1/ I often write: The only thing I know *for certain* about the future is that it has not happened yet.
Yesterday’s SCOTUS ruling is a perfect example of how much I need to heed my own mantra.
For years, I heard Donald Trump was saying that he was certain that “his Supreme Court justices” . . .
2/ . . . would ride to his rescue. I scoffed at his “stupidity” and “naïveté”, confident that he did not understand how Supreme Court justices worked. I felt comfortable that “conservative” Justices would care more about their jurisprudence and institution than protecting one man. I thought SCOTUS
3/ . . . would deny cert. and leave the DC Circuit’s opinion in place. I was wrong.
I thought that SCOTUS would quickly dispatch of Trump’s appeal, perhaps in tandem with deciding the Insurrection Clause challenge to Trump’s candidacy. I was wrong.
I thought that even if though there . . .
4/ . . . was delay, that only meant that one or two Justices (likely Alito and/or Thomas) were doing Trump’s dirty work by withholding their dissents to the last possible minute, in order to make it impossible for Judge Chutkan to conduct the trial before Election Day. I was wrong.
I don't know. I still believe that it's not his Supreme Court.
I believe that Trump thought that he gained enough grip and power over the party to get them in his pocket.
Because he managed to sideline McConnell. After the elections they reminded him who was the boss.
They refused to hear his election cases.
"His" judges dropped his lawsuit.
Then there was the attempted coup.
And then McConnell dropped it and said it was up to the court to decide.
And now, if you listen to his rallies, he spends half his time there selling fossil fuel interests.
They reminded him who's the real boss in USA and unleashed their power grab agenda.
Look at the decision, it's not an immediate free pass.
