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In reply to the discussion: I'm going on 77 years old. For the first time, i fear our Supreme Court. [View all]onenote
(43,252 posts)I get what you're saying, but the reality is that even if the trial had not been delayed by the Supreme Court appeal, and was completed before election day, and assuming Trump was convicted, his inevitable appeal of the conviction to both the court of appeals and the Supreme Court would not have been decided before the election and it is all but certain that he would be allowed free during the appeals process.
So what has been lost by the Supreme Court delay? The possibility -- but by no means the certainty -- that he would be convicted in the Jan 6 case before November. What is gained? He has to stand trial during the campaign and there is no risk that he will be acquitted before election day, which would be an absolute disaster.
In other words, where we've ended up due to the delay in the trial is really not the end of the world. It might even be a good thing.