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malaise

(294,927 posts)
Wed Jun 12, 2024, 07:20 AM Jun 2024

Prediction - The convicted felon Smelvis, the SF Slobfather aka the Nodfather

will lose the immunity case.
Alito and Thomas will dissent.
M$Greedia will then attempt to convince us that this partisan Supreme Court is fair and balanced.

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marble falls

(71,544 posts)
1. Your crystal ball is on point. I think he'll also drop out of the race. He's probably got feelers out for a deal ...
Wed Jun 12, 2024, 07:27 AM
Jun 2024

... offering to drop out for no jail time. He'll end up like Al Capone, sitting in a bathrobe by the pool with a fishing rod, somewhere in Florida talking to himself. Can't guarantee the accuracy of my crystal ball.

gab13by13

(31,832 posts)
2. Except their goal was to delay the trial past the election
Wed Jun 12, 2024, 07:28 AM
Jun 2024

Mission accomplished for the fascist members of the court.

malaise

(294,927 posts)
6. I understand your impatience but clean ups take years
Wed Jun 12, 2024, 07:43 AM
Jun 2024

and this is one hell of a mess with coup plotters and supporters inside all the branches of government.

CincyDem

(7,364 posts)
5. IIRC, Nixon resigned shortly after getting an adverse SCOTUS ruling on the tapes...
Wed Jun 12, 2024, 07:38 AM
Jun 2024

I know it’s a different world, and I can’t believe I’m about to say this, and DJT doesn’t have Nixon’s principles but dropping out of the race after a SCOTUS ruling, before losing any more trials and before losing in November allows him to retain his narcissistic fantasy image.

He’ll be able to keep his “I’m a winner” self-image while blaming the world around him for what he doesn’t have. And, IMHO, it won’t diminish his role as cult leader, running almost a shadow government.

In fact, if the House stay red and/or the Senate turns red…he may be the de facto leader of the Legislative branch by virtue of his mind control game with the cult.

He won’t be POTUS but he’s going to be a threat to democracy independent of SCOTUS’ ruling and independent of the election results.

CincyDem

(7,364 posts)
10. Agree. But as long as he's the cult's commander in chief, he'll be influential.
Wed Jun 12, 2024, 08:36 AM
Jun 2024

He’ll lose in November.

And he’ll anoint MAL as the “Southern White House” (or some other bullchit name) where he’ll summon and direct virtually every republican legislator. He’ll use the presidential seal on his podiums and lapel buttons and cocktail napkins. He will not get elected but I guarantee he will act out as if he were because, you know, election interference/stolen votes/blah blah blah.

While he draws breath, he’ll be the de facto leader of the opposition party…and in this case it’ll be a party opposing democracy.

It’s definitely going to be Whatthefuckistan for a while.

malaise

(294,927 posts)
12. The difference this time is that all,the coup plotters, enablers, seditionists
Wed Jun 12, 2024, 08:44 AM
Jun 2024

Etc are facing consequences despite the length of time it’s taking

Rachel’s Ultra is a very important history lesson

https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-podcast/rachel-maddow-presents-ultra/season-2-episode-1-dr-hunt-n1309995

gab13by13

(31,832 posts)
13. Are they?
Wed Jun 12, 2024, 08:53 AM
Jun 2024

Not from DOJ,

The states are trying to hold them accountable, but look what they are doing to Fani.

Garland convicted 2 people from TSF's inner circle in 3 years, Navarro and Bannon for blowing off subpoenas, 4 months in prison.

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,761 posts)
8. Without ABSOLUTE IMMUNITY, TCF is NOTHING!
Wed Jun 12, 2024, 07:53 AM
Jun 2024

He will go after those he nominated, thinking he had them in his pockets, for going against his plans.

It will be Thomas and Alito who will continue to have the spotlight on them, backing a DICKtator wanna-be in favor of violating the very US Constitution they swore to properly interpret and uphold. Chief Justice John Roberts wants to preserve what relevance the US Supreme Court still has left.

Should Joe Biden squeak out a win in November, and I think he will, Thomas and Alito are fucked. For as the saying goes, "The cat has been let out of the bag" regarding their own ethic scandals. Nothing may happen. But the damage to their reputations has already begun.

 

Tom of Temecula

(1,632 posts)
9. If your agreeable prediction comes true
Wed Jun 12, 2024, 08:12 AM
Jun 2024

Will that make the Supremes a part of the Deep State?

OLDMDDEM

(3,124 posts)
11. I think you are spot on.
Wed Jun 12, 2024, 08:39 AM
Jun 2024

My family disagrees with me. I think the immunity case will go against Trump because there is such bad press about the Supremes. They have to get that off of them.

k55f5r

(513 posts)
14. Republicans have been working towards taking over for 50 years
Wed Jun 12, 2024, 10:12 AM
Jun 2024

And they are so close now, there's going to be no stopping them other than getting out the vote, and going after people who act out violently.

 

NanaCat

(2,332 posts)
16. If they can find a way to give only Dawn Snorleone immunity
Wed Jun 12, 2024, 03:12 PM
Jun 2024

They will, but that will take more legal know-how than the Seditious Six possesses.

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