Yesterday I thought Jack Smith’s move was pretty pointless. And now I see the genius of it!
Trump’s only move to avoid sentencing was to call his SCOTUS buddies. And now the SCOTUS has the following choice - that they probably don’t want to have to make:
- Betray their racehorse and let him get sentenced.
- Do Trump’s bidding and expose themselves once again as the corrupt MAGA outfit they are.
In other words, Jack Smith brilliantly cornered the SCOTUS. Beautiful!
What? Why would the SC care about looking corrupt? They’re clearly not hiding it anymore.
It weakens their position as an impartial arbiter long-term. As in “The opinion of the justices who let Trump get away may not matter that much really…” Not today, but tomorrow.
Tomorrow is fascism, so it super doesn’t matter.
We’ll need to know whom to hang when it’s over 🙂
uh… correct me if I’m wrong but, isn’t his New York case a STATE level case, I fail to see how the Supreme Court could even justify having jurisdiction here.
It’s not like it’s a judgement of a federal level law. While federal overrides state, there is no conflicting law here. He is being sentenced for a state level crime, at the state level, before being appointed his position. Now if they decide to give him jail time over the matter (they won’t, there’s no way that wouldn’t be challenged under current federal laws, the most they could be willing to do is jail him up until he gets certified at the inauguration) I could see it being argued. However there is no law forbidding a state from sentencing a state crime, regardless of status. The Supreme Court has no jurisdiction here unless he gets jail time that would impede his position when appointed.
