The U.S. Supreme Court has set April 25 as the date it will hear Donald Trump’s claim of presidential immunity from prosecution on charges related to his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss - the last day of oral arguments of its current term.

The court released its updated argument calendar a week after it agreed to take up the case and gave the former president a boost by putting on hold the criminal prosecution being pursued by Special Counsel Jack Smith. It previously had disclosed which week it would hear the matter but had not given the precise date.

The justices will review a lower court’s rejection of Trump’s claim of immunity from prosecution because he was president when he took actions aimed at reversing President Joe Biden’s election victory over him.

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      English
      09 months ago

      Hi, I’m a mathematician. My career is built on creating, evaluating, and identifying the problems with logical arguments.

      Even if the person you’re replying to is wrong, their argument is at least cogent; it’s entirely possible that the Supreme Court rules against Trump, and there’s good reason to believe that they will.

      Your comment (the one I am replying to) is a non-sequiter, and is therefore invalid.

      Furthermore, even when applying the principal of charitable interpretation, the best argument you could plausibly make relies on a false inference. Specifically: you fail to take into account the fact that the justices were selected for their opinions on abortion, and so their ruling cannot be used to infir that they will always act in the best interests of the GOP.

      Please don’t be such a doomer asshole; it’s unbecoming.

      • @[email protected]
        link
        fedilink
        English
        -3
        edit-2
        9 months ago

        Things the hivemind here does not like:

        Knowing how to argue (or even having a vague idea)

        Being referred to as a hivemind

        Being shown they are wrong/unreasonable

        Observing the fact of disagreement downvotes

        How does one get into your line of work? It seems we need more of that.

          • @[email protected]
            link
            fedilink
            English
            -3
            edit-2
            9 months ago

            Who’s hiding? All of my comments are public, and you can tell because a whole shitload of people read my comments to downvote them because they disagree with me. Who’s talking smack? I have asked questions, made claims, and the overwhelming response has been active hostility to me, personally, and not to my position. Case-in-point:

            You forgot, we also don’t like fucking cowards who hide and talk smack. Make sure to add it to your list so you can feel better than the rest of us.

            Hey everyone look at the superior mind here.

            Your comment is two things: Sarcastic, vitriolic, ad hominem (smack talk), and a total failure to address any of the claims I or others are making. I suspect because if you attempted to actually address the claim (instead of calling the person you disagree with coward and, by sarcastic implication, stupid), for instance, that “the hivemind will downvote you when they disagree with you here,” you realize you would fail utterly.

            I’m sorry you feel the need to attack me with compliments, your fascination with the superiority of my mind(?) is very strange. I never said that I was smarter than you or anyone else here, and, in my opinion, this is suggestive of your own lack of confidence in your position or your ability to argue your position.

            I’m reporting your comment for ad hominem attacks and bad faith argumentation. There, downvote that.

          • @[email protected]
            link
            fedilink
            English
            0
            edit-2
            9 months ago

            I’m working on that already, though I had planned computer/electrical engineering.

    • @shalafi
      link
      English
      -109 months ago

      More BS. This Court is conservative, not partisan. They owe nothing to Trump or the GOP. LOL, I even posted two accounts of them voting, or ignoring, both of those parties.

      And as to my references, got any arguments? Perhaps they should have taken the trans bathroom ruling and fought it? How about Washington’s tax deal? That could have been Earth shattering.