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20. 'I don't know what this is': Prosecutor buries Trump's new 'Legally Blonde' court filing
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 04:10 PM
Dec 2024

This filing made no sense to me



https://www.rawstory.com/trump-tiktok-2670695256/

A baffled MSNBC host and an amused Florida prosecutor attempted to make sense of a brief submitted by Donald Trump's lawyers to the U.S. Supreme Court regarding a possible ban of the popular TikTok app.

With the court poised to rule on the ban, an attorney for the president-elect -submitted a brief on Friday asking the judges to hold off on hearing the case until the president-elect is sworn in so he can attempt to negotiate a compromise......

Speaking with State Attorney for Palm Beach County Dave Aronberg, MSNBC host Christina Ruffini professed, "Does the president even have standing to do this? And what kind of a motion is this? Is this an amicus brief, a writ? I don't know what this is. Can he just involve himself in a case that he is not, you know, a party to? "

The laughing Aronberg replied, "These are all great questions; I had the same questions, too, because normally, Supreme Court? You've got this very buttoned-up group of lawyers who argue specific legal issues, and here's Trump, coming in like a bull in a china shop."

"It's like the movie 'Legally Blonde' when he comes in and just starts spouting off, like 'I have a huge electoral mandate, I'm the smartest and the best, and I can negotiate, so just pause everything, let me step in and let me handle this!'" he joked.

"There's nothing in the law that says he can do that, but he's Donald Trump," the prosecutor explained. "He appointed three out of these nine justices, so he thinks he can do it. I don't know if the Supreme Court is going to go along with it, but it is really interesting that Trump, who often thinks he's above the law, is now doing something I've never seen before in front of the Supreme Court."


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Hoping his check will clear before that date . . . . . . no_hypocrisy Dec 2024 #1
I didn't know he was President yet... Bluethroughu Dec 2024 #2
Same thought here. ificandream Dec 2024 #4
As soon as the election was called, he instantly became the de-facto president in the media. PSPS Dec 2024 #8
I don't know if my heart can handle 4 years of this. Bluethroughu Dec 2024 #12
i wonder how much he got paid in his offshore account from China? kimbutgar Dec 2024 #3
tRUMP should file a lawsuit or whatever everybody else does, to forestall implementation of a new law, via the SWBTATTReg Dec 2024 #5
Well, he kind of did with the amicus brief he filed today. ificandream Dec 2024 #6
Yes, I know, and one of my thoughts was that does he even have standing to do so? he seems like he goes SWBTATTReg Dec 2024 #19
My guess is he's trying to help out multi billionaire Jeff Yass. Lucky Luciano Dec 2024 #7
Does he even have standing? Or did they kick the can back from the future? GreenWave Dec 2024 #9
He filed an amicus brief. Standing not an issue onenote Dec 2024 #21
If Trump is for Tik Tok, I'm in favor of banning it. MichMan Dec 2024 #10
I rather enjoy Tiktok, and always thought the zeal to ban it was a rather straneg position to stake out Tarc Dec 2024 #11
He's not the fucking president yet! Initech Dec 2024 #13
"the consummate dealmaking expertise?" Grins Dec 2024 #14
You beat me to it! The "Consummate dealmaking expertise" Ziggysmom Dec 2024 #17
Helping his deep pocket contributor who is heavily invested in China owned Tik Tok. nt yaesu Dec 2024 #15
They *should* reject it and make their ruling as he isn't the President and has no say so. cstanleytech Dec 2024 #16
Bet he can count on one hand the number of times he "Consummated" with Mel ! Ziggysmom Dec 2024 #18
'I don't know what this is': Prosecutor buries Trump's new 'Legally Blonde' court filing LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2024 #20
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