Mike Johnson Suggests Supreme Court Intervene In Trump Hush Money Case
Source: Huff Post
May 31, 2024, 01:28 PM EDT
The Supreme Court should intervene in former president Donald Trump’s business fraud case, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Friday after Trump’s conviction.
“I do believe the Supreme Court should step in,” Johnson said in an appearance on Fox News the day after Trump was found guilty Thursday in a New York state court on 34 charges of falsifying business documents. Trump said Friday he would appeal his felony convictions, the first-ever for a former president.
“This is totally unprecedented. And it’s dangerous to our system,” Johnson said. “This is diminishing the American people’s faith in our system of justice itself. And to maintain a republic, you have to have that. People have to believe that justice is fair, that there’s equal justice under law.”
Johnson said he thought at least some of the court’s justices were worried by the case. “The justices on the court — I know many of them personally — I think they’re deeply concerned about that, as we are,” he said.
Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-johnson-says-supreme-court-should-intervene-in-trump-case_n_6659fd8ce4b08f9fa14094af
Time to take the House back, get the gavel away from that insurrectionist hack, and get it into the hands of Hakeem Jeffries.
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Comfortably_Numb
(4,188 posts)claudette
(5,455 posts)It’s a state case. Not their jurisdiction since it hasn’t been appealed
BlueKota
(5,345 posts)
Dulcinea
(10,088 posts)I hope the Supremes tell him to go to hell.
hadEnuf
(3,616 posts)The GOP is lawless, headed up by a convicted felon. They will pull whatever they they can get away with.
The MAGAs and the GOP, by choice, are nothing more than a crime syndicate. We better take this seriously as time is running out and we run the risk of the country becoming like Chicago in the 1920's.
HUAJIAO
(2,730 posts)There is NO comparison. Think more like June 4, 1989 throughout China !
hadEnuf
(3,616 posts)But he is a crime boss.
FarPoint
(14,765 posts)There are several layers to the NY Appeals System too...He can't get thru it before October/November even becaue dockets are already booket up...
Upthevibe
(10,180 posts)Thank God! It's a shame that the effing Speaker of the House doesn't know that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PatSeg
(53,214 posts)even knows how the Supreme Court works. Or perhaps he does, but knows that his ignorant base doesn't have a clue.
claudette
(5,455 posts)is friends with some of them so i imagine he plans to urge them to reverse the conviction regardless of the appeals process. Goddess help us.
PatSeg
(53,214 posts)the unwashed masses. "Don't worry folks, I know people," wink, wink.
NJCher
(43,165 posts)Here's mine:
Hey dumbasses, there's a way you talk to the Supreme Court: through appeals.
It figures that he's so ignorant of U.S. law that he would just issue a public request asking this court to intervene.
He might know this and just doing it for their crazy base, but it makes him look incredibly ignorant.
Well said!!😊
BOSSHOG
(44,738 posts)Why is it totally unprecedented Michael? Ya know, it’s never happened before. Per conservative logic does that mean IT is impossible for IT to ever happen. It must be incredibly sad and roomy inside a conservatives brain.
Mike. When a man or woman lands on Mars it will be unprecedented. Take the week off and try to figure it out. And then vote against it and whine loudly.
Hey libs. WWJD? What would Jeffries Do?
k55f5r
(520 posts)Nt
hadEnuf
(3,616 posts)is trying to get the SCOTUS to put a criminally convicted private citizen of the same party above the law.
myohmy2
(3,721 posts)...the magat speaker wants his magat friends on the supreme court to create a more favorable situation for their private senior citizen top magat so he can continue with his destruction...
...he's right about one thing, people are losing and have lost faith in the system but because of republican magat corruption that keeps our system off balance as they place their evil thumbs on the scale of justice...
...the pukes and their media who feel compelled to equate and balance the righteousness of our President with the Hitlerian antics and escapades of trump and his followers will go down in history as one of the greatest betrayals of all time...
...they truly want to destroy our country...
videohead5
(2,950 posts)He should not be speaker. This is New York State court not federal. The Supreme Court has no say so.
cstanleytech
(28,471 posts)So if his were violated or something then they could but the real question is are any of the 6 Republican Judges willing to make up such an excuse just to protect one of their own?
