With the certainty of a constitutional crisis in our midst the votes on the Supreme Court will decide if trumps can usurp congressional powers. As the Supreme Court now holds a 5-4 republican majority it is likely that trump will win the day against our democracy, on the surface anyway. Yet with Roberts we have not seen an unwillingness to protect the structure of our democracy. He certainly is a conservative republican but he at times shows that he bucks the traditional conservative agenda. Saving Obamacare being a prime example. But the question of separation of powers is a mighty one and would take pretzel logic on the part of any of the other more strident conservatives on the court to represent.
Not that they are not going to but I think Roberts, as the Chief Justice would have a hard time linking his vote to an absurd notion when our constitution clearly delineates the separation of powers, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_powers_under_the_United_States_Constitution I do believe that Roberts will not allow the court to uphold trump's gambit to deny authority that Congress holds with his own desire to escape scrutiny. A bridge too far is how I see that playing out. Yet I have been wrong enough when trying to predict an outcome that in this case, which should never even get to a judicial decision. However the times are oddly strange in that the defiance of trump and the cult gathering he possesses seems insurmountable.
If we are to remain a democracy John Roberts has no other choice but to side with the 4 liberals on the Supreme Court and claim that Congress has the authority established in our constitution to subpoena and then punish those who violate the subpoenas. This is a clear cut fact that trump is trying to circumvent the authority vested in Congress as a means to escape the nefarious truth of things from coming out. To protect trump and deny Congress it's rightful powers would be for Roberts to deny the Supreme Court its objective and constitutionally protected duty. He would if he sides with the other 4 conservatives effectively cut his own authority to arbitrate. It will come down to Roberts and I think he will uphold our constitution.
Not that they are not going to but I think Roberts, as the Chief Justice would have a hard time linking his vote to an absurd notion when our constitution clearly delineates the separation of powers, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_powers_under_the_United_States_Constitution I do believe that Roberts will not allow the court to uphold trump's gambit to deny authority that Congress holds with his own desire to escape scrutiny. A bridge too far is how I see that playing out. Yet I have been wrong enough when trying to predict an outcome that in this case, which should never even get to a judicial decision. However the times are oddly strange in that the defiance of trump and the cult gathering he possesses seems insurmountable.
If we are to remain a democracy John Roberts has no other choice but to side with the 4 liberals on the Supreme Court and claim that Congress has the authority established in our constitution to subpoena and then punish those who violate the subpoenas. This is a clear cut fact that trump is trying to circumvent the authority vested in Congress as a means to escape the nefarious truth of things from coming out. To protect trump and deny Congress it's rightful powers would be for Roberts to deny the Supreme Court its objective and constitutionally protected duty. He would if he sides with the other 4 conservatives effectively cut his own authority to arbitrate. It will come down to Roberts and I think he will uphold our constitution.
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