The U.S. Supreme Court seemed poised Wednesday to reject U.S. President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship in a consequential case that was magnified by his unparalleled presence in the courtroom.
If anything, the more he leans on them the less they do his bidding. They’re all part of the same fascist project, but some of them want to do it the old way where they pretend to be serious people doing a job. Their words often end up as legal nonsense, but they’ve gone through the motions and formatted it as if they were professional. Trump showing up to stare them down is an insult to their pride.
Gotta intimidate the justices to make sure they remember who they belong to.
He tried that during the state of the union address and it didn’t seem to work. Still don’t have any faith in that court however.
If anything, the more he leans on them the less they do his bidding. They’re all part of the same fascist project, but some of them want to do it the old way where they pretend to be serious people doing a job. Their words often end up as legal nonsense, but they’ve gone through the motions and formatted it as if they were professional. Trump showing up to stare them down is an insult to their pride.
The court is extremely conservative, but they are exactly that — they are not MAGA.
So you’re gonna get a lot of disgusting rulings from them, but very little favoritism to Trump specifically.
They pretty clearly want fascism. Just not under Trump
Take a listen to the oral arguments and the Court’s responses. They’re gonna strike this one down for sure, possibly even 9-0.
Definitely gonna do this, I just read NPR’s article and agree that they’re not letting this one fly.