What a day! As I write this on Tuesday, the Court finally ruled on the absolute immunity claim from Trump. As widely expected, it was denied and denied quite forcefully. If you are interested in reading the full text, find it here:
Basically, they ruled the Court established they had jurisdiction to hear this appeal and then ruled on it. Trump only has until Monday, February 12th to file for Cert with SCOTUS. There is a split among legal experts as to whether SCOTUS will take it up at all or take it up and rule quickly. I don’t think they will move slowly on this. Even thought it’s a 6-3 conservative Court, I believe they want this behind them. They DO NOT want a dictator because that means they lose power.
I don’t care if they make a quick decision on selfishness… just make the decision. I know it will be against Trump because, like I said, SCOTUS loves their power and would lose it all if they allow the presidency to turn into an authoritarian office.
In other news, Judge Engoron is demanding answers from Trump’s attorneys on Weieselberg’s testimony.
He notes that his potential perjury on the witness stand in the Trump Org fraud trial has a huge impact. This seems to be one of the reasons the decision from Engoron has been delayed.
Good News on the gun front… Jennifer Crumbley, the mom of the Michigan shooter, has been found guilty on all counts of manslaughter.
And finally, on the border bill and the GOP duplicity… what else it new. Even though it was negotiated in the Senate by one of their MOST conservative members, Senator Lankford, the GOP is now trying to back away. They are listening to one person, Trump. I believe though, like everything else Trump, this is going to bite them in the ass. First of all, Senator Schumer is taking them to task:
As is President Biden:
What the GOP in Congress seem to forget is there’s this little thing called The State of the Union address. President Biden will most likely use that opportunity to rip into the duplicitous GOPers regarding this border bill. Remember how he stuck it to them last year on cutting Social Security and Medicare?
They got EVERYTHING they wanted and are still not voting for it, Johnson said he wouldn’t even bring it up for a vote in the House. The Border Patrol Union, which is one of the Trumpiest law enforcement unions in the country, even supports the bill.
And we can’t forget that brave liberal on Fox:
And here is Trump himself ADMITTING he’s directing the GOPers in Congress. You gotta love Biden’s tweet reply. Whoever is running the President’s Twitter account is awesome!
Well, that’s it for now. If there’s more news, I’m sure will chat about it. I’m teaching a class tomorrow but I will try to pop in a few times to see what you all are thinking!