Supreme Court delivers the gift Trump was desperate to receive

[LetMyPeopleVote]

If Supreme Court justices don't want to be seen as "partisan hacks," they're going to have to start changing their behavior

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https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/supreme-court-delivers-gift-trump-was-desperate-receive-rcna141132

To hear Supreme Court justices tell it, they want to be seen as credible and fair arbiters of constitutional law, not political actors. In September 2021, for example, Justice Amy Coney Barrett tried to defend the institution’s impartiality — while speaking alongside Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who rushed her onto the bench during the 2020 presidential election as part of a brazenly political display.

“My goal today is to convince you that this court is not comprised of a bunch of partisan hacks,” the conservative justice said at the time.....

And when those same far-right justices deliver Donald Trump an unjustifiable gift, the problem gets even worse. My MSNBC colleague Jordan Rubin explained:

The Supreme Court has decided to review Donald Trump’s far-fetched immunity claim, a move that will at least further delay the former president’s federal election interference case from going to trial. The justices will hear oral arguments the week of April 22.

The specific question that the justices will consider, according to the written order, is “whether and if so to what extent does a former President enjoy presidential immunity from criminal prosecution for conduct alleged to involve official acts during his tenure in office.”....

This isn’t real litigation; this is a transparent stalling tactic.

It’s against this backdrop that members of the Supreme Court giftwrapped a present for the likely Republican presidential nominee — first by taking their sweet time to agree to take up the case, needlessly delaying the process by weeks, and then again by scheduling arguments for April. It’s difficult to guess when an actual ruling will come down, but it’s now expected at some point in the late spring or early summer.

Common sense suggests that the justices will not ultimately rule in Trump’s favor — because that would be hopelessly insane — but that’s beside the point. The outcome of what is essentially a fake case is easy to guess, but it’s also irrelevant.......

Recent polling suggests the single great threat to Trump’s campaign has nothing to do with the Democratic incumbent or the state of the economy. The threat is a criminal conviction — because a whole lot of voters just aren’t prepared to cast a ballot for a known felon.

The former president and his team know this, which is why they’re going to outlandish lengths to delay the process as much as possible. If there’s a defense for the Supreme Court assisting in such an endeavor, I can’t think of it.

Right now it is clear that the SCOTUS is indeed a bunch of partisan hacks

[Blue Owl]

1. Wow I didn't know The Handmaid also had a side gig as a stand-up comedian

[Lonestarblue]

2. If you behave like a partisan hack, then people will decide you're a partisan hack, actions speak loudly.

[Irish_Dem]

3. They are worse than partisan hacks.

They are corrupt traitors.
They work to end democracy and basic rights for citizens.

They do what their rich benefactors tell them to do.

[moondust]

4. Immunity issue not just in D.C.

Also in Georgia and Florida. Some have wondered if SCOTUS may have taken the case to make the D.C. ruling apply nationwide to cover them all at once rather than individually.

If that's the reason then they could probably do that in 15 minutes by simply declaring that the excellent D.C. opinion applies nationwide, no?

So they can quickly get back to boofin' their beer!

[republianmushroom]

5. 5 of 9 , repaying their mater.