President Trump has asked the Supreme Court to allow the legal arguments with presidential immunity to follow the traditional path through the appeals court [pdf court filing]. Special Prosecutor Jack Smith wants to sidestep the appeals court and go directly to the Supreme Court for resolution.
As noted by Politico, President Trump’s lawyers “repeatedly warning the justices to avoid “haste,” Trump’s lawyers skewered Smith for taking extraordinary steps to preserve the March 4, 2024, trial date without detailing why taking the case to a jury just over two months from now is so critical.” In essence, Jack Smith is trying to force a fast trial on schedule to gain maximum interference with the GOP primary election, while Trump’s lawyers are calling him out for it.
Jack Smith filed a response to the Trump filing, again reasserting, “the public interest in a prompt resolution of this case favors an immediate, definitive decision by this court. The charges here are of the utmost gravity. This case involves — for the first time in our nation’s history — criminal charges against a former president based on his actions while in office. And not just any actions: alleged acts to perpetuate himself in power by frustrating the constitutionally prescribed process for certifying the lawful winner of an election,” wrote Mr. Smith. “The nation has a compelling interest in a decision.”
Smith is worried the appeals court arguments and final decision will extend beyond the 2024 term of the Supreme Court, setting up a lengthy continuation of the DC case against Trump into October and November of 2024. Trump’s team is saying the issues before the court are unprecedented and careful deliberation is needed.
To support the position of Donald Trump, 19 states filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court today [pdf Here].
[…] “In 234 years of American history, no President ever faced criminal prosecution for his official acts. Until 19 days ago, no court had ever addressed whether immunity from such prosecution exists. To this day, no appellate court has addressed it. The question stands among the most complex, intricate, and momentous issues that this Court will be called on to decide.
This Court’s ordinary review procedures will allow the D.C. Circuit to address this appeal in the first instance, thus granting this Court the benefit of an appellate court’s prior consideration of these historic topics and performing the traditional winnowing function that this Court has long preferred. Indeed, the D.C. Circuit has already granted highly expedited review of President Trump’s appeal over President Trump’s opposition, with briefing to be concluded by January 2, 2024, and oral argument scheduled for January 9, 2024.
The Special Counsel urges this Court to bypass those ordinary procedures, including the longstanding preference for prior consideration by at least one court of appeals, and rush to decide the issues with reckless abandon. The Court should decline that invitation at this time, for several reasons. (read more, pdf)
Making matters more complex for the high court to review, former Attorney General Edwin Meese III and law professors Steven G Calabresi and Gary S Lawson have filed a briefing as Amici Curiae (friend of the court, not connected to either party), [pdf HERE] challenging the legitimacy of the Biden appointed special counsel, Jack Smith.
[SOURCE]
Regardless of whether the Supreme Court wants to weigh in on these issues, they are going to have to respond. This is in addition to the Supreme Court ultimately having to determine how the insufferable Colorado Lawfare ruling is going to stand.
The Roberts led Supreme Court does not like issues involving the political dynamic; however, on these two issues they are likely going to have to choose. If they deny the Jack Smith request, the trial of Donald Trump could be delayed until the resolution of presidential immunity ultimately reaches them (after appellate court review). However, there is a strong possibility the appeals court will side with President Trump, and the appeal to SCOTUS will then come from Jack Smith.
Jack Sprat can eat no fat or whatever that old nursery rhyme said. I a getting old & don’t remember exactly. Jack needs to be taken behind the barn .
This guy can eat shit as far as I’m concerned, though….
ESAD.
He’s a f-ing traitor, like Mueller, Comey, Strzok, McCabe, Brennan, Obama and the rest of these slithering, filthy-corrupt Swamprats.
Jack Sprat can eat no fat and his wife can eat no lean.
So between the two of them they eat the platter clean
Jack Sprat could eat no fat
His wife could eat no lean.
Together they licked the platter clean.
Ta- dah!
Yes, and…
Hickory dickory dock.
I’d like to give Jack’s head a knock.
Hickory, dickory, dockery.
These fools are making a mockery…
Out of our democracy.
(I know it’s a Republic, but it didn’t rhyme.)
I’ll do better next time! 😜
God night everyone!
Zzzzzzzz 🛏️
Or maybe to the train station…?
”Jack Sprat could eat no fat.
His wife could eat no lean.
And so between them both, you see,
They licked the platter clean
Jack ate all the lean,
Joan ate all the fat.
The bone they picked it clean,
Then gave it to the cat.”
Buried under it with the rest of corrupt DC politicians. We will need a huge barn.
Jack Sprat could eat no fat, his wife could eat no lean.
So betwixt the both of them, they licked the platter clean.
How I remember that? Don’t ask. A healthy childhood I suppose.
