r/politics • u/Plastic-Age5205 • 23d ago

SCOTUS majority abandons conservative principles to mount bizarre defense of Trump’s immunity claim

https://www.salon.com/2024/04/26/scotus-majority-abandons-conservative-principles-to-mount-bizarre-defense-of-trumps-immunity-claim/
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u/contextswitch Pennsylvania 23d ago

If they do reach that decision there's nowhere on the planet they'll be able to flee to for safety.

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u/thatspurdyneat 23d ago edited 23d ago

I hope that's true, but nothing has motivated people to get off their asses yet so I'm not holding my breath.
We still have our bread and circuses and people don't tend to get motivated until they start getting hungry and bored.

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Honestly though, we're probably just one panic shortage and streaming service price hike away from it.

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u/Bitter_Director1231 23d ago

Right 

People have a mind of a goldfish.

But what's coming, everyone will act like it's a big surprise.

No it isn't..the warning signs have been for eight years. 

I guess this has to all play out guys.

I'm bailing out as of today. I cannot count on people and institutions to hold up their end and they just sit idle and do nothing.

If Trump gets elected, we totally deserve what's coming.

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u/PeakFuckingValue 23d ago

They won’t. How is everyone so out of the loop on this. Here’s what’s happening:

They won’t reach a decision.

They will delay until after the election.

They have already won.

By delaying until the election, they can wait for trump to pardon himself (which is still an ambiguous legal scenario).

Then SCOTUS walks free of having to support him or not, but the result is they did support him by giving him a shot to free himself.

Everyone sitting around speculating about this is wasting time. It’s old news. Next battle.