In some ways, they already have. That immunity ruling? Come on.
But yeah…. there are going to be so many cases being piped directly to them by right wing activist judges. Any way they have the ability to create problems, they will.
fairoaks2 on
They already have intervened. Putting Trump above the law was monumental. His appointments killed Rowe and resurrected him.
MidwestHacker on
The Christian nationalists are going to pull out every stop possible to try to get Trump elected so they can force Christian religious law on all of us. Trump’s team has probably had lawsuits ready to go for months at this point. They’re going to try to steal the election every way possible. If they are unable to deter enough people from voting, unable to toss out enough “wrong” votes, and unable to “find” enough votes for Trump, they are going to try to appeal to the courts, and they happen to own the highest court in the land.
Antisocial-sKills on
This is the reason Trump is not actively campaigning with any ground effort.
Trump and his co-conpirators will fuck with the electoral count and get SCOTUS to install him as dictator.
JeffSteinMusic on
My biggest fear is that Democrats will win the popular vote by 5-10 million, and whether or not they win the Electoral College, they will not fight.
I could even envision this scenario right here – winning the popular vote by millions, winning the Electoral College outright, SCOTUS or GOP Congress intervening to swing the election to Trump, and Democrats do nothing but get in the streets and chant and clap about it.
“sO wHaT sHoUlD wE dO tHeN?” – uhh, you know the answer. Either democracy is at stake and is worth actually fighting for or it isn’t.
Wonderful-Variation on
If they had ruled properly, then Trump wouldn’t be eligible to run for president at all.
Actual__Wizard on
I’m just going to say this right now: They don’t have the respect of the people. If they make a completely unreasonable decision, then we can choose to simply ignore them.
I know they think they have the power to control the entire country, but the truth is, they don’t even have a semblance of control over people in their own party.
The degree on scrutiny for SCOTUS has never been higher and if they screw this all up, then the people will have no choice, but to fix their mistake. We’re all watching them now, so I hope they can do the correct things. I hope they realize what they’ve created and what will happen if it continues to go in the same direction.
kBlankity on
LOL “may”?
Bored_guy_in_dc on
I can almost guarantee that if they try to throw the election to Trump when Harris has clearly won, there will be an uprising in the streets like never before.
BigPlunk on
If they do, this will be a defining moment and the voters and pro-democracy leaders/influencers are going to have to decide if democracy will fade like a whisper or if it is worth preserving at any cost. Meaningful changes and impacts rarely if ever come without sacrifice.
Completely on the theoretical side, I like to think Biden has the same immunities granted to Trump and that he’s still working on solidifying his legacy as a leader that truly puts country above self and party.
I think we’re seeing such a surge in public figures endorsing Harris/Walz, who have otherwise remained apolitical, because of what is at stake.
I think that outside the cult and “undecided” anomalies, there’s pretty widespread understanding of Project 2025 and the GOP’s authoritarian ambitions.
This brings me some hope and reassurance that, push comes to shove, democracy will not disappear like a fart in the wind and the right people will take a stand and/or use their platforms and influence for good if it’s heading over the cliff.
CallMeParagon on
Their plan is to allow congress to decide who is President, install Trump, and violent squash the ensuing civil unrest, while giving amnesty to conservatives who attack liberals during the unrest.
BeautysBeast on
Biden needs to order the Justice department to revoke Trumps bail in his federal case. It is within his presidential powers, and Biden, at the minimum, has implied immunity.
Morepastor on
This is the problem with journalists today. Who can write a title like this and pat themselves on the back and act as if they are on the good side. Seriously Salon how Seditious of you!
Experts are sounding the alarm about the Supreme Court being compromised. There are the Justices who are clearly using their powers to grant immunity to the executive branch and subvert the balance of the three branches of the government, there are supposedly liberal or unbiased justices who abstained from their duties and allowed justices who should have absolutely abstained participate, such as Clarence Thomas whose wife was a part of some of the alleged crimes that the former President would be seeking immunity for. These are serious failures of the legal system and they compromise not only Democracy and the Constitution as we know and understand it but these actions put every legal case that has ever been tried in jeopardy because the Supreme Court rulings can no longer be trusted or relied upon because they are no longer following the Constitution or the rules of the law they are now behaving as a political organization. America is in danger.
boot2skull on
All signs show that they were selected and groomed for this, so…
subdep on
Get your pitch forches and torches dusted off and ready for protest. The SCOTUS is literally going to turn the election.
Eastern-Ad-3387 on
They’d be fools if they did. If Vice President Kamala Harris wins and they intervene, Armageddon will ensue. We’re not going back.
HeavensToMurgatroyds on
Fuck Scotus! Just ignore them like they ignore the laws of the land.
Logistic_Engine on
Biden is immune and a lame duck. For the sake of America, as an official act, he should have these threats to our nation removed.
N_Who on
This is obviously true, and one can argue their efforts are already rolling.
Look, I don’t like saying this, but we need to be prepared for the possibility that the Republican party – or a MAGA splinter group – will simply *take* the White House.
Syebost11 on
I hope some day Andrew Jackson’s move to just ignore the supreme court can be put to non-genocidal use.
“…Now let them enforce it”
SacredGray on
It’s a shame that Democrats dismissed all the progressives’ calls to expand the court until now.
ColHapHapablap on
Of course they will. They see themselves as the protectors of American Nazism and are more than willing to step in to change things in favor of the Hitler that appointed them.
blackmobius on
Biden needs to do something “within his capacity as a president” to protect our country
ooofest on
If they intervene, I think Biden should arrest them as a clear and present danger to the country.