Just another cultural touchstone we’re no doubt in the process of losing, what with the entire third world moving in. Hard to get people to unite and fight an enemy when there is nothing holding them together.
This appeal is conveniently timed with the release of Epstein’s ‘associates’ list. John Roberts comes to mind.
It could be why Smith seems so confident of a favorable SC ruling.
Did you see that three names will remain sealed?
Why and who are they protecting?
those who they can still leverage.
WJC
“I did not have sexual relations with those girls, the pre-teens.”
A lot of good keeping WJC sealed will accomplish considering the world saw the picture of WJC in an infamous blue dress hanging on a wall at Epsteina island “retreat “.
Nah, his involvement with Jeffrey Epstein is sorta old news. I’m betting on a Bush to appear on that list. Maybe 2 or 3.
Or both?
Barbara?
It’s not old news to the 18-25 year old voters. Those are the people for whom they are constantly rewriting history.
My understanding from reading several places on this:
Some of the names include victims, some of whom have begged the court to not have their names released;
and according to the article by Techno Fog some of the names are people who had nothing to do with anything about Epstein or his island but were people who’s names came up in testimony because someone on the list mentioned their name in a testimony such as “I was talking to so-and-so” and that so-and-so was merely a friend, neighbor or co-worker who had no idea of what the witness was involved in.
Hmm, no
Many were high powered people
Link, please?
Google Epsteins flight list. Many surprises.
Remember how the goolag was a major factor in the election steal. Giving them free publicity thrills them, and it’s a bummer to see google thrilled. To rephrase Nancy, just say “search.”
(Not a whole lot we, as individuals can do against this united, super-funded enemy we face, but there’s an easy one…and remind your friends.)
Incorrect! Bessie is correct!
So, isn’t that sort of like every prison inmate saying “but I didn’t do it, I’m totally innocent”….?
No. Epstein was a rich guy who invited every mover and shaker who came to Palm Springs to his island. A lot of people went and did nothing wrong and didn’t go back. It would take multiple trips to groom people, according to the victims.
except for grooming pre-adolescents to accept sex with strangers, any strangers, as normal….still,it’s a good point about “accessibility” not necessarily equaling immoral or illegal actiojn….
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Someone on Xitter familiar with the case said two of the names were minor victims. Not sure why victims would be in there but they weren’t hiding any guilty parties.
The victims names were likely included to stop the release of the entire list. The investigation is the coverup.
Heh, Xitter. That’s good…
Moe, Larry, & Curly!
I guarantee 1 name is hunter biden
Or Joe.
Probably all named biden.
With all the immorality that’s been shoved in our face and especially in the faces of our children, does America even care any more about the Epstein list other than to hope the guilty face justice sooner rather than later? I’m not sure we’re shockable anymore, so we might finally be prepared to pay attention to the “man behind the curtain”.
Not a wit
The anal sex in the Senate
And the ridiculous statement form the pervert serving his rectum, that he is a victim because of love
I mean
Maybe even 3 years ago the Senator and pervert would be in serious trouble and ALL the media would be playing it to the hilt
Not. Any. More….
He’ll 300,000 illegals a month… nothing
The national moral tipping point has passed. Look how long it took to embrace s/s marriage. Now we can barely remember never having it.
Look how long Rowe vs. Wade was law. It was finally overturned; this will be too.
As usual, the left is trying to project.
I know the feeling, but it also occurs to me that there may come a day when we’ll be saying “And we thought it was shocking back THEN” — because the left will think of something so depraved that it’ll be even worse —
(beastiality? pedophilia? all the way to babies? We do read about some of the mullahs claiming it’s fine to ‘thigh’ babies.) (just as sick as it sounds.)
Exactly. Roberts the Rat has been a pawn of the establishment since Day 1. There’s no way a brand new SC Judge should be named Chief Justice but that’s exactly what happened when the CROOKED SWAMP installed him. And to this day, he continues to let Americans down and take the side of the Swamp against the People.
It would be fun to see the tables turned on Smith. That would be beautiful. I wonder how the Chief Justice is sleeping lately. There is also a list re Epstein Island that could be disclosed soon that he might be concerned about.
It would be fun to see the tables turned on the people behind the scene that are driving their agenda by Smith as their vehicle. I don’t think he woke up one day and suddenly decided to do all this on his own accord. Who are the puppet masters that are pulling his $trings?
Agree someone is controlling him. Just like Garland and Roberts. Same people.
Ever heard of Lucifer? That’s my guess.
Hope you guess my name,…and whats confusing you is just the nature of my game..
jumpin jack flash. its a gas, gas, gas.
Yes, “Sympathy for the Devil.” Great, spooky-true Rolling Stones song. I found this discussion of this song online, very, very pertinent to right now.
https://catholic-skyview-tremblay.blogspot.com/2012/10/what-is-confusing-you-is-nature-of-my.html
We ask,”Why?” When we watch the destruction, the perversion, the cruelty.
