Behind the horse race–type coverage of the contest for presidential nominations, a major realignment is underway in United States politics. The Republican Party is dying as Trump and his supporters take it over, but there is a larger story behind that crash. This moment looks much like the other times in our history when a formerly stable two-party system has fallen apart and Americans reevaluated what they want out of their government.
In deciding to take the immunity case today, with its sweeping, overly broad question and setting a very slow timetable, SCOTUS pretty much assured that Trump won’t go to trial before the election. During the months of delay, he’ll get to continue trying his case in the court of public opinion where he has the main stream media facilitating his doing that. SCOTUS has shown itself in even starker terms to be corrupt, in Trump’s pocket. They know what this delay means that they are effectively declaring Trump immune.
We need to fight back. What are the ways open to us? At the least, we should ALL be writing letters to the Court, our Congress people, the media. Flood them with letters. I would love to hear what others think and what else we can be doing.
It’s so hard to have another battle to fight when we have so many.
We know we have to win -- and win big – at the ballot box, but in the meantime, let’s flood SCOTUS etc with letters of outrage.
When a respected judge like Michael Luttig says there’s no basis whatsoever for the Supreme Court to hear Trump’s immunity claim, four chilling words come to mind: The fix is in.
The three recent Federalist Society justices perjured themselves in their nomination hearings. They joined Alito, Roberts, and Clarence, who in 2010 gave U.S. billionaires their Citizens United. The six together sicced American women and their families to Handmaid’s Tale tyranny.
These billionaires already killed humanities in America’s schools. Offshored millions of working-class jobs. Allied worldwide with dictators and nationalists. Grew the gap between the U.S. richest 1% and its 99%.
To the evident perjury, bribery, and corruption for U.S. billionaires, we can now add the court’s illiteracy, as it cannot read the clear English of section three, article 14 in the Constitution to which its justices all swore oaths.
U.S. Dems still cue Pollyanna strategists such as Simon Rosenberg, whose whistling how Republicans are “imploding” excuses Dems to do no more than their status quo of ringing doorbells, phoning, floating postcards.
No. Our best Dems – many of them – need to unite and appear in public, in groups of three and four, and quote, celebrate each other’s recent and current work. There’s so much to be done while the U.S. throws away democracy to the billionaires and their Clarence court.
Rachel Maddow's, Chris Hayes', Lawrence O'Donnell's, and Attorney Luddig's gobsmack, disbelief commentary on MSNBC this evening regarding SCOTUS was spot on. There is only one thing that "we the people" can do and that is to vote for Joe Biden and give him an overwhelming win. trump must never again occupy the WH or this country will be a frightful place and not where anyone with one functioning brain cell would want to live. For the past 9+ years we have been living with the Sword of Damocles over our heads because of the chaos and destruction of the evil that is trump.
I watched msnbc all afternoon and was demoralized. But I eventually started once again to see that things don’t really look good at all for Trump… or the Supreme Court. They’re all taking big chances that they won’t be impeached and replaced after Biden wins. I firmly believe that we will gain back the House and keep the Senate, as well. Laws will be changed to prevent many of these things the founders never anticipated would need to be addressed. We all have to remain active, vigilant, and involved. It’s so hard! But this is our moment and we simply can’t give in or give up.
As Joyce Vance stated it tonight, the best (and only slightly decent) face that the Supreme Court can put on this decision is that by delaying the decision until after the primaries and conventions—and possibly after voting has opened in some states—they are “letting the voters decide.” https://joycevance.substack.com/p/the-supreme-court-disappoints/comments
IOW, when the central tenet of our Country, equality before the law, is before them, the Court is kicking the can down the road. Any 6th grade civics course student could do better. Oh, wait, I forgot that civics is not taught in our schools any more.
While history is not on the side of this Frankenstein-monster which was formerly known as the Republican Party, untold damage will be done before their day ends. Prepare for a long and bitter fight. Do not lose heart. Never surrender.
Supreme Court History Replay: The same folks who made Bush President now tip the scales for Trump. This infographic shows how John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, Ted Cruz, Joel Kaplan, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alioto helped stop the vote recount in Florida to get Bush Jr. elected. Surprised by their decision to tilt the scales for Trump?
Now, with court delays virtually inevitable, our only recourse is to do everything in our power to get a trifecta in November in order to save our democracy. The alternative is horrifying.
The slow moving attemped coup continues. Our leaders' various responses just don't seem terribly effective so far at countering it. I'd like to see more action. It's as though everything is stuck in molasses.
We cannot rely on the courts to stop Trump. We must stop him by registering voters, educating the undecided (don't waste your breath on MAGArats), turning out the vote and voting ourselves. Donate to Democratic candidates and PACs, ignore the polls and the media. Be resolute, organize and fight for our nation!
This is quite fine, as always, thank you. Comprehensive, explanatory, and clear. Would you please write a column on the historical precedents you alluded to? (“the other times in our history when a formerly stable two-party system has fallen apart and Americans reevaluated what they want out of their government”) I have come to appreciate so much your ability to inform current events with your historical expertise, that I missed it dreadfully in this column. Thanks again.