BlueKota
(5,345 posts)is always yes sir, how far do you need us to bend over. They will make up some reason to hear it, so they can let him get off scott free.
Bernardo de La Paz
(60,320 posts)John Shaft
(808 posts)are just addled fantasies of conspiracy theorists that have no basis in reality.
Bernardo de La Paz
(60,320 posts)COL Mustard
(8,218 posts)And let those assertions stand or fall on their merits in the various appeals courts. I'll stick with what the system of laws says and will respect the verdict.
LeftInTX
(34,294 posts)Every defendant has this option. It's just that it's not practical and very expensive. 99.9% of cases get tossed.
All sorts of archaic laws are violated all the time.
They ACT this stupid because their base IS that stupid.
ArkansasDemocrat1
(3,213 posts)cstanleytech
(28,471 posts)
slightlv
(7,790 posts)we've not seen the worst from little Mikie yet! Just wait until they put into place a theocratic state, just like he and the rest of the NAR want. You're gonna see one Witch madder than hell around here! (evyl gryn)
Diamond_Dog
(40,575 posts)Yeah, it’s “Unprecedented” that such a big liar, crook, traitor, and rapist ever held the office of POTUS!
slightlv
(7,790 posts)I'm tired of hearing it, too... without the context that it was unprecedented that he stole the election from Clinton. It was unprecedented that he kept all his Emoluments, all the "gifts" that were given to the U.S. during what should have been Hillary's term in office. It's all so unprecedented that they managed to get enough people to turn evil and vote for him, and, along with the rigging he was doing and Russia's help... they put a crook in the highest office of the land.
But you know what? The copy of the newspaper that says "Trump Guilty!" makes a perfect match to my "Nixon Resigns" front page in my memory box! (LOL)
Diamond_Dog
(40,575 posts)His allies need to come up with a better word to explain their outrage. Anyone have any ideas?
slightlv
(7,790 posts)go in tomorrow and ask if you could have a copy of yesterdays paper. Thursday's wouldn't have the headlines... those only came out today. Most places, at least in the "old days" would give you yesterday's news for free. Worth a shot!
bucolic_frolic
(55,136 posts)if Joe Manchin going Independent today might have been intended, partly, or meant to give room to some GOP House moderates, the few remaining, to break free and end this Johnson debacle.
Bluethroughu
(7,215 posts)He was found to be an insurrectionist, rapist, fraudster, and conman...but they want to give him immunity for which anyone else would be in prison.
cactusfractal
(578 posts)Could Dark Brandon please round these fools up, drop them in Gitmo, summarily execute each of them for being a threat to the United States, then resign with the thanks of a grateful nation, knowing that he is beyond impeachment and thus any consequences whatsoever?
I mean, he'd only be a dictator for one day and all.😉
roscoeroscoe
(1,825 posts)Did he do the crimes? How did a jury of 12 find him guilty ON ALL CHARGES if there was something amiss? Did Trump's defense team have duct tape over their mouths? Did Trump have the opportunity to testify? Why didn't he?
Why are you suddenly demanding the Supreme Court jump the chain and get involved in a state court business felony case, before it's even gone to sentencing?
Snoopy 7
(730 posts)don't forget johnson was involved in the JANUARY6 attempted to over throw our Constitution and exchange of power peacefully. johnson was part of the trump coupe, and there are alot more in government & in corporate positions, now they need to be exposed.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/12/politics/johnson-2020-election-history/index.html
roscoeroscoe
(1,825 posts)EOM
ArkansasDemocrat1
(3,213 posts)
The Grand Illuminist
(2,040 posts)Article III, Section 2, Clause 2 method.
NJCher
(43,165 posts)If so, where did you get this information?
The Grand Illuminist
(2,040 posts)Last edited Sat Jun 1, 2024, 02:23 PM - Edit history (1)
This is what I kinda found.
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-3/section-2/clause-2/
NJCher
(43,165 posts)an hour or so while I was watching Alex Witt, Velshi, etc., and he said it would take a long, long time.
I looked over your link and one other and found this:
When the judgment of a state court rests on an adequate, independent ground based on state law, the Court will not review any federal question presented, even if the state court decided the federal question incorrectly.
