• dhork@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    This court is friendly to conservative causes in general, but not necessarily to Trump. They have their lifetime appointments already, and the eight Justices who are not on Harlan Crow’s payroll have nothing to gain if they prop up Trump’s campaign unnecessarily.

    But if they do uphold Trump’s ineligibility, I expect a bunch of Conservative States to throw Biden off the ballot for “giving aid and comfort to out enemies” at the Southern Border, or some other bullshit like that. Thats the Supreme Court ruling that will matter.

    • Alien Nathan Edward@lemm.ee
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      11 months ago

      They have their lifetime appointments already

      This is the one thing that gives me hope. They’re already at the top of their field, they’re there for life, no one can take it from them and they get shovels full of money heaped upon them all day every day. Trump has nothing to give them. He’s also a private citizen right now, and has nothing to threaten them with. If they help him win the presidency, they stand nothing to gain from him but they could lose their power and their lavish lifestyles if he sufficiently fucks up the current power structure.

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      11 months ago

      That would be so shitty. Mexico is not our enemy, there are fugitives in there.