKavanaugh stuck to their guns.
No. of Recommendations: 3
Just saw on TV, SCOTUS denies Trump request to halt sentencing.
I’m stunned. - AW
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Applying a page from the liberal playbook,
I didn't see this on Fox News, therefore it did not happen.....
No. of Recommendations: 4
No. of Recommendations: 15
Good. And good that chief justice John Roberts and Trump appointee Amy Coney Barrett voted with the three liberals in this obviously correct decision.
None of the 4 dissenters offered any explanation...
What explanation could the dissenters give besides being corrupt?
No. of Recommendations: 6
Applying a page from the liberal playbook,
I didn't see this on Fox News, therefore it did not happen.....
You mean you only trust a news source that admitted they lied to you and paid over three-quarters of a billion dollars to settle just one lawsuit about their lies? Oh, and another lawsuit about their lies is also in the works.
You need to get out more.
No. of Recommendations: 2
I wanted to understand the significance of Donald Trump's felony sentencing.
So I read the posts of three unemployed, right-wing, Jeanine Pirro fans on Shrewd'm.
Interesting.
No. of Recommendations: 4
No. of Recommendations: 3
You need to get out more. - AW
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And you need to have your sarcasm detector tuned up.
