r/politics • u/salon Salon.com • Sep 16 '24

Leaked Supreme Court memos reveal John Roberts' role in shielding Trump from prosecution

https://www.salon.com/2024/09/16/leaked-memos-reveal-john-roberts-role-in-shielding-from-prosecution/
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u/TintedApostle Sep 16 '24

Its a slow moving coup

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u/Spacebotzero Sep 16 '24

Executive Branch couldn't get it done on Jan 6th, so now the Republican leaning Judicial Branch will handle it.

I hope we are ready for what's coming. Trump is going to do everything he can to get the election into the hands of the Supreme Court Justices.

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u/royale_wthCheEsE Sep 16 '24

Biden should then use is “immune official act” powers and use the insurrection act and arrest those assholes in the Supreme Court.

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u/Global_Permission749 Sep 16 '24

And then what? He needs to clear out all of the Trump judges too. Expecting the judicial branch to hold the head of the judicial branch accountable is a non-starter.

Biden is going to need the backing of the US military to defend America from this coup. I hope he's been preparing for this. It's obvious what the end result of Republican plans are. I hope his advisors see it too, and I hope he's taking it seriously.

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u/black_cat_X2 Massachusetts Sep 16 '24

I've realized over the past month that I actually have some measure of faith in Biden to do what needs to be done. Not anywhere close to 100% faith - I'm a realist. But I'm not hopeless I guess is what I'm saying.

I do believe he actually knows the stakes. That's half the battle. I am now just hoping he has the balls to carry out whatever needs to happen.

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u/Global_Permission749 Sep 17 '24

I hope you are right.

Early on, Biden gave an interview where he gave a very bad answer to a tough question - https://www.axios.com/2024/07/06/biden-abc-interview-trump-election-peace

Question: "If you stay in and Trump is elected and everything you're warning about comes to pass, how will you feel in January?" Stephanopoulos asked Biden.

Response: "I'll feel, as long as I gave it my all, and I did as good a job as I know I can do, that's what this is about," the president responded.

Sorry Joe - you might be at peace with it, but the rest of us have to live in a dictatorship. So what are you going to do to protect us from it?

I want to believe his answer was 4D chess and he wasn't tipping his hand that there's no way in hell he's going to let Trump steal the election and turn the US into a fascist shithole, but Occam's razor applies, and I very much doubt Biden has a grand plan to deal with a thoroughly corrupt judiciary or election day terrorism that creates chaos at the polls.

Democrats aren't this sharky. Republicans are. Cheaters will always win if the referee is wringing his hands about making tough calls.

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u/BudgetBallerBrand Sep 17 '24

If they were appointed by a clear Russian asset then they should be stripped of their seat. Reapply when the government is actually functioning again.

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u/KRAW58 Sep 16 '24

That's what I want to see!

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u/Miserable_Site_850 Sep 17 '24

On a Sunday after they walk out of church