The answer is because the oligarch’s are truly Satan’s minions. Pain, chaos, obliteration are choices. The insanity and immorality are Evil–deliberately unleashed upon the world.
People need to SEE and rise up. There is no negotiation with the devil.
Amen!!!!
Woo woo, woo woo
So if you meet me,
Have some courtesy, sympathy & some taste
Just as every cop is a criminal…and all the sinners saints…
Yes, by proxy.
Pray Psalm 35 on behalf of President Trump. The power of prayer works. God can turn the tables on Jackal Smith and all his evil, criminal puppet masters with one quick breath if it is His will. God responds to prayers from His children. Please pray for President Trump’s protection. Unless these people are taken down, their next move may be assassination if they feel desperate enough to think this is the only way to prevent him from becoming the next POTUS. They know their day of reckoning for their crime spree could be on the horizon if that happens. Indeed, it would be uplifting to see General Michael Flynn become the next AG.
Instead of doing the practical thing: cashing in their chips, offshoring their loot to a country that doesn’t extradite (like Qatar) and taking a powder to be with their cronies there, these gangsters will stay put, lusting for more money and power. Unfortunately no amount of money or power is enough to satisfy these demonic sociopaths. They want the destruction of America. Soul mates of Nazis and Jihadist terrorists, they thrive on Tyranny and seeing people suffer. .
Evil is as evil does.
Your statement of truth is closer than most, notwithstanding that ” We don’t know what we don’t know”.
We’ll know one day, hopefully soon. The Word says “there is nothing hidden that shall not be seen. Nothing secret that shall not be shouted from the house tops”.
Prediction: Sudden Deaths by suicide or otherwise.
False premise.
He actually won.
It’ll be hard for the justices to accept that the 2020 election is a settled matter given that they themselves refused to hear what were meaningful, subtantive cases on the matter.
At any rate, Roberts is – if nothing else – one of the greatest political cowards in our nation’s history. He brings shame to the court, shame to the law. He will rule as Mary McCord’s husband tells him to.
“Roberts is – if nothing else – one of the greatest political cowards in our nation’s history.”
TOTALLY AGREED.
which is why i remain surprised at so many here, SD included, who are so sure of the outcome. This puppet court is DESPERATE to satisfy the mob.
they may weigh in, they may not; they may use the Constitution or they might not; they may punt or not… in a functioning republic with rational and decent jurists, the outcome would be obvious. but we have NONE OF THOSE THINGS, anymore.
its 50/50 at best.
Of course Roberts will try to satisfy a mob. Question is which mob is he more afraid of?
Not us, that’s for sure
He is being backed into a corner. Walls shutting in. I would not want to be him.
He brought it on himself, much to the harm of the US. If he had done his job in 2020 much of what has and is happening would not be. Ashli Babbit is dead because of him.
I used to pray and pray for these creatures to be exposed. I see now that they have been exposed yet it meant little. The nation is so scatterbrained and morally splintered it’s all for nothing.
Look how Hunter attended that DC dinner with dad immediately following his plea deal. He’s a vile, lying snake and was the beloved guest of the president. I give up caring what these people value, they’re all firewood.
2020 began the Time of Seeing Clearly.
We are now in a Time of Winnowing, when evil has been revealed and people are taking sides.
Choose wisely.
Your Eternity depends upon it.
You can no longer claim that you did not know.
The first cause of many.
Exactly. If this court can’t take on tough cases then remove yiurself as a judge. The SC is our last course of redress and it is being denied us
Yeah. No sympathy. Kinda hard when he refused to hear all those cases w/ the fate of the world at stake.
My guess is Robert’s is oblivious to anyone or thing outside his Georgetown cocktail circuit. He’s probably thinking what’s all the fuss about?
MB,
Can only speak for myself, of coarse/course,…
I admit betting $ on how SCOTUS would rule on any case is highly problematic, .. still I would say in all of these Lawfare cases against PDJT, the LAW seems to be very clear,…logic as well
is “on our side”.
I think that may account for SOME of the optimism.
I have read an article, sorry can’t link, the author (a SCOTUS watcher) was arguing that what we are seeing recently is no longer a Roberts Court, but is rather a THOMAS Court.
The Chief, especially a weak chief like Roberts, doesn’t necesarily control the Court; for years it was “the Kennedy Court” even though Justice Kennedy was never the Chief.
The end of R v W, AND Affirmative action have been goals for “Conservatives” for 60+ years, and both happened last term.
Again, just my reading of the cases, gives me optimism but of coarse we’ll see pretty soon.
Hope is good.
Dred Scott case comes to mind. They, the “Supremes”, are fallible mortals, and we can only hope and pray for the correct decision.
