Clay Bennett for April 27, 2024

That would be funny if it weren’t maddening. This “court” leans so far Trumpward that it’s a wonder they can stand up by themselves.

That’s about right for government.

The Republican Supreme Court is doing everything it can to preclude their cult leader from coming to trial before the election.

This should have been rejected by the court months ago and should have allowed the lower court ruling to stand. Instead, they are attempting to restart the process all over for Trump’s benefit.

SCOTUS is now totally unfair, so unfair and a total disgrace.

When the highest court in the land is corrupt, there is no justice! They’ve granted themselves immunity from responsibility

Gorsuch totally jumped in to rescue the flailing (you-know-who) lawyer, interrupting Soto with a “Perhaps we need more hearings to discuss and explore this…”

“Oh yeah, yeah, I totally agree, we need a lot more time to explore this…”

The MAGA SCOTUS in (in)action, once again. delay, obfuscate, delay…

It’s OK to prosecute the minions who carry out criminal acts, but not the King who ordered it – who can then prevent that prosecution or pardon his co-conspirators.

It’s called a MONARCHY you dimwit stupid MAGAs!

There are five reactionaries on the Uncle Thomas Court. Where’s the fifth?

If the SCCOTUS (Supremely Corrupt Court Of The U.S.) allows presidential immunity, then the very least President Biden should do is order complete audits of all their tax returns, release those audits to the public, and then prosecute as needed.

The maga-republicans on the Court are completely determined to kick the American people in the face just to show they have the power to do it. The only good thing is they’ve completely and publicly abandoned any pretense to objectivity and have exposed their political agenda. At some point, it will be a requirement to ignore this court’s decisions. The court has lost its legitimacy and they’re not even trying to restore it.

SCOTUS has a severe case of MAGA. Caution: activate anger management before continuing.

Google: United States Supreme court Trump leaning

Google: US Supreme Court justices in Trump case lean toward some level of immunity Reuters

The Supreme Court’s conservative justices signaled support on Thursday for U.S. presidents having some level of protection from criminal charges for certain acts taken in office as it tackled Donald Trump’s claim of immunity from prosecution for trying to undo his 2020 election loss.

It should have been asked, “So a sitting president could have a judge who didn’t rule in his favor killed and that would be legal?”

And they accuse us of lawfare!

Furrowing their somber brows, the oh-so sage “Originalists” claim that surely the Founders would have knelt before The Diddling Dunderhead.

New Geico ad. “You could save 30% or more by switching back to Trump”.

The 6 SCOTUS right-wingers lean so far to the right that their right ear lobes might become attached to their right shoulders.

I looked up Henry Syverson and sure enough the same cartoon that was published and widely circulated in the early 00’s is more relevant today.

The Extreme Court is a disgrace to our legal system. If this is the way they operate maybe we’d be better off without them.

This is the first time I’ve been to this site. As a conservative the water’s really cold. I don’t think I knew how much you Lefties were counting on getting Trump stopped before the election. Be patient. The wheels of justice grind slowly. November will be here soon enough and a jury of the American electorate will decide the issue.

Feeling like 1930s Germany…

Biden on the Howard Stern show yesterday…“I thought, “Let me just go to the Delaware Memorial [Bridge] and jump.’” If only.

SCOTUS is just doing what its owners, the Federalist Society + millionaires + the Heritage Foundation, tell them to do. Essentially the six wake up every morning and say “Thank you, sir, may I have another?”

We want it done in a timely manner. We also want it to be just and unbiased.

You can thank Mitch McConnell for this Court.

If Trump gets convicted of at least some of the felony charges against him in the NYC case (if not DC and/or GA), he will likely get house arrest at Mar a Lago as opposed to federal prison. If that be the case, his oversized ego will likely keep him in the race (it would be difficult, I would guess, to run from jail). And it would be the voters who will have the final say on Trump in November. I would surmise that independent swing voters would be reluctant to vote for a convicted felon. As for the SCOTUS, my desire is that on January 2025 the White House will remain Democratic and that the Senate Democrats can widen their majority so that when Thomas and/or Alito either fall ill or retire, Biden can appoint Justices to replace them and we can start rebalancing the SCOTUS. Enacting 20 year term limits for Justices and replacing the filibuster with an up and down vote would help too.

I expect the conservative justices on the court to hand Trump some version of partial immunity to cover his backside.

The pro republican anti Constitution right wing Supreme jerks are more for Trump than USA law.

SCOTUS is slowly trying to solve a Rubik’s Cube to somehow legally get the Tramp back in office. By the time the smoke finally clears, it will be an act of deception rivaling David Copperfield.

The SC magat six will make sure that T’s immunity trial will not proceed until the next election is over. The fix is in.

Before retirement I was a tax accountant. I have a plaque of the same four yayhoos on my study wall with a calendar showing the date of April 15th.

Remember, dear lefties, just because you dislike somebody, it doesn’t make them guilty of a crime

Where is Trump appointee Amy Coney Barrett??

Wisdom rant from Dr. Cox:

We’ve been involved in every ridiculous MAGA-induced panic there is. Poison pills, SARS, West Nile, North Face, South Fork, East River, Ebola, monkey pox, Pop Rocks, toilet snakes, mad cow, kung flu, bird flu, swine flu, dog flu, cat flu, MAGA flu, and, quite frankly, every other flu that you could really only catch if you actually fornicate with the animal it’s named for. And as a parting gift, I will tell you this. Narrow it down to two symptoms: vomiting and diarrhea, because it’s just not MAGA E. Coli unless it’s firing out both exits.

…Oh yeah, and COVID is a Democrat “hoax”, according to Dr. Quackenbush Fern.

I know the dishonest reactionaries on the Court don’t mind being thought dishonest. What I’m hoping for is they will not like the idea of all intelligent people laughing at them, because what Traitor Trump’s crooked and incompetent lawyers are asking for is legendarily stupid, in addition to evil.

Those characters look similar to Al Capp’s Shmoos… well, except they’re wearing clothes and have arms, anyway, Still, they seem familiar, like WWII-era ’toons?

You can lay it all on Mitch McConnell (forever cursed be his name), who abolished the Senate Filibuster for judiciary nominations. Minority rule by the tiny, MAGA-run states are the result, with autocratic Republican crime-family members voting lock-step to appoint unqualified partisan judges at all levels.

And I repeat, conservatives are the enemy of the U.S. and have been since 1774.

Roberts’ solution for the homeless: Get a home. He needs an extensive mental health evaluation.

I’m sure when the Supreme Court issues its decision, it will be the right one. I mean the far right one.

An alternate caption from today’s Matt Wuerker cartoon is particularly apt, in which the Founding Fathers discuss the possibility of a dictatorial tyrant assuming the Presidency:

“And of course, if a sociopathic megalomaniac were to become President, someone with no respect for the Constitution, Truth, or even basic civility… or the peaceful transfer of power, we should absolutely grant him total immunity… you know, like a King!”

(hilarity breaks out)

And there are plenty of other adjectives that could have been used, but space was limited.

True, SCOTUS should not be taking joke cases.