Let that get sorted out after Harris is in office.
bonzombiekitty on
They had the option to intervene in 2020. They didn’t.
Stylishbutitsillegal on
If they try, then Biden needs to do some ‘official acts’ to drop them straight into Gitmo for attempted treason against the state.
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In some ways, they already have. That immunity ruling? Come on.
But yeah…. there are going to be so many cases being piped directly to them by right wing activist judges. Any way they have the ability to create problems, they will.
They already have intervened. Putting Trump above the law was monumental. His appointments killed Rowe and resurrected him.
The Christian nationalists are going to pull out every stop possible to try to get Trump elected so they can force Christian religious law on all of us. Trump’s team has probably had lawsuits ready to go for months at this point. They’re going to try to steal the election every way possible. If they are unable to deter enough people from voting, unable to toss out enough “wrong” votes, and unable to “find” enough votes for Trump, they are going to try to appeal to the courts, and they happen to own the highest court in the land.
This is the reason Trump is not actively campaigning with any ground effort.
Trump and his co-conpirators will fuck with the electoral count and get SCOTUS to install him as dictator.
My biggest fear is that Democrats will win the popular vote by 5-10 million, and whether or not they win the Electoral College, they will not fight.
I could even envision this scenario right here – winning the popular vote by millions, winning the Electoral College outright, SCOTUS or GOP Congress intervening to swing the election to Trump, and Democrats do nothing but get in the streets and chant and clap about it.
“sO wHaT sHoUlD wE dO tHeN?” – uhh, you know the answer. Either democracy is at stake and is worth actually fighting for or it isn’t.
If they had ruled properly, then Trump wouldn’t be eligible to run for president at all.
I’m just going to say this right now: They don’t have the respect of the people. If they make a completely unreasonable decision, then we can choose to simply ignore them.
I know they think they have the power to control the entire country, but the truth is, they don’t even have a semblance of control over people in their own party.
The degree on scrutiny for SCOTUS has never been higher and if they screw this all up, then the people will have no choice, but to fix their mistake. We’re all watching them now, so I hope they can do the correct things. I hope they realize what they’ve created and what will happen if it continues to go in the same direction.
LOL “may”?
I can almost guarantee that if they try to throw the election to Trump when Harris has clearly won, there will be an uprising in the streets like never before.
If they do, this will be a defining moment and the voters and pro-democracy leaders/influencers are going to have to decide if democracy will fade like a whisper or if it is worth preserving at any cost. Meaningful changes and impacts rarely if ever come without sacrifice.
Completely on the theoretical side, I like to think Biden has the same immunities granted to Trump and that he’s still working on solidifying his legacy as a leader that truly puts country above self and party.
I think we’re seeing such a surge in public figures endorsing Harris/Walz, who have otherwise remained apolitical, because of what is at stake.
I think that outside the cult and “undecided” anomalies, there’s pretty widespread understanding of Project 2025 and the GOP’s authoritarian ambitions.
This brings me some hope and reassurance that, push comes to shove, democracy will not disappear like a fart in the wind and the right people will take a stand and/or use their platforms and influence for good if it’s heading over the cliff.
Their plan is to allow congress to decide who is President, install Trump, and violent squash the ensuing civil unrest, while giving amnesty to conservatives who attack liberals during the unrest.
Biden needs to order the Justice department to revoke Trumps bail in his federal case. It is within his presidential powers, and Biden, at the minimum, has implied immunity.
This is the problem with journalists today. Who can write a title like this and pat themselves on the back and act as if they are on the good side. Seriously Salon how Seditious of you!
Experts are sounding the alarm about the Supreme Court being compromised. There are the Justices who are clearly using their powers to grant immunity to the executive branch and subvert the balance of the three branches of the government, there are supposedly liberal or unbiased justices who abstained from their duties and allowed justices who should have absolutely abstained participate, such as Clarence Thomas whose wife was a part of some of the alleged crimes that the former President would be seeking immunity for. These are serious failures of the legal system and they compromise not only Democracy and the Constitution as we know and understand it but these actions put every legal case that has ever been tried in jeopardy because the Supreme Court rulings can no longer be trusted or relied upon because they are no longer following the Constitution or the rules of the law they are now behaving as a political organization. America is in danger.
All signs show that they were selected and groomed for this, so…
Get your pitch forches and torches dusted off and ready for protest. The SCOTUS is literally going to turn the election.
They’d be fools if they did. If Vice President Kamala Harris wins and they intervene, Armageddon will ensue. We’re not going back.
Fuck Scotus! Just ignore them like they ignore the laws of the land.
Biden is immune and a lame duck. For the sake of America, as an official act, he should have these threats to our nation removed.
This is obviously true, and one can argue their efforts are already rolling.
Look, I don’t like saying this, but we need to be prepared for the possibility that the Republican party – or a MAGA splinter group – will simply *take* the White House.
I hope some day Andrew Jackson’s move to just ignore the supreme court can be put to non-genocidal use.
“…Now let them enforce it”
It’s a shame that Democrats dismissed all the progressives’ calls to expand the court until now.
Of course they will. They see themselves as the protectors of American Nazism and are more than willing to step in to change things in favor of the Hitler that appointed them.
Biden needs to do something “within his capacity as a president” to protect our country
If they intervene, I think Biden should arrest them as a clear and present danger to the country.
Let that get sorted out after Harris is in office.
They had the option to intervene in 2020. They didn’t.
If they try, then Biden needs to do some ‘official acts’ to drop them straight into Gitmo for attempted treason against the state.