(#6425) 60 days until the election...

      The not unexpected ruling by the Massachusetts federal judge yesterday was no surprise in its conclusion. However the gravity of it coming and being unequivocal that the trump executive order on the postal rule was unconstitutional was powerful. The gauntlet has been thrown down and now if there is to be a supreme court overrule it must be able to be more ingenious than anyone could imagine. Such is the task of the 6 republican majority on the supreme court if they are to allow the trump rule. The very idea of them even trying to formulate some specious logic is unfortunately what we the people expect of them. They will be doing themselves the dishonor of being typecast as traitors to our democracy if they find for trump.
     As cynical as I can be toward the republican majority on the court I don't think they are prepared to carry that outcome out for trump. The court sees the alignment of the lower courts firmly against this particular end around our constitution for exactly what it is, a power grab outside the guardrails of our constitution. The 6 majority republicans on the supreme court know that they will be isolated within the legal profession as pariahs for the rest of their lives. There may be a few like thomas and alito who are willing to make that sacrifice but for the other 4 republicans I cannot fathom them wanting the rest of their careers to be unambiguously known as a benedict arnold type.
     If the supreme court has the courage they will take the appeal of the district judge's ruling against trump and either confirm it or refuse to accept the appeal. The noble thing would be to take the appeal and then rip it apart and expose it as the power grab it is. Or at least make a simple ruling of the executive orders unconstitutionality. Will the republican majority on the supreme court be able to read the room in time to save what is left of any dignity they may possess? We will know shortly as North Carolina sent out it's overseas ballots yesterday. Which may be a strong clue as to which way the supreme court will rule. Allowing the ballots to go out yesterday, allows for an assumption that the executive order may already be in the minds of the court, moot!