NYT vs. Sullivan comes to mind, too.
He has made his deal with the Devil. IMO
Has he no Shame?
They are so damn desperate, it shows miles away. Such stench is terribly unfortunate for most. Our country deserves better. We all know there are more of us than them. They know this as well.
“We all know there are more of us than them. They know this as well.”
indeed. they also know what we have been willing to do thus far. which is why they are no longer afraid of the people.
Exactly
The people can only be pushed so far.
No one realizes that this is intentional to divide and conquer. It doesn’t matter who wins and who loses, just so long as the sides are polarized and ready to fight over the outcome. They did this numerous times during the Arab spring, Egypt, Tunisia, Syria, and several others. They used social media the whole time to make it happen.
A good insight! And one to remember as the world becomes more and more corrupt and blind and blindly accepting.
I hate to have to tell you this, but the future of our country — the continued existence of the United States of America — rests solely in the hands of Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
Feeling better?
wrong.
it is in the people’s hands alone. there is no one coming to our rescue anymore and we had better figure that out soon.
WRONG!
It’s in God’s hands!
Are we, individually and as a society, willing to humble ourselves?
Because if we don’t, God Himself will!
God, he’s such a weakling
I know; all the CRYING at his confirmation hearings; what the heck???
Look past these political and legal squabbles. We have a King on his way who will nuke this whole ludicrous political construct with genuine power. He will take no votes, no polls and no courts. These dilapidated systems are over.
Amen.
alternate thought: the longer this takes to get to SCOTUS, the more time the fascists have to target Thomas politically, or otherwise.
and we all know they are capable and willing to go there.
It’s up to Thomas to shut this down immediately as Roberts did when he was asked to appear before a Senate Committee re: ethics.
They (Lefties) need to get rid of 1 Conservative Justice to swing the Supreme Court to the Left! Thomas is their choice of Conservatives! They get rid of him, the Court goes Left!
And, we would be SCREWED, so that can NOT happen!!!!!!! Lord, hear out prayer . . . !
Its a sad statement about our once great country when it has to continuously rely on nine people to make a decision about things that should have been kicked to the curb a long time ago.
Once the communists took over the govt school system, it was game over.
And removed God from the classrooms.
They made the Bible an eye-roller and seem like a cultish throwback to our students. Once they wormed their way into school admins they chose the staff that would plant those skeptical seeds in the kids thru the classrooms. Pink Floyd had it right.
I was getting it as a 9 year old in 1965! Public school was where we lost the country, and we never dreamed of this tranny shyte.
Now they are removing God from the churches.
Heard today that it’s congress’s job, under checks and balances, to take money from the DOJ when they pull this stuff (Jack Smith) — the founders never guessed 1 to 3 of the branches would become so corrupt that “checks and balances” would no longer work — that they’d PROTECT each other instead of acting as a check…
Just a thought, but is it possible democrats finally realize that their lawfare against Trump has exploded in their face, are now exposed to the world as trying to illegally/extra-legally eliminate their main opposition leader, and now want the Supreme Court to pull the plug on everything to pull them out of this mess? Remember, they thought these 4 different indictments would take Trump out, and they were shocked to see him gain primary support never seen for a non-incumbent.
Remember that for many, Mr Trump is the real incumbent.
That’s right. Our president-in-exile. And not being treated as an incumbent should in an election.
The Democrats, their GOPe allies, the Deep State, and the Administrative State will never give up on their lawfare attacks against PDJT and the MAGA movement, even if Donald Trump is elected as our 47th President. The next five years promise to be among the most tulmultuous in our nation’s history.
And if PDJT is indeed elected in 2024, it will go well beyond lawfare. Living and working in the DC Swamp will be a high risk occupation for anyone directly connected with a new Trump administration, and also for anyone inside the federal government who cooperates with Trump’s second term. It’ll be Baghdad on the Potomac.
All due respect, I would disagree. When President Trump takes office again, there will be no wasted time or effort – he will, in effect, “take no prisoners.” There will be come shyte happening, and it will be fast and absolutely glorious!
Hope so!
BW,
Realistically, there is a binary situation, and in either outcome, the ‘losing side’ is NOT going to accept the outcome.
The “peaceful transfer of Power” is effectively a thing of the pass.
If PDJT is back in the Oval, he must lay waste to the deep state etc. and his enemies WILL fight back hard.
If he is not, and it matters not by what means they prevent it, there is no way our side will accept that as legitimate.
Thats just the way it is, and yes getting him reelected is just the beginning.
For that to happen we must deliver him a repuke congress
The last time he had a Republican Congress they did little other than drag their feet on any meaningful legislation.
We need to forget the GOP and primary RINOs with MAGAs.
