With some Republicans saying in public it’s time for the justice’s to ‘pay back’ the ex-President with throwing out any and all 14th Amendment ballot kick-offs for Trump….
They seem to be implying that should be the deal?….
Former Democratic National Committee Chair Donna Brazile said Sunday that U.S. Supreme Court justices appointed by former President Trump don’t owe him “one thing” and should not treat him differently when they hear arguments in his appeal of the Colorado Supreme Court decision removing the former president from the state’s primary ballot under the 14th Amendment.
The U.S. Supreme Court announced late Friday it would hear Trump’s appeal of the Colorado decision, which affirmed a lower court ruling that Trump engaged in insurrection and ruled that under the 14th Amendment’s “insurrection clause,” Trump could not hold public office again….
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Concern about whether the justices would feel obliged to side with Trump increased when Trump’s attorney appeared on Fox News’s “Hannity” one day before the high court agreed to hear the case.
“I think it should be a slam dunk in the Supreme Court. I have faith in them,” Trump attorney Alina Habba told host Sean Hannity on Thursday. “You know, people like Kavanaugh, who the president fought for, who the President went through how to get into place, he’ll step up.”…
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All this talk from the Right could pressure Trump[ appointee’s to find a way to NOT actually look like any decision woulkd be a pay be favor?