Supreme Court Obstructing Justice by Delaying Trump Trial
The Right Wing Republican dominated United States Supreme Court is obstructing justice and helping Trump get re-elected by delaying his immunity appeal trial date so his criminality isn’t exposed in a courtroom until AFTER the 2024 election. This delay tactic which is beneficial to Trump, is more proof that they’re Corrupt Radical Right Wing Partisan Politicians in Robes.
Partisan hacks’: Justice Thomas and Alito show their true colors in Trump Immunity arguments
Zoe Lofgren, Democratic Congresswoman from California and Dahlia Lithwick, Senior Editor for Slate, Ian Bassin, Executive Director of Protect Democracy, and Maya Wiley, former U.S. Attorney join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House with reaction to the conservative Supreme Court hearing Trump’s immunity claim, calling into question whether Justice Thomas should have recused himself given what his wife was involved with regarding the plot to overturn the 2020 Election.
Supreme Court declines to expedite appeal in Trump immunity dispute
Special counsel Jack Smith requested the court immediately take up former President Donald Trump’s claim of immunity from prosecution in his federal election interference case.
‘The fix is in’: Coup trial delay reveals Supreme Court ‘in cahoots’ with Trump
“No one needs to wonder anymore whether this right-wing court will—audaciously, flagrantly, in front of the whole nation—use their power to run the clock out so that Donald Trump faces no legal accountability,” says Chris Hayes on the Supreme Court taking up the Trump immunity case, further delaying his Jan. 6 trial.
‘Historic proof’: If the Supreme Court wanted to move quickly it could
Chris Hayes looks at the historic proof that a quick decision the Supreme Court is possible. “They can still—if they want to—move very quickly. It is still in their power. And no one should let them off the hook on this massively important and weighty question before the nation,” says Hayes.
Liz Cheney urges the Supreme Court to stop aiding Donald Trump’s delay tactics
Anthony Scaramucci, former Trump White House Communications Director, Charlie Sykes MSNBC Columnist, and Basil Smikle join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House with reaction to Liz Cheney’s most recent comments calling out the conservative Supreme Court for aiding and abetting Donald Trump and his legal team’s delay tactics by taking up the issue of Presidential Immunity.
Maddow shreds ‘cravenness’ of Supreme Court delaying Trump trial
“This is B.S.—you were doing this as a dilatory tactic to help your political friend,” says Rachel Maddow on the Supreme Court agreeing to hear the Trump immunity argument, delaying his coup trial. “And for you to say that this is something that the Court needs to decide because it’s something that’s unclear in the law is just flagrant bullpucky.”
‘Republicans in robes’: Supreme Court critics see politics behind action on Trump immunity case
For critics of the current Supreme Court, assembled by Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell for the purpose of fulfilling a Republican political agenda, the decision to take up Donald Trump’s presidential immunity appeal after an inexplicable delay confirms their cynicism about the court’s political motivations. Mark Joseph Stern, senior writer for Slate, and Elie Mystal, justice correspondent for The Nation, discuss with Alex Wagner.
The Supreme Court is suppressing evidence
After the Supreme Court agrees to hear Donald Trump’s immunity claim, Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss the impact this could have on Donald Trump’s reelection. Professor Tribe says that this is “not the way a country that is concerned to preserve the rule of law and constitutional democracy would proceed.”
‘We all know what he did’: Psaki reacts to Supreme Court delaying Trump criminal trial
Jen Psaki explains how the Supreme Court tipped the scales of justice in favor of Donald Trump by delaying his DC trial and why voting will be the most powerful antidote to the threat of a second Trump term. Psaki explains, “We all know what he did. There is no doubt about the basic facts of any of these cases, really. So while the American people deserve trials before election day, we shouldn’t need them to know the danger he poses to democracy and to our rights.”
Trump asks Supreme Court not to act on election interference immunity issue
Former President Donald Trump’s attorneys requested that the Supreme Court not intervene immediately on whether he is immune from federal prosecution in cases relating to actions he took challenging the 2020 presidential election results.
Harvard Law scholar: There is no ‘good reason for’ the Supreme Court to review Trump’s immunity case
President Biden and his campaign are fighting back against claims made about his mental fitness in Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report, and former President Donald is facing a gauntlet of court hearings and decisions in the coming weeks. Harvard Law professor emeritus Laurence Tribe joins Andrea Mitchell to discuss. “Donald Trump has another 11 hours within which to seek a stay of the decision of the DC Circuit, the unanimous decision, rejecting his extraordinary, extravagant and unprecedented claim of immunity. I don’t expect that the US Supreme Court will grant his stay,” Tribe tells Andrea. “There’s really no basis for it. It’s simply a delaying tactic. And I also don’t think there’s a good reason for the U.S. Supreme Court to grant review of the case.”
Majority of Americans want Trump trial verdicts before Election Day
‘Seller of hopelessness’: How Trump is using legal delay tactics for to deter democracy
Supreme Court warning SURGES into national spotlight
Trump is constantly being giving preferential treatment in Court and elsewhere. Attorney Marc Elias discusses how any other normal person would be thrown in jail if they behaved a fraction as outrageously as Trump.
Trump’s claims of “Election Interference” are LIES to deflect from his being held accountable for his many CRIMES of which he has been charged, arrested and will be prosecuted. Note how he’s constantly saying ‘it’s a disgrace to our country’ when he’s held accountable. This is how DICTATORS talk. It’s clear he thinks TRUMP = the United States of America and anyone who crosses him is an enemy of the entire country.
Supreme Court Justices should be appointed by Presidents who were elected to office by the majority of Americans so their viewpoints reflects the majority. That has NOT been the case due to the Electoral College, which made Republicans Bush & Trump President (who received less votes than their opponent)… and the Senate, which doesn’t represent the majority.
Republican Appointed Right Wing Judges Lied Under Oath to get their Seats and should be Impeached & Removed
Republican Appointed “Justices” LIED
Lawrence O’Donnell details the years of lying and hypocrisy from Republicans and Republican-appointed Supreme Court Justices on abortion rights.
‘Politicians in Robes’: How the right-wing Supreme Court is mounting a power grab
Republicans have hijacked the highest court in the land. First, they stole a Supreme Court seat from President Obama. Then, they changed a 70-year old rule to install two of Donald Trump’s far-right justices and confirmed Brett Kavanaugh despite credible allegations that he committed sexual assault and lied under oath.
Now, the politicized Supreme Court is enacting a far-right, partisan agenda that favors corporate interests and Republican Party special interests. Reproductive freedom, civil rights, environmental justice, common sense gun safety laws, and our right to vote are all at risk. And the Court has eroded confidence in our system of government with ethical lapses and lack of transparency.
DARK MONEY CONTROL OVER SUPREME COURT
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse gives outstanding presentation how Big Business “Dark Money” has been playing a role in the Supreme Court nomination process.
Sen. Whitehouse Blasts Conservative SCOTUS Justices Rich Right-Wing’s Business
The New York Times reports that a former anti-abortion leader questions if Justice Alito leaked the decision in a 2014 ruling and details right-wing lobbying efforts to influence conservative justices. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, who has tracked dark money to the Supreme Court, joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss his reaction and the need for ethics reform.