IMHO, firstly lets review what we can hypothesise was the Plan.
It was NOT to Imprison PDJT, Nor was it even necesarily to get a conviction, and certainly was no problem if any conviction obtained was overturned.
The PLAN, sketched out between Sea Island and operatives in Obidens Admin and so relayed to DOJ,…
To initiate a series of lawfare actions, to create a media narrative,..a “drip drip” building inexhorably higher.
First the MAL raid, and the narrative that PDJT was illegally storing Classified Nuclear secrets at MAL.
Then the indictments, one after another, each followed by its arraignment, and each with prosecutors ‘leaking’ total falsehoods regarding the case,..around 100 seperate charges, with 4 different indictments in 4 seperate jurisdictions…
THIS would be supplemented by cases brought in multiple States to use 14A3, to keep his name off the ballot.
The combination of this would cause his poll #’s to plummet, donations to dry up and MAGA to be desperate for SOMEBODY to be “Trump without the baggage”.
It would give the RNC the excuse they were dieing for, to justify refusing PDJT the nomination, as being too toxic, even if he did have a lead in delegates, going into the convention.
These cases, are just like Russia Russia; there doesn’t ever have to be an actual FINDING, just the accusation is enough.
And that plan is FAILING, cause “who knew” his #’s, and donations skyrocketed, instead?
And yes, they certainly realise it ain’t working,..there attempts to rig the primaries and caucuses, while they will tey it are also unlikely to be successful, which is why they are starting to batten down the hatches, with some Insurance policies for “in the unlikely event,…” such as the recent absurd NATO legislation.
NO D President, and no OTHER R POTUS would have any inclination to withdraw from NATO, that recent leguslation ONLY makes sense if PDJT is POTUS.
Yes, they realise,..
Hopefully even if the great politician Chief Justice sides with the 3 activist leftists the other 5 justices will uphold the law and the Constitution and save the Republic.
Barret and Roberts were bought off by the Left. Maybe the kids of Roberts was a bit shady, Bingo on him leaning Left now! Barret was/is a disappointment!
The 19 States are listed on this tweet. For some reason, I couldn’t find them in that doc.
Georgia’s not on that list.
Neither are N.C. or VA.
The AG of North Carolina is a Dem. He will be running for governor.
Thx. Did not know that.
I bet it’s all the states w/ GOP AG’s…
Mark Robinson, Lt Governor, also running for Governor. Hope he wins.
Please, God!!
Oh, he’d be a GREAT VP!!!
So will Lt Gen Marc Robinson (R) – A winner in my opinion!
Or Arkansas!
Sarah’s governor.🤔
Adrem,
Why are my pertinent comments being deleted? Is it because I can’t get my tablet to cooperate to post a comment and switch to my laptop? I prefer reading on my tablet b/c the font gets much bigger and easier to read, but it will not cooperate when I try to post a comment.
Brave is very reliable for me and its ‘zoom’ feature is easily accessible.
Hmm, telling
Georgia politics seems to be quite corrupt. 🙁
Nor TN. 🤔
No shocker there…R governor who was all for the steal.
Any amicus filed by state AGs in support of Smith?
I’ve been impressed with multiple Missouri AG’s in the last several years–Josh Hawley (now a U.S. Senator), Eric Schmitt (now also a U.S. Senator), and current AG, Andrew Bailey. Way to go, Show Me State!!!
AGREE.
Was worried when Schmitt followed Hawley into the Senate, about the next AG. Bailey’ pretty good so far! Schmitt, on the other hand, did NOT make us happy by voting to continue funding FISA.
Grateful for UT AG Reyes, a fighter for all things related to citizen rights, upholding and protecting the Constitution, the rule of law and against tyranny.
The supremes have been compromised and weaponized for years… isn’t Mary McCord’s hubby directly tied to Roberts? Conflict of interest much?
They must follow what’s already written in the Constitution if they intend to preserve our Constitutional Republic… they must abstain from rewriting law & instead interpret what’s already written into law. God Bless America!
That’s why they hate Justice Clarence Thomas so much. He reads it the way it was written—and, he’s a faithful Traditional Latin Mass Catholic, attending DAILY Mass!!! Love him!!!
If anyone is writing an expose on the Democrat/Uniparty, feel free to steal my title: Buggery and Skullduggery.
You forgot Thuggery
Wow, do we have the makings of another “stumbling, bumbling, etc”?
Thuggery, Buggery, Skullduggery, ,…can we fit plain old DRUGGERY in there, what with hunters crack pipe and dropped coke?
What else,…we’re on a roll here!
Smuggery?
Smith knew that he was spitting into the wind so why did he do it. Is something else happening that we should take notice of.
