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pinky0926 posted...

I take it we're expecting the SCOTUS to rule in his favour?

I don't really think they have a reason to, tbh.

I don't think that they'll rule that he can't run at all, but I think they'll throw down some sort of ruling that leaves it up to the individual states (a sort of "do what you want, we don't care" ruling). Similarly, with the immunity, they'll probably not declare that no president can ever have immunity, but they'll uphold (or fail to hear) the ruling that Trumpdoesn't.

They have lifetime positions. They're not beholden to Trump, they don't have to rely on the support of his base or the Republican Party in general. They're already in. They won. They're not going anywhere until they die. As it stands, they have the ultimate power over the law, over policy, and over... well... pretty much everything. They have literally no reason to throw up some bullshit legally questionable decision that in the short-term grants and advantage to someone who has openly said that he would run the country like a dictator, essentially stripping them off their power, but would also in the long term establish a precedent that would allow "the other side" to also do the same thing.

They're deeply terrible people, but I think that most of them (apart from Thomas and ACB) are shrewd enough to see that the best result for them is getting Trump to fuck off one way or another. They've used him and the Republican Party to get what they want, and now they have no vested interest in him hanging around any more, especially when he's openly declaring that he intends to be a threat to their absolute authority.

The ghouls he got elected aren't there to be used by Trump. They effectively used him.