[Gahanna Bob]

I miss you on Twitter but I understand. Twitter is such a sewer.

[Macoozie]

“Roberts will not be on the losing side”

That’s the key.

He’ll vote the winning side. Does not want to be seen on this as The Loser.

[Gratia]

Nice to see you. I quit twit a long time ago. Far more downside than up.

[blueunicorn6]

In order to become a Zen Master, you must be able to answer a Zen koan.

Here is the one I had:

“What is the sound of one hand clapping?”

My answer:

“Whiff whiff whiff”

I am like a Black Belt in Zen.

[Disestablishmentarian]

Did ZM ever say why SCOTUS refused to get involved in the election fraud/treason?

Is it possible those sources are right who say Trump was screwed by his own legal team (mainly Rudy & the WH Counsel), and that the evidence of election fraud