In hindsight its obvious to me that the goal of the Gen. Flynn case was to delay sentencing, and therefore the NEWS STORY of the sentencing of Gen. Flynn, until Nov./Oct. of 2020, as yes an “Oct. surprise” to hurt PDJT.
Likewise, Smith KNOWS he won’t obtain a conviction that can withstand appeal, if it even gets to a conviction at all.
His goal is to keep PDJT out of the oval, by keeping him off the ballot.
Thats the goal and so Smith has to get going on generating headlines just as the primaries heat up.
This is a brilliant amicus filed by Meese. His explanation reminds me of how ILLEGAL the appointment of Special Counsel Mueller was by acting AG Rosenstein.
Con artists always demand a speedy answer.
They do so in order that the victims of their scam don’t see the situation for what it is – he is, as the former Attorney General Edwin Meese III and the two Constitutional scholars have said, is not authorized to represent the United States in this or any other matter.
Lawfare is a con, as Sundance has said “a construct, a twisted manipulation of law, specifically intended for media consumption with the end goal to influence public opinion.” He has to keep the con (via the media hype) going otherwise people who know how the law really works will finally have a chance to have their voices heard.
Deep state must believe they have a hammer over the head of the Justices on the Supreme Court to make this pushy move. What the two additional briefs (the States and the Meese et.al.) have done is to remind the Justices that they are indeed, a separate, and equal branch of the government with power and authority to not be intimidated by the hot heads of the swamp who believe they are running the legislative and executive branches.
Really praying these Justices take the escape hatch Meese et.al. have given them.
Amen
Excellent comment. Bravo!
As we have come to expect by Bessie2003, a well reasoned, cogent and succinct comment! Kudos!
Once again, the US is very blessed by Providence to have Merrick Garland anywhere BUT SCOTUS. Now, about getting Garland a job more suited to his abilities than heading DOJ, does anyone know of a whistle factory that needs a pea inspector..?
I know of some steel plant coke oven lids that need constant cleaning.
Nah, nah….sewage treatment plant,…tanks need scrubbing.
Now we’re talking!
I would consign him to work at his master’s residence in Hell.
“Pleased to meet you, Merrick. I appreciate how well you’ve played my game.”
No, but I live near the National Zoo, and they could use help on their doody duty!! But, that’s probably too complicated for him….
How was the Mueller Special Counsel formed and authorized?
imma guess. FBI Senate confirmed loop hole?
Comey leaked material to his buddy who leaked it to the media, IIRC.
Gateway Pundit has the full brief. It is only 24 pages, is very impressive, and well worth the read. It also paints all of Jack Smith’s actions in this and other Trump cases as illegitimate as he has no valid and legal authority. A special counsel must be proposed by the President, authorized by the Senate, and then appointed by the President. None of these things happened.
Former Reagan AG Edwin Meese Claims in Legal Filing: Jack Smith Has “No More Authority to Represent US in Supreme Court than Bryce Harper, Taylor Swift, or Jeff Bezos” | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hoft
Did all that happen with Mueller when Trump was in office?
No. Mueller was appointed by an even more absurd person…an ACTING AG Rosenstein…ACTING for Sessions on all matters Russia because Sessions weirdly recused himself from all things Russia, pulling the rug right out from Trump.
does mueller technically fit that, as a n FBI director.
At that point, Mueller was a private citizen though.
I don’t understand why Sundance thinks the DC appellate court is likely to side with Trump. That circuit is loaded with partisan DemocRats, Trump haters and good old fashioned Coruptocrats.
in view of all the illegal activities of our corrupt government
it is somewhat naive to think that adherence to
the constitution, our country’s laws, human decency
(throw in truth, justice and the american way just for giggles)
will prevail
anything can and will happen in the short term
and, in the long term, whatever is overturned does not
help the immediate situation.
they know this
as long as they prohibit President Trump from taking
office, they don’t care if their actions are overturned
5-10 years from now. They don’t care that books will
be written, movies made detailing their criminal activities.
it will be too late
Anything happening on the idea that jackass smith was not legally appointed, as stated by Meese?
Big thanks to CTH for these very informative briefings.
Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive, or steal an election from the best president ever.
if Trump is taken off the ballot, I hope people realize its time for an
real and extraordinary response that does not regard normal civil discourse as a viable option, because its not.
We realise what you suggest, but we also realise there is NO WAY 14A3 approach actually keeps PDJT off of any ballot.
we need a way to get these devils and their ability to impose influence out of our lives for good. we get one life to live and it doesnt have to be like this.
Shut down MSM and give Tucker, Trish Regan, Neil Oliver, and about a dozen more whose names just blew out my recall, a free hand to act like journalists.
We need to get rid of the Fed Reserve. Boy, I hate Woodrow Wilson!
Real President Trump will be on the ballot, FED.
