During a two-hour oral argument, justices avoided wrestling with the contentious question of whether former President Donald Trump “engaged in insurrection.”
If bad faith gamesmanship has gone that far then we’re already in the pot and we just don’t know it yet. What’s better, finding that out with Biden in the White House or Trump? Because the rules are very clear and bending them in hopes that the bad guys will just magically stop being bad is ridiculous. If they’re willing the DQ all other candidates then they’re also willing to just declare him victor of their state and send his delegates to D.C. In which case nothing we do matters.
The best thing we can do is hew to the rules while we have a sane president and deal with the fallout now. It only gets worse the longer you push it off.
At this point, the best outcome would be for Biden to self-sacrifice, and go on the ultra-offensive:
"Oh, SCOTUS is supporting the fact a President can commit insurrection, and is absolutely immune, or at least can’t be prosecuted while or after being President?
Fine. I have just signed Executive Order #XXX, dissolving the SCOTUS and unseating each of this handpicked list of State and Federal Judges, effective immediately, replacing them with this other (waves big sheet of papers) hand-picked list.
Also, I have just signed Executive Order #YYY, calling for the immediate arrest and indefinite detention of this handpicked list (waves the thid, EVEN LARGER pile in his other hand) of Enemies Of The Republic.
Furthermore, I am resigning as President of the United States immediately, please stand and sing Our National Anthem to welcome President Kamala Harris to the Oval Office as the new Executive In Chief. Thank You and Good Night."
(Just in case there’s a way to veto these Executive Orders, he should send guards to discreetly lock Congress at nighttime so they can’t hold a vote just before he goes on TV.)
I think you’d see either some VERY quick backtracking by the entire SCOTUS, plus the GOP asking for an emergency meeting and a chance to make things right, or a short Civil War. Which is coming anyhow, by the looks of it, so might as well get it over with now.
He’s near the end of his life, so why not perform this selfless act for the good of the nation?
If bad faith gamesmanship has gone that far then we’re already in the pot and we just don’t know it yet. What’s better, finding that out with Biden in the White House or Trump? Because the rules are very clear and bending them in hopes that the bad guys will just magically stop being bad is ridiculous. If they’re willing the DQ all other candidates then they’re also willing to just declare him victor of their state and send his delegates to D.C. In which case nothing we do matters.
The best thing we can do is hew to the rules while we have a sane president and deal with the fallout now. It only gets worse the longer you push it off.
At this point, the best outcome would be for Biden to self-sacrifice, and go on the ultra-offensive:
(Just in case there’s a way to veto these Executive Orders, he should send guards to discreetly lock Congress at nighttime so they can’t hold a vote just before he goes on TV.)
I think you’d see either some VERY quick backtracking by the entire SCOTUS, plus the GOP asking for an emergency meeting and a chance to make things right, or a short Civil War. Which is coming anyhow, by the looks of it, so might as well get it over with now.
He’s near the end of his life, so why not perform this selfless act for the good of the nation?
I laughed, but I’d rather not have this happen for one really good reason. What if he pulls it off and we just killed democracy?