In deciding to take the immunity case today, with its sweeping, overly broad question and setting a very slow timetable, SCOTUS pretty much assured that Trump won’t go to trial before the election. During the months of delay, he’ll get to continue trying his case in the court of public opinion where he has the main stream media facilitating his doing that. SCOTUS has shown itself in even starker terms to be corrupt, in Trump’s pocket. They know what this delay means that they are effectively declaring Trump immune.
We need to fight back. What are the ways open to us? At the least, we should ALL be writing letters to the Court, our Congress people, the media. Flood them with letters. I would love to hear what others think and what else we can be doing.
It’s so hard to have another battle to fight when we have so many.
We know we have to win -- and win big – at the ballot box, but in the meantime, let’s flood SCOTUS etc with letters of outrage.
When a respected judge like Michael Luttig says there’s no basis whatsoever for the Supreme Court to hear Trump’s immunity claim, four chilling words come to mind: The fix is in.
Totally corrupt, the Clarence court.
The three recent Federalist Society justices perjured themselves in their nomination hearings. They joined Alito, Roberts, and Clarence, who in 2010 gave U.S. billionaires their Citizens United. The six together sicced American women and their families to Handmaid’s Tale tyranny.
These billionaires already killed humanities in America’s schools. Offshored millions of working-class jobs. Allied worldwide with dictators and nationalists. Grew the gap between the U.S. richest 1% and its 99%.
To the evident perjury, bribery, and corruption for U.S. billionaires, we can now add the court’s illiteracy, as it cannot read the clear English of section three, article 14 in the Constitution to which its justices all swore oaths.
U.S. Dems still cue Pollyanna strategists such as Simon Rosenberg, whose whistling how Republicans are “imploding” excuses Dems to do no more than their status quo of ringing doorbells, phoning, floating postcards.
No. Our best Dems – many of them – need to unite and appear in public, in groups of three and four, and quote, celebrate each other’s recent and current work. There’s so much to be done while the U.S. throws away democracy to the billionaires and their Clarence court.
Rachel Maddow's, Chris Hayes', Lawrence O'Donnell's, and Attorney Luddig's gobsmack, disbelief commentary on MSNBC this evening regarding SCOTUS was spot on. There is only one thing that "we the people" can do and that is to vote for Joe Biden and give him an overwhelming win. trump must never again occupy the WH or this country will be a frightful place and not where anyone with one functioning brain cell would want to live. For the past 9+ years we have been living with the Sword of Damocles over our heads because of the chaos and destruction of the evil that is trump.
I watched msnbc all afternoon and was demoralized. But I eventually started once again to see that things don’t really look good at all for Trump… or the Supreme Court. They’re all taking big chances that they won’t be impeached and replaced after Biden wins. I firmly believe that we will gain back the House and keep the Senate, as well. Laws will be changed to prevent many of these things the founders never anticipated would need to be addressed. We all have to remain active, vigilant, and involved. It’s so hard! But this is our moment and we simply can’t give in or give up.
As Joyce Vance stated it tonight, the best (and only slightly decent) face that the Supreme Court can put on this decision is that by delaying the decision until after the primaries and conventions—and possibly after voting has opened in some states—they are “letting the voters decide.” https://joycevance.substack.com/p/the-supreme-court-disappoints/comments
IOW, when the central tenet of our Country, equality before the law, is before them, the Court is kicking the can down the road. Any 6th grade civics course student could do better. Oh, wait, I forgot that civics is not taught in our schools any more.
While history is not on the side of this Frankenstein-monster which was formerly known as the Republican Party, untold damage will be done before their day ends. Prepare for a long and bitter fight. Do not lose heart. Never surrender.
Supreme Court History Replay: The same folks who made Bush President now tip the scales for Trump. This infographic shows how John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, Ted Cruz, Joel Kaplan, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alioto helped stop the vote recount in Florida to get Bush Jr. elected. Surprised by their decision to tilt the scales for Trump?
https://thedemlabs.org/2024/02/28/maga-supreme-court-justices-tip-the-scales-for-trump/
Now, with court delays virtually inevitable, our only recourse is to do everything in our power to get a trifecta in November in order to save our democracy. The alternative is horrifying.
Thank you Professor ⭐
Many have said it:
everything he touches dies.
Damn the Clarence led Supreme Court…I’m incensed but that rage needs to be directed into action…
The slow moving attemped coup continues. Our leaders' various responses just don't seem terribly effective so far at countering it. I'd like to see more action. It's as though everything is stuck in molasses.
RBG, we miss you.
We cannot rely on the courts to stop Trump. We must stop him by registering voters, educating the undecided (don't waste your breath on MAGArats), turning out the vote and voting ourselves. Donate to Democratic candidates and PACs, ignore the polls and the media. Be resolute, organize and fight for our nation!
Shame on Chief Justice Roberts. He has caved to the right wing justices. Our constitution is dying.
This is quite fine, as always, thank you. Comprehensive, explanatory, and clear. Would you please write a column on the historical precedents you alluded to? (“the other times in our history when a formerly stable two-party system has fallen apart and Americans reevaluated what they want out of their government”) I have come to appreciate so much your ability to inform current events with your historical expertise, that I missed it dreadfully in this column. Thanks again.