You don’t need to be fantasizing about sparking a FED riot to blame on MAGA –
again…
Essentially, then, the Meese amicus filing argues that Jack Smith has no standing.
What a perfect, bittersweet irony with which the SC can bookend their fiasco of not taking the original Texas/Attorneys General suit.
while the world burns or stays heavenly, depending on your positioning on it
The government has way too much invested in getting Trump than to allow any court to determine the outcome. All of this against Trump has hooks back to the Russian Collusion set-up and the J6 set-up by the Feds. The outcomes here have all been prearranged.
For folks that trust the Supreme Court as being rule of law based and not politicized, have at it. I don’t. All you have to recall is what Roberts and his team did to save Obamacare. They basically rewrote the law to suit their convoluted ruling.
Never forget, weaponized law enforcement includes the courts. It has to or the weaponization will always fail.
The SCOTUS should go with the Ed Meese option of declaring the special counsel to be Unauthorized by legislation. That would cause both the Washington DC and the Florida case to go “poof.” But that would require a chief justice with gonads, which we are sadly lacking at the moment.
It should be simple, and not political….either it is or isn’t authorized according to the laws and constitution…cut and dry…
“…should be ” being the operative words.
well said
We no longer live under Constitutional law. We live under judicial fiat. The problem is that lawyers and law pundits are still pretending that we have Constitutional law. They are still trying to get the courts to do the right thing via the Constitution. Who thinks Smith would make this request if he didn’t already know what the outcome was going to be?
We are being treated as if we were employees of a company instead of citizens of a country.
the usg is the world’s largest and most corrupt corporation.
Also the world’s largest human trafficker.
we are all still pretending we live under Constitutinal law and a system that is capable of justice. if we stop pretending, then we get to go get the bad guys and start sending them to the potter’s ground with the remaining miscreants on the run for their lives.
> Smith is a modern example of the naked emperor. Improperly appointed, he has no more authority to represent the United States in this Court than Bryce Harper, Taylor Swift, or Jeff Bezos.
Haha! Solid gold.
I hope the SC takes Meese’s amici to heart. They need never reach any charges brought by Smith. The Democrats’ nonsense needs to stop.
Can you imagine how much better the world would be if Judges ruled by the law and not their political bias. Hitler had his Judges, Stalin had his and we have the judges we have allowed our political masters to give us.
Looking forward to the crack of dawn raids of the law firms, Jack and all his associates. Preserve your records Jack.
“However, there is a strong possibility the appeals court will side with President Trump…”
I would be amazed by such an outcome from the DC Circuit court of appeals. Please share the rationale for this potentiality.
I am highly intrigued and hopefully inspired by the filing challenging the legitimacy of Smith. I am not an attorney, but I can read and comprehend sufficiently well to appreciate the logic stated by Meese, et al., and how a favorable ruling on same by the SCOTUS would wreck Smith’s personal war upon PDJT.
Between the Colorado absurdity, Smith’s appeal, and the seemingly very reasonable challenge to Smith’s legitimacy, we will soon be able to make an assessment of the constitutional objectivity of this SCOTUS.
My raging, favorable bias toward PDJT notwithstanding, I am not highly confident that what I perceive to be just in all of these matters will be affirmed by the SCOTUS.
The headline is not supported in the text. The link to “19 States” is to Trump’s opposition, not to anything else. There is no evidence at all about 19 States and the headline says they support the immunity decision, which was adverse to Trump.
All due respect, here is the sentence in Sundance’s post: “To support the position of Donald Trump, 19 states filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court today [pdf Here].”
I have often been accused of disliking idiots immensely. If you want to see what an idiot looks like, peer into the mirror when you brush your teeth.
Read, actually read, the articles you choose to comment on. Read them, follow the links and citations, or just get lost… it matters not, because you are an idiot, and we have no time for this nonsense.
Touché
Until there has been a proper, transparent and independent investigation of the 2020 presidential election to acertain that the many, many claims are fraud are not true, the simplest explanation of the determined effort to prevent an investigation points in only one direction – that there was indeed massive vote fraud. Why would a candidate that could only draw at the most only a couple of thousand at his meetings get a massive number of votes while the president drawing crowds of tens of thousands and got more votes than any previous presidential winner lose? President Trump should not be faced with slanderous charges till this issue is first resolved because it would prove the charges slanderous and all those bringing them should be jailed and stripped of their legal licences.
Typo
“many claims
areof fraud are not true”Except for “the stupid people” anomalies could fill a book, and everybody knows that Biden was elected by “Massive Fraud”. The corrupt media has been instrumental in nurturing those “stupid people”. If you want to get sick, spend a few mornings listening to the callers on CSPAN “Washington Journal”. Ignoramuses Personified. No wonder this Nation is on the brink.
