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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,304 posts)
Sat Dec 26, 2020, 02:40 PM Dec 2020

Trump lashes out at Supreme Court for refusing to overturn his election loss

With less than one month until he leaves office, President Donald Trump on Saturday lashed out at the US Supreme Court over its refusal to intervene in the 2020 election, which Trump lost to President-elect Joe Biden.

"The U.S. Supreme Court has been totally incompetent and weak on the massive Election Fraud that took place in the 2020 Presidential Election," he said in a tweet just before 9 a.m. Saturday. "We have absolute PROOF, but they don't want to see it - No 'standing', they say. If we have corrupt elections, we have no country!"

During his term in office, Trump successfully nominated three justices to the court: Justice Neil Gorsuch in 2017, Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2018, and most recently, Justice Amy Coney Barrett in 2020.

Trump has previously complained about his lack of standing to bring his desired lawsuits, which is the legal concept of whether a person has the legal ability to bring a particular lawsuit before a particular court. Trump and his campaign turned to legal challenges immediately following his loss, but he and Republican officials have won zero of at least 40 challenges they've filed.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/with-less-than-a-month-left-in-office-trump-lashes-out-at-totally-incompetent-supreme-court-for-refusing-to-overturn-his-election-loss/ar-BB1cfq8J?li=BBnb7Kz

The man is 74 going on 3. What a big baby!

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The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,900 posts)
1. He thought the three justices owed him for their appointments and would do what he wanted.
Sat Dec 26, 2020, 02:43 PM
Dec 2020

Guess what, Spanky? They don't, and they won't.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
3. That is why they get a life term
Sat Dec 26, 2020, 02:51 PM
Dec 2020

Dotard does not understand the basics of the constitution. It's appalling.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,900 posts)
4. Yes, exactly. That's what the drafters intended - to remove the influence of politics
Sat Dec 26, 2020, 03:03 PM
Dec 2020

on the federal courts. It's always there in the sense that politicians will appoint judges who they think will decide cases in agreement with a particular political philosophy. But it doesn't always work that way (Earl Warren being a prime example); more importantly, the judges don't have to worry about being fired if they don't toe some president's line. Anyhow, Trump isn't a true conservative or a true anything - he has no political philosophy and cares only about what benefits himself, either politically or personally. So the fact that he has appointed conservative judges to keep the MAGAts voting for him doesn't mean those judges will do his bidding. He's starting to see that but he doesn't comprehend the difference between the law and what he wants.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
9. Oh, I think they would have done what THEY wanted --
Sat Dec 26, 2020, 03:59 PM
Dec 2020

IF they had a situation that provided even a smidgen of fake cover for a political decision. They just didn't have it.

RockRaven

(15,037 posts)
2. Hey, Dotard, you realize McConnell totally played you, right? He told you who to appoint, and
Sat Dec 26, 2020, 02:50 PM
Dec 2020

you did it like a dope! They aren't loyal to you! Everyone knew that but you! Mitch ordered, and you obeyed -- like a dog! Sucker!!!

marble falls

(57,355 posts)
8. That's where he's headed. He certainly isn't concerned with his legacy. He sure isn't going to ...
Sat Dec 26, 2020, 03:56 PM
Dec 2020

... write $2,000 checks! Or use the CDC or the network of federal of state and county health officials and contracts and contacts to bring up production of vaccine or even simple effective
PPE or mandating masks. Or getting vaccine to those most necessary to have it. Or who the target people are.

All that's left is the election.



I bet there's going to be a dirty little black market associated with this vaccine.

Nexus2

(1,261 posts)
7. It must really suck to have evidence that a crime was comitted
Sat Dec 26, 2020, 03:55 PM
Dec 2020

And the responsible body refuses to even look at it. Tell us about it, Donnie.

brush

(53,925 posts)
10. Rudy and the other loony attorneys had their day in the lower courts and showed no...
Sat Dec 26, 2020, 04:26 PM
Dec 2020

evidence then so why would SCOTUS take on such cases?

trump's great brain still can seem to grasp basic legal realities. All he knows is he appointed them and they didn't do what he wanted.

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