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ShazzieB

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12. Who said anything about confidence in their integrity? 😉
Sun Jan 21, 2024, 08:32 AM
Jan 2024

I definitely don't think they have much of that! mThere are other factors, however, as I said in my previous post:

I don't think they'll want to put themselves in the position of either rendering a ludicrous decision or making themselves the targets of his rage. They won't touch it.

They have already shown that they are not inclined to automatically rubber stamp everything he sends up there. I haven't been keeping track but I know they have declined to hear his appeals of lower court decisions on more than one occasion. I honestly don’t think most of them like him very much. Even the 3 who were nominated to the court by him don't seem to be huge fans.

And this time, what he is asking for - complete immunity for anything he does while in office, no matter how heinously criminal - is the most ludicrously outlandish thing yet. If they (or rather the 6 conservatives) were to rule in his favor, they would instantly become the laughingstock of the legal world! I'm quite sure they don't want that. A couple of them might possibly be crazy enough, but all 6? No way. And the libs definitely won't touch it with a 10 foot pole.

So yes, I think he'll lose this one. Not because of how much integrity any of them have, but because I don’t think they'll be willing to make asses of themselves just to make him happy!

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