I was wondering where the maga majority would recognize their rulings might advantage a future Democratic president
...Kavanaugh just gave it away in response to Trump attorney John Sauer's defense of his boss' attempt to remove a sitting Federal Reserve Governor based just on allegations presented without any evidence, as Supreme Court justices heard oral arguments in Trump et al. v. (Lisa) Cook
Even Alito got animated, asking the Trump attorney what the hurry was, and 'where's the evidence' in the filings, in the first case of the maga justice every feeling the need for any factual basis for defending the man they deliberately enabled into office with their own invention of 'immunity' from the their own judgment for a vague characterization of 'official acts' in office.
The bent of the conservatives' questioning seemed to be an intention to send the case back to the lower courts, with no sense of any self-awareness of their own disinterest in any of the evidence in Jack Smith's case against private citizen Trump other than what they arbitrarily disqualified.
Maybe hinting at the outcome, Robert's raised the possibility of an 'inadvertent mistake' on the part of Lisa Cook which would obviate the need for any disciplinary action at all, or the need for them to rule.
The most revealing moment, though, came when Kavanaugh let out a sly whine about a future Democratic president with the same ability to wipe out a supposedly independent board on a mere allegation.
I was waiting for that, because all of this resistance to Trump from his defense counsel on the SC was just glaring.
I mean, this pushback might not be revealing of anything more than their fear about their own stock portfolios... but hell, that was always a potential risk in elevating a megalomaniac practiced and intent on bolstering his personal wealth behind the resources and offices of our government.
I'd guess they're just now panicking about giving an idiot the keys to their investment accounts. But, whatever their self-interest is, you have to wonder what other American instigation of life, liberty, and fortune they're now willing to stand up for against the will and whim of one man?
Katie Phang breaks down the hearing today:
Join Katie Phang from the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., as the justices hear oral arguments in Trump et al. v. Cook, a case with major implications for the independence of the Federal Reserve. At issue is whether Donald Trump has the power to fire Lisa Cook, a sitting member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, raising fundamental questions about executive authority, separation of powers, and the future of the Fed as an independent institution. Katie breaks down what’s happening inside the courtroom, what the justices are signaling, and why this case could reshape the balance of power between the presidency and the nation’s central bank.
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It’s the future threat of Could.