These scumbags don’t give a rip about the law. They are lawless. They only want Trump convicted and jailed before the election. In their zeal to prevent Trump from winning they spied on him, launched a special counsel that harassed him for two years, impeached him, unleashed a bio weapon on the world, rigged and stole an election, impeached him again, raided his home, indicted him with bogus made up crimes and now kicked him off the ballot in Colorado with politicians in black robes. The Rubicon has been crossed. The Republic is over.
Fu***ng Lawfare! This is an attempt by tyrants to not only fail Donal Trump’s candidacy in 2024, but to bind-up the legal process.
Jail Jack Smith!
If the rumors were true back in 2020 and Justice Thomas and Roberts were screaming at each other about taking up the Texas challenge to the election, I bet Thomas yelling this will tear the country apart if ignored, are haunting Roberts. Four years later and it is all coming to a head now. Thomas is such a genius and a good man on top of it.
The Supremes are already on trial with the American public. They best do the right thing.
Jack Sprat will eventually get what is due him, either in this life or the next. Either way, he loses for being a despicable human being.
After reading the content of the briefs submitted by the Trump team, I am even more suspicious of the eventual rulings by SCOTUS. Smith’s briefs cite and reference allegations of criminal misconduct. His language is plain and specific, despite it being bullshit. The Trump team doesn’t even defend the President with the volumes of evidence on his side documenting his innocence. Instead, they advance legal theory and the reverence for precedent, which no longer carry any weight in this communist infected institution. Keep in mind, except for Thomas and Alito, the squirts who sit on the bench now are all very sensitive to pressure and polling. Again, the hard votes against President Trump are Jackson, Sotomayor, Kagan, and Roberts. All they need is a quisling like Kavanaugh to join with them. He’s the pussy who cried in front of the world when the dems lied about him raping women. I don’t like the odds.
Smith is simply asking the Court to agree with him that Trump’s public statements, made while he was “the sitting President” and presumed to be in pursuit of his Article 2 Section 3 duty to “take Care,” are somehow now “a crime.” They are not. And this same Court has ruled to that effect many times over the past two hundred years.
The venom in his argument is to phrase the question as: can “crimes committed while in office” be protected by immunity? This is an entirely false framing, akin to the logical fallacy of “begging the question.”
Yep. President Trump was impeached for the contrived crime of Insurrection on January 13th 2021, while he was still in office.
He was then acquitted by the Senate in February post facto his time in office of the same criminal contrivance presented by Jack Smith—Double Jeopardy? So, how is it that the Former President can be charged and tried for the crime he was already acquitted of—that is in the only manner a POTUS can be tried—through the impeachment process. The immunity question should be mute.
A dick, a dollar, a ten o’clock scholar is my view of Jack Smith
It doesn’t matter what their argument is. Roberts and Kavanaugh hate trump as much as the Democrats.
Embarrassing. All “prosecutors and their appellate counterpart attorneys” should be prosecuted in a military tribunal for treason.
Who is Jack Smith?
What’s his real name?
Does he sign all legal documents using a fake name?
How would that effect all his attempted legal actions?
Prescient points.
I can see you’ve been researching. Lots of scuttle butt about this guy’s real identity.
Asking similar questions about Mary (Marty) McCord. Her back story is non existent. Apparently she was hatched at Georgetown law at the age of twenty.
Interesting where government attorneys land:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedtech_scandal
Thanks, must have missed that one, I was busy at the time.
Reminds me of issues presented during Nixon Agnew years:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Spiro-Agnew
But, as the recent amicus scholars take pains to point out, “Nixon is different.”
These people are so dark, so driven by demonic forces. Trump’s crime is going after them, or at least threatening to do so. Their long-standing, systemic corruption puts them at great jeopardy for investigation and prosecution themselves. Thus, they have made Trump and anyone else who exposes and challenges this cabal of criminality a TARGET for absolute destruction.
These are dark times for the USA. Officially, we can call ourselves the USSA with these despots, illegitimately in power, abusing us all.
PDJT’s “crime” was defeating Felonia von Pantsuit in 2016.
Patriots are now in control and we are witnessing desperate acts. This Politico article arrives simultaneously as news about Sullivan (and Lawfare’s latest attack on our Republic): https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/12/20/trump-civil-service-00132459
Obviously, the three letter agencies no longer work for “we the People” and must be dismantled.
I believe Mr. Smith has more to worry about if SCOTUS happens to respond to the Meese Amicus Brief in a negative way for him.
Because it’ll be more than just this case he will have to attend to.
For those not aware, former AG, Ed Meese, and two distinguished legal scholars have simultaneously filed an amicus curaie with the Supreme Court challenging the very validity of Jack Smith’s appointment as a special prosecutor.
Interesting argument.
And the opinions of those particular scholars have been “cited as authorities” in previous Supreme Court decisions!