So this avenue does not look promising.
ificandream
(11,837 posts)Republicans are too locked in, apparently, to realize that they are the ones who are weakening Americans' faith in the justice system. And I agree -- it is time to take the House back and give the gavel to Hakeem Jeffries.
And the only way to do that is VOTE BLUE FROM TOP TO BOTTOM OF THE TICKET.
DEMOCRATS CARE ABOUT YOU. REPUBLICANS CARE ABOUT THE RICH. PERIOD.
Bluethroughu
(7,215 posts)
Oopsie Daisy
(6,670 posts)
BaronChocula
(4,555 posts)Can a Democrat threaten this under House rules? Just wondering.
quakerboy
(14,868 posts)No need to go after him. Just sit on our hands and let republicans torch themselves again.
Is there anything overly important in the house in the next while? My assumption is the next few months of house activity will primarily be whining and attempts at retribution.
Javaman
(65,711 posts)hay rick
(9,605 posts)Gore1FL
(22,951 posts)They aren't going to involve themselves.
BlueKota
(5,345 posts)Alito and Thomas would have resigned or in the very least recused themselves from January 6 cases. By refusing to co-operate with the Senate Judiciary in terms of addressing their lack of ethics, Roberts is making it clear he doesn't care about credibility either. They also wouldn't be deliberately and inexcusably preventing the government from bringing Trump to trial regarding January 6.
With their buddies in the Senate covering their behinds from impeachment they know they are just as untouchable as they plan to make Trump.
ArkansasDemocrat1
(3,213 posts)DFW
(60,186 posts)But they want the Supreme Court to get involved here? Not that the Supreme Court "gets involved" every time some hyperpartisan right wing Congressmen wants them to.
Not that we are completely clean of throwing innocent people to the wolves just because it is the currently PC thing to do. Remember Al Franken. But Trump is the last person that can be crying his innocence at this point.
nakocal
(625 posts)slightlv
(7,790 posts)You have to be a Christian in order to follow their Satan, right? The rest of us don't even have anything to do with him. And little Mikey boy is pushing Satan on this country, come hell or high water. I don't care what kind of words he uses to couch his intentions. We can see through the lies... even when Mikey speaks with the voice of the Father of Lies.
ArkansasDemocrat1
(3,213 posts)Convicted Felon Little Donnie Fuck Face
I made sure to properly address him by his latest awarded title. Buy, Mikey is going there as well, hence the title beginning above. Half-measures at pretending to be good don't impress Him much.
bluestarone
(22,178 posts)How the hell did he agree to give money to Ukraine? THAT i cannot figure out. (I figure NO WAY they would allow that.)
speak easy
(12,598 posts)
Talitha
(7,987 posts)"Our" means you and your fellow trumpanzees... am I right, mikey?
Blue Owl
(59,103 posts)Do the crime, do the time
The Unmitigated Gall
(4,710 posts)These fucks have been getting away with murder since Nixon’s treason against Johnson’s Vietnam peace initiative. Watergate. Ford’s Pardon. Reagan’s October Surprise. Iran Contra. Outing Valerie Plame.
PSPS
(15,321 posts)Only an acquittal would have done that, what little there is left.
Aussie105
(7,920 posts)He wants Dictator Trump on an imaginary perpetual throne ruling over the US, with him sitting at Trump's feet basking in the glory of what the GOP should be under Trump.
Trump is soggy in the head, the GOP and Johnson are heading in the same direction.
Fascism and insanity are a dangerous mix.
Marthe48
(23,175 posts)Aren't people elected to the House and Senate supposed to know how the government works? We shouldn't have to have on the job training for the johnsons in Congress
BlueKota
(5,345 posts)and the sinister six don't need to be asked to interfere. They have already made it clear they have sold whatever miniscule souls they had to Donny. I still believe they will literally bow down and let him break any law without consequence, even if they have to burn the Constitution they swore to uphold and defend.
GiqueCee
(4,259 posts)... there ARE vermin infesting America. And they're ALL Republicans like that malignant cockroach, Mike Johnson. His treachery and mendacity are obscene beyond words. The Founding Fathers were explicit and vehement when expressing their utter contempt for people like Johnson by elucidating their reasons for the ABSOLUTE separation of church and state. Religion has NO place in the decision-making processes of a democratic society. None whatso-fucking-EVER.
