Is it possible that the Supreme Court conspired with Donald Trump and Steve Bannon...?

[kentuck]

...to come up with their ruling on "absolute immunity"?

Because it sounded like something that Steve Bannon would write. And because it sounds very much like the right wing plan in Project 2025.

And because Steve Bannon was so certain that he would not go to prison. Why did he think that?

And the bounds that all of them went to protect Donald Trump and their plan to demolish the "administrative state". I could see how all six of the radical Justices, including John Roberts, would think that was a good idea.

And how they were willing to misinterpret the Constitution in order to rule that Trump had special immunity and could not go to jail. They even built in the safeguard where each specific charge against the President could be appealed to the Supreme Court and they would be the final arbiter.

The ruling yesterday was one of the most partisan rulings I have ever seen or read about in my many years.

I get the feeling that the Trump/Bannon agenda is the same as the Thomas/Alito agenda of the radical Supreme Court. They are all on board.

[onecaliberal]

1. Of course they did.

[wnylib]

24. In interviews before reporting to prison,

Bannon was stating very emphatically that there is absolutely No way that Trump will lose this election.

Bannon has inside knowledge on how Trump will pull off a scam. Probably had a strong hand in developing the scam.

And yes, the SC has helped Trump and will help him become dictator. Their ruling on being the determiners of Trump immunity is their way of getting Trump in office, and controlling him for the people who bought the court. .

[no_hypocrisy]

2. No. I believe they consulted with The Heritage Foundation.

[kentuck]

7. Oh Yeah!

They are definitely in.

[Bettie]

23. The Heritage Foundation and other right wing groups probably

pay them a lot more than their actual paychecks....I really do wonder if there are suitcases full of cash involved.

[wnylib]

25. A collusion of many.

[Eko]

3. Yuppers. Its very likely they did not just possible.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

4. The answer's obvious.

[viva la]

5. Imagine being one of the 3 sane justices.

That must be the most horrific position to be in. They probably all want to resign but can't.

[elleng]

9. Awful.

Have thought of Justice Jackson wanting to get out a few times; her family too.

[orange jar]

12. I think they'd much rather see the 6 clowns resign, instead.

Or I could be projecting….

[mountain grammy]

36. I fear for their safety every day.

[elleng]

6. 'Possible?'

Sure.

[MOMFUDSKI]

8. Follow the money Is always your best bet.

SC dirty half-dozen play for pay.

[BigmanPigman]

10. It fits their MO.

[Model35mech]

11. It also sounds rather John Yoo-ish

special powers and presumptions afforded to a president is right up his ally.

[Kingofalldems]

13. Extremely likely.

I imagine some billionaires also sat in on the meetings.

[orangecrush]

14. This guy

[chouchou]

15. They left their integrity by the wayside a LONG time ago.

Ask yourself this...Would that many people agree so tightly, regarding such an important tenet.
(Tenet: A doctrine, principle held as part by a vacuous philosophy.)

[kentuck]

16. Furthermore...

Why was Mike Johnson and the Republicans wanting to go to the Supreme Court to keep Steve Bannon from going to jail.

They were likely admonished that it "would look too obvious" that the Supreme Court was all in with their plan to destroy the "administrative state". They must have thought they could keep anonymity from the rest of the conspirators against our democracy.

That is why they were willing to ignore the Constitution and make up their own rules to protect their own.

[gab13by13]

17. Now ask the next question

Are they conspiring to rig the election?

[kentuck]

19. I think we can assume that will happen.

If any election controversies are taken to the Court, we can guess which way they will go.

For sure.

[wnylib]

29. Of course they are.

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With their ruling that the SC determines what is covered by immunity and what isn't they protect AND control Trump for the people who bought them. The goal is to keep Dems out of government, especially the WH, put their own guy in, get their agenda fulfilled through him, and control how far he can go in serving himself more than the puppet masters of the SC 6.

[madamesilverspurs]

18. It would only be surprising

if they didn't.


.

[kentuck]

20. But they pretend that they are honest brokers...

...and believe that they are pulling the wool over the eyes of everyone on the "far left".

[Patton French]

21. Why would they need to conspire with anyone?

They are completely capable of coming up with that all on their own.

[kentuck]

22. They are not the brightest bunch...

They would all follow someone like Bannon or Trump to do the unthinkable, which seems to be what they did with their ruling yesterday.

They are so close to victory they can smell it. The only way they can lose is if the next election is "rigged". Wait! Where have we heard that before?

[Patton French]

26. Well, I see your point, but Bannon and Trump are idiots.

No way that can came up with any legal reasoning. The reality is that the six don’t need any guidance from political idiots. They know what they want and they know how to get there in a legal opinion. You’re giving Bannon and Trump way too much credit.

[kentuck]

27. I think you underestimate at your own peril.

Criminals have their own special genius.

[Patton French]

33. No underestimating here.

I’m just saying, there’s a reason those justices were chosen. They don’t need guidance.

[ancianita]

35. Looks like it.

The reason? The Koch oligarch network. See Sheldon Whitehouse's 'The Scheme' series.
As for guidance, they need accountability, since rule of law left the building a while back in this session.

[usaf-vet]

28. I believe that the fix was in. My prior post.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219086498

[ancianita]

37. Thank you for your link. We've had mountains of evidence to back yours up. These maga injustices have got to go.

[budkin]

30. Of course

Who would put it past them?

[Silent Type]

31. White wing amicus briefs, trump's attorney filings, upside down smoke signals, wives,

old boys club discussions, promises of future bribes, and worse, are enough to get the instructions across.

[TexasDem69]

32. Anything is possible

It’s possible the moon is made of cheese, which seems just as likely as the Supreme Court taking instructions from Bannon or Trump.

[V850i]

34. Extralegal immunity amendment added to the Constitution by the SC

Someone should challenge that somehow. The SC is supposed to consider the validity of laws passed by Congress and it applies to our Constitution. They interpret the Constitution to make those decisions. Here there were no laws regarding immunity of the President passed by Congress and there is nothing in the Constitution stating any kind of immunity. In addition they will often weigh in on the balance between the 3 branches but even that is not valid here since there is only one branch of government involved, the executive.