Supreme Court makes it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction, charge Trump faces
Supreme Court makes it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction, charge Trump faces
The Supreme Court has made it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction, a charge that also has been brought against former President Donald Trump.
Pay attention, people. This is part of a Friday bad decision SCOTUS dump. Watch what they do, and remember that if you don't vote for Biden, you can expect more of it.
FOR FORTY YEARS.
If Trump wins, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito are likely to retire, comfortable in the knowledge that Trump will appoint very young, very inexperienced, and very fascistic replacements. People who will erode the rule of law as much as they possibly can, destabilizing the country in the name of "small government."
- Expect rulings that will destroy environmental protections.
- Expect rulings that will destroy unions.
- Expect rulings that will eliminate health and safety regulations.
- Expect rulings that will fatten fat cats and hurt everyone else.
Abortion? Outlawed. Contraception? On the chopping block too. LGBTQ+ rights? Gone. They will do everything they can to turn the clock back as far as possible.
And with young, stupid, easily manipulable conservatives on SCOTUS, you can rest assured that the damage will outlive you.
If you don't vote for Biden, get used to rulings like these and many, many more for the rest of your life.
Biden sucked last night and I have serious concerns about his physical and cognitive faculties to run the country.
But I'm still voting for him for reasons you mentioned.
That won't stop me from advocating for him to step down and put someone else up for the election, but if it comes down to it, I will still vote for Biden.
I'm less concerned about his cognitive faculties, though I definitely understand your concerns. Apparently, he was suffering from a gnarly cold last night, and he looked both tired and unwell (though he did better as the evening progressed).
Apparently he's feeling much better today, because he just finished up a rally and looked like his usual self again. Honestly, kind of fired up, in fact.
I think going forward with the debate was a mistake. He should have just rescheduled, and admitted he'd caught a cold. Yes, the right-wing would turn that into "he's on death's door," but that would have petered out, while the soundbites from this debate will have legs for a while.
And there it is. Why on earth would the highest court in the land want to preserve the rule of law?!
Storming the Capitol and forcing Congress to go into hiding in the middle of session is no longer considered obstructing an official proceeding. Even when that proceeding is required by the freaking constitution. FFS
They will give him full immunity, there is no doubt in my mind. They will also word it in such a way that it gives trump the break he needs without granting SHIT to biden
If trump takes the pres again, it's all over. Seriously. He's already packed the court to be a viciously biased conservative one that follows the whims of the federalist society, and you know what will happen next? He'll pack in EVEN MORE CONSERVATIVE CHRISTO-FACISTS. That is something a new pres can't fix, as we've already seen.
We are fighting for the life of this nation and its democracy. God fucking damnit, we're fucked.
I'm surprised Barrett was 1 of the 3 in the dissent.
I'm also surprised Brown Jackson didn't dissent.
yo what the FUCK