And why the special counsel’s last-ditch January 6 filing may not matter
    • Nougat
      100•9 days ago

      Trump is on the ballot in all fifty states because SCOTUS decided that states don’t get to apply 14A S3, even though 100% of the operation of federal elections is constitutionally granted to the states.

      • @[email protected]
        90•9 days ago

        Ahhh you see the mistake you made there is a common one. You read it. This SCOTUS is more of a “whatever heritage foundation wants” vibes based court.

        • Billiam
          54•9 days ago

          Like all conservatives, SCOTUS has the outcome they want to reach, and will use whatever means they can to justify it regardless of what the evidence is. Like abortion, or immigration, or universal health care, or government regulations, or religion, or…

          • @ccunning
            47•9 days ago

            It’s funny how we’ve heard the GOP whine about ‘activist judges’ for decades and it turned out it was just projection all along…

        • @[email protected]
          8•9 days ago

          So-called “originalist” judges rub their hands together and do that evil grin when they get a chance to reinterpret laws in ways that benefit their political allies.

  • magnetosphere
    17•9 days ago

    Jack Smith is fighting the good fight. Win or lose, he’s a hero for trying as hard as he has.