But a majority decision needs five votes. Yes, it's a 6-3 court, but the conservatives have not supported Trump's cases. They rejected his "voter fraud arguments, refused to back efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and have generally sought to preserve voter rights in the face of Republican attempts to redra…
Correct on all counts, and thankfully so. Of course, there is that saying allegedly made by a former, long-deceased President, "John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it!" My point was only that one should be careful relying solely on the word of a handful of unelected people in this time of increasing distrust in instititions. At some point, a thin finger in a dike will break.
But a majority decision needs five votes. Yes, it's a 6-3 court, but the conservatives have not supported Trump's cases. They rejected his "voter fraud arguments, refused to back efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and have generally sought to preserve voter rights in the face of Republican attempts to redraw districts to their advantage. In addition, the justices rejected Trump’s request to block release of his tax records to a House investigative committee in 2020" (https://www.usnews.com/news/the-report/articles/2023-09-08/are-trump-and-his-conservative-supreme-court-on-a-collision-course#:~:text=And%20while%20the%20Supreme%20Court's,back%20efforts%20to%20overturn%20the).
Correct on all counts, and thankfully so. Of course, there is that saying allegedly made by a former, long-deceased President, "John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it!" My point was only that one should be careful relying solely on the word of a handful of unelected people in this time of increasing distrust in instititions. At some point, a thin finger in a dike will break.
Understood. I don't think that will happen if Biden is reelected; if Trump wins, yes.
If TFG wins, the damn dam has already burst.
Yes.