The Biggest Loser

SamIAm2

JohnInCarolina said:

SamIAm2 said:

@lousubcap - Do you think July 11 sentencing by Judge Merchan may be at play with the extension by the Supreme Court

What’s your thinking there, given that Merchan’s is a state case?

@JohnInCarolina - I think the Supreme Court is trying to delay the immunity garbage to help DJT for as long as it can.  My personal feeling is the court will fail to decide the issue despite extending it‘s term. Immunity for a sitting President was protection from strings of frivolous civil suits that would interfere with the President’s ability to do the job. That distinction should have been codified after Nixon but there was no political will to take that on.

JohnInCarolina

Gulfcoastguy said:

State courts are subject to reversal by federal courts. SCOTUS tends not to act until lower federal courts have ruled though.

I don’t think this typically applies to criminal cases.  Matters of state law are a very different story.

There is one federal connection that was part of this case, however, that would likely form the basis of a Trump appeal at the federal level.  

JohnInCarolina

SamIAm2 said:

JohnInCarolina said:

SamIAm2 said:

@lousubcap - Do you think July 11 sentencing by Judge Merchan may be at play with the extension by the Supreme Court

What’s your thinking there, given that Merchan’s is a state case?

@JohnInCarolina - I think the Supreme Court is trying to delay the immunity garbage to help DJT for as long as it can.  My personal feeling is the court will fail to decide the issue despite extending it‘s term. Immunity for a sitting President was protection from strings of frivolous civil suits that would interfere with the President’s ability to do the job. That distinction should have been codified after Nixon but there was no political will to take that on.

I hear you, thanks for clarifying.

I'm not sure how true this is, but I recently heard someone say that there is basically no timeline tied to a dissent.  So if a single judge wants to hold up a decision in the form of writing some part of a dissent, they can do it for as long as they want.  

You'd like to think that at some point shame would kick in but with guys like Thomas maybe not.  

lousubcap

Toss Alito in with Thomas.  Sad state of affairs.  

JohnInCarolina

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/editorials/first-presidential-debate-joe-biden-donald-trump-withdraw-20240629.html

lousubcap

^^^^ no issues with the above article.  Problem is the R's had a chance to close the impeachment deal twice which would have precluded CHEETO from running for office again.  The ambition of the "once in power, stay in power" fuel has driven and continues to drive the gut instincts of politicians.  Thus we are where we are.  And where we are is on the downslope with the bottom not in sight.
Lowest common denominator shapes the agenda and that just feeds the spiral.  
Unless enough pols put country before self the likelihood of this behaviour (nod) changing for the better is not gonna happen.  Off mini-soap box.