Two justices should have recused (and were advised to do so by others)
And were in fact required to by law, but since the law apparently no longer applies to those who don't like it, I guess that explains it.
(sorry for the snark...it's not directed at you, I promise! 🤗 I just tend to get reaaaallllly sarcastic when I get mad. ;-) )
I was wondering yesterday why I was merely angry not scared,
Yes, this. I was so angry I was shaking, and I could have chewed nails and spit bullets. I am more calm today, but not by much. I will say that I am still certain that Biden/Harris will win, and the moves by the R's over the last week or so have only solidified my certitude that these people have now signed the death warrants of the R party specifically and the right wing in general. I also suspect that there are at least two justices who will be facing impeachment after the D's take over next year.
I knew the snark wasn't directed at me. And the two above quotes/answers go hand in hand. I knew they were required by law 28 US Code § 455, and were reminded of it prior to hearing the case. I guess when individuals have wives who aided and abetted in the insurrection, or harassed neighbors who didn't support it (to the point that the neighbors called the cops) and use of intimidation tactics, and one doesn't recuse, one may well get into some hot water. It still makes me wonder if something can't be done about the other three who lied under oath to get the job. We have them on video claiming that things like Roe were settled law, and then watched them overturn it. If we lied on a resume or during an interview, and then did the same thing, would we still be employed?
The bottom line is that the fascists who are trying to take over picked a showman, a con artist, who's not the sharpest tool in the shed.
Or, as I like to say, "he's not the snappiest cucumber in the chandelier". And no one is going to invite him to bring the noodle salad to the Mensa picnic. But he is a genius at avoiding consequences for his crimes. It was announced today that the sentencing for the 34 felonies he has been convicted of, (which was supposed to be announced in 9 days), has been postponed until September. So, in other words, never.
This all makes so much more sense when you realize that the conservative philosophy of law and order is this: That there is an in-group (the R's) that the law protects, but does not bind. And there is an out-group (the D's) that the law binds, but does not protect
@unk-p look at this bs!!! He is not even President right now and thinks he has complete power and say so!!
I cheered Liz's response!!
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/07/02/trump-boosts-cheney-military-tribunal-post/74281288007/
@unk-p, he couldn't spell Mensa, much less locate their picnic with GPS. Does that noodle salad have ketchup? I'll bet it will be light.
I'm not worried about the postponement of the sentencing. See @allyn's post here. I agree, and will one up her thoughts. I think the judge did so to give the appearance that they are following all the SCOTUS's new rules, etc. Merchan hasn't taken guff so far, and to make sure he's got all his ducks in a row, he'll take the time to do it right. I love that the sentencing will be after the convention. @lawrence and I have both been claiming that we didn't know why, but we see Abbey suddenly not there, leaving the R's scrambling, not knowing what to do. This fits right in. Where I don't agree is with the polls.
@cindy my point is that he seems to always have someone step in at the last moment to delay consequences for him. Just like the SC did with the ridiculous immunity thing. And James Comey days before the 2016 election. I could go on and on, so many examples. And if September ever arrives, it will be blah blah something too close to the election bs. Justice delayed is Justice denied, and it's beyond tiresome, and way too predictable.
@unk-p I get that. Abbey thinks the same way. However, too many of us have seen him fade into oblivion, become a nothing burger. Whether it's all the fines & consequences of his actions, the public finally seeing his mental decline, an actual sentencing, or just his electorial loss, his Karma is coming, sooner vs later. I saw him in jail back in 2016, so maybe that's why I'm more oprimistic about him being held accountable eventually. I literally saw a vision of him in 1940's prison stripes behind bars.
@cindy wait- who is Abbey again? I might be having a senior unPresidential moment lol
@unk-p Abby, as in Abby-normal (abnormal), the brain that was put into Frankenstein's monster in the Mel Brooks comedy "Young Frankenstein" 😁
Now being used to refer to the orange turd. 🤣
@unk-p Young Frankenstein ( a great movie BTW) "Whose brain did you get?" " Abby's ""Abby who" "Abby Normal's"
Yes, I recently was reading an article about the cognative abilities of our candidates and one health professional said Biden had "normal" signs of aging, but nothing major to worry about. My brain automatically said, and the other one is Abby, Abby-normal. It stuck, just like when my brain noted the individual as Mango. I'm also a Downton fan, which is where the added "e" comes from. (Try sending out invitations to a Downton party & omit the "e"‐ I dare you). I guess I've been seaching for a new nickname for a year. My girlfriend & I rescued an orange tabby whose stripes form an O on both sides of his ribs. She & her husband eventually named him Mango.