duckworth969
duckworth969's JournalMy MAGA friend and I: Chump conviction discussion.
We don’t talk politics or religion. It’s one of those types of relationships. We talk about our kids and grandkids, her corgi, sometimes our jobs.
We were having coffee this evening and she brought up the verdict. “You heard about T***p trial, right?”.
Before I could even respond, she announced out loud the trial results, then waves it off saying, “Big deal. At least, he didn’t blah, blah, blah…”.
I can’t hide my feelings worth a damn, but did my best to remain impassive while she spoke as she obviously wanted to go on and on about it.
But I waved her off and shook my head, “No politics”. She laughed and we quickly changed the subject.
It’s these small encounters with MAGA family and friends (just two of them left now) that causes me to shake my head.
After decades and decades of ingesting RW FM radio and Faux ‘News”, how could they not be brainwashed?
Song for Sonny Liston- Mark Knopfler
?si=rTn23YE99lq0wgnNWill Cannon attempt to block Chutkan after SC immunity decision?
If Chutkan is able to schedule a J6 trial after the SC immunity decision comes out, will Cannon attempt to block it by quickly by setting the Mar-A-Lago case trial date in its way?
Admittedly, there are a large number of variables.
But, given the fact that Cannon is not setting a trial date, that seems to be at least a possibility.
I’ll bet Cannon and her Federalist Society handlers have already gamed it out.
Please look up the original sources of any poll or article you put on the forum
If you are the least bit uncertain, wiki the group and/or organization to determine their political leaning.
It’s a bit more effort, but it keeps disinformation or anti-Democratic positions from seeping into our forum.
The US supreme court is neither honorable nor functional any more- Moira Donegan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/20/supreme-court-alito-flag-Approx. 4’ read, 12 medium to short paragraphs.
-Punchy and to-the- point writing style.
Recommended opinion piece.
SC flips Colorado the bird, Dred Scott stirs
The recent SC decision regarding the 14th Section 3, ignoring the issue of insurrection, continues an unresolved situation of serious conflict between the states and the Feds.
Imagine, (I said imagine), California will not accept having someone convicted of insurrection in their state on the ballot. Their state AG says, not happening. California GOP says, yes it is. The SC says you have to. The CA state AG refuses to print ballots with said insurrectionists’ name on it.
What then? A number of things are possible of course. But to me, the issue returns back to the SC, and/or the states begin to just blithely ignore the SC on this issue, then another issue, then another issue, etc. The authority of the SC, a branch of our government, is now irrelevant.
However you slice it, we’re headed for a showdown.
Dred Scot SC case and history link:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dred_Scott
Chutkan & Smith & arrogant SC & immunity case
Smith goes to Chutkan and asks her to move the trial preparation from seven months to five.
Chump will scream but trial schedule is her prerogative.
She’s got the guts for it.
Chutkan gave a dig to DC Circuit for the amount of time they were taking to get their immunity ruling out the door.
So, I bet if nudged by Smith, she might move trial prep to a shorter time frame.
Colorado SC 14th ruling and USSC reaction: A Supreme Court Scholar Weighs In
A quick synopsis of a recent vid featuring Supreme Court scholar Steve Vladeck.
Vid link and Vladeck’s Wiki bio are below.
Brief summation of his views:
It’s unlikely USSC will take any appeal up before the CO deadline because Chump will wait to appeal until the very last minute (like he usually does), then there won’t be enough time remaining on the clock for USSC to act before the ballots need to be printed.
If there’s an appeal, USSC will take it up. But it might be a number of weeks before we see much action from them.
As far as how the USSC will rule, he believes affirming to be unlikely.
USSC could end up ruling TFG did commit insurrection but that he can remain on primary ballots, a decision that will satisfy no one.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Vladeck
Weaponization of the 14th Amendment: Recent Colorado SC Ruling Ain't All Cherries
Sigh, no one wants to be a wet blanket.
But thought I’d say my piece anyway.
Texas is already making noises about keeping Biden off the ballot.
Whatever legal argument Texas might use, it might not take much for them to gin up a reason and press ahead.
As most of us know, rational argument is not a long suit of Texas Repuglicans.
I’ve attached two blogs from DailyKos if you’d like a deeper dive as to the cons of using the 14th to keep Chump off the ballot.
Here they is:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/12/20/2212853/-Trump-Has-Been-Removed-From-a-State-Ballot-Biden-is-Next?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/10/31/2202802/-Using-the-14th-Amendment-Section-3-to-rid-us-of-TFG-or-Opening-Up-a-Can-O-Legal-Worms
Honestly, I’m torn over the issue. I want the SOB out of politics and in jail.
But I also think we should stop and consider that we might win the battle but lose the war.
GOTV is the better tool to keep TFG out of politics.
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