This evil little turd is 2nd in line for the presidency, but he embodies all of that is vile and despicable about the Republican Party. We cannot let this happen. Letting people that we KNOW to be traitors continue their depredations as they undermine democracy is NOT acceptable. Neville Chamberlain's legacy must not be repeated. America is better than these unspeakably rotten, malicious, and deceitful swine. We cannot let it be perverted by such people.
ArkansasDemocrat1
(3,213 posts)I've been around the Sun a few times, corruption happens, very few of us don't have some sort of price, but it seems to me that corrupt Democrats do things less nhilistically than corrupt Republicans. Less dark. Less malevolent. Clinton's antics vs children in cages who have gone missing would be an example. Yes, sex, money and drugs are fodder for both sides of the aisle because those are connected to human needs and mistakes, but we seem to be less traitorous than they are. We believe in this country, they don't.
DallasNE
(8,008 posts)The conduct of the trial, I believe, is reviewable and that is what Trump will do - try and find areas where the trial was mismanaged. But any flaws found would have to somehow affect the outcome of the verdict, where it is nullified, leaving the prosecutor with the choice of whether to refile charges. But this is State court, which would have to be exhausted before the Federal courts get involved.
NBachers
(19,438 posts)EndlessWire
(8,103 posts)the biased, crookedness of the current USSC than for them to override a valid, by the book, lawful felony conviction at the State level.
What is this idiot thinking? What is wrong with these people?? Talk about giving the game up--why is he broadcasting this twisted thinking? So, the opposition party leader is conversing with the SC who can basically declare a trial null and void for their boy? What the hell is this? This is his version of justice? Does he plan to write their opinion for them?
We HAVE to push Biden over the top and clean up the Supreme Court AND clean out the vermin in Congress. I think the DOJ needs to crank it up and identify those traitors that participated in the attempted overthrow of our government. And that includes little Miss Ginny.
This is so appalling. I wouldn't let this man walk my dog. He's clearly a cult member and unfit for service.
This isn't over.
Baitball Blogger
(52,345 posts)The way they operate is what has diminished the American people's faith in our system of justice. And this is occurring because they live in a very insular society where they can mob city hall to get what they want. They do not venture outside their protected circles so they do not realize how they do not reflect the will of the people anymore.
mwb970
(12,150 posts)What kind of lunacy is this??
twodogsbarking
(18,781 posts)
padah513
(2,710 posts)He's a snake
BonnieJW
(3,124 posts)Did these idiots ever earn a law degree? It's as if none of them were ever in a courtroom.
Wonder Why
(7,024 posts)LymphocyteLover
(9,847 posts)AllaN01Bear
(29,490 posts)the rs constantly whine about government interferance ?
Hekate
(100,133 posts)Timewas
(2,739 posts)They do not have the authority to just jump in, and if the were to attempt to do that the justice department would be well advised to ignore them.
If any of them even attempt to overturn this one they should be impeached at first opportunity.
Ladythatvotesblue
(248 posts)is from Louisiana so maybe he should stay out of New Yorks business!
tonekat
(2,529 posts)Crawl on the ground for the most despicable human that ever existed. Eat shit for him Mikey. Debase yourself.
Martin68
(27,749 posts)Botany
(77,323 posts)Good God in Butter is he stupid. As already noted about 68,351 times in this thread that this a state case in N.Y. and if it appealed it will go to the New York Court of Appeals and then taken up by the Supreme
Court of the State of New York. And the N.Y.S.C. will only take it up if there is a procedural or a State
of New York’s Constitutional issue.
NJCher
(43,165 posts)see my post 85 above.
LudwigPastorius
(14,725 posts)
PlutosHeart
(1,445 posts)An insurrectionist supporter going to insurrectionist supporting judges to pardon an insurrectionist.
NICE. 
What a stinking mess.
moonshinegnomie
(4,021 posts)He should be jailed and taken into custody immediately. Let him appeal while serving time
Initech
(108,783 posts)Trump got what he deserved, and we're coming for the rest of you fascist fuckwads. 