Much of the news lately has been about trump and his impeachment while other breaking news is about his court cases trying to hide his income from scrutiny and his staff from testifying. There is also a major election in Great Britain that will likely decide the fate of Brexit tomorrow. The month of December with all the holiday festivities going on is the backdrop for all the hullabaloo that is coming our way. Nothing like a full mixture of the fate of our nation alongside the happy feelings of giving. Yet here we are and for me it is no perfect storm.
I am no christmas nor religious partaker so the festivities of this time are moot for me. I try to be a good person year round so this one month ordeal is normal for me without all the trimmings. Yet the importance of the impeachment outcome and the court cases is monumental. the Supreme court which is now a majority republican court may well be like the republican members in Congress and make up justifications whatever they may be to protect the most dishonest president ever appointed or elected. I can pretty sure guarantee that Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh will invent some defense for trump to shield his taxes and his staff from Congressional and judicial oversight. The key is the republican chief justice Roberts.
Chief justice Roberts has at times shown a true deference to our constitution without creating a law out of thin air. It is my belief that he will be the swing vote here and likely he cares about his legacy more than the other republican justices. Roberts may well conclude that the framers really meant separation of powers in the literal sense and not try to pretzel some obtuse logic in order for trump to enhance the powers of the executive branch. Most of us know that the republican Senate will not convict trump of impeachment because as it appears they are as much in it as he is. So the best hope of getting at the truth of trump's behavior lies with the Supreme court and the rulings should take some form by next week.
I am no christmas nor religious partaker so the festivities of this time are moot for me. I try to be a good person year round so this one month ordeal is normal for me without all the trimmings. Yet the importance of the impeachment outcome and the court cases is monumental. the Supreme court which is now a majority republican court may well be like the republican members in Congress and make up justifications whatever they may be to protect the most dishonest president ever appointed or elected. I can pretty sure guarantee that Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh will invent some defense for trump to shield his taxes and his staff from Congressional and judicial oversight. The key is the republican chief justice Roberts.
Chief justice Roberts has at times shown a true deference to our constitution without creating a law out of thin air. It is my belief that he will be the swing vote here and likely he cares about his legacy more than the other republican justices. Roberts may well conclude that the framers really meant separation of powers in the literal sense and not try to pretzel some obtuse logic in order for trump to enhance the powers of the executive branch. Most of us know that the republican Senate will not convict trump of impeachment because as it appears they are as much in it as he is. So the best hope of getting at the truth of trump's behavior lies with the Supreme court and the rulings should take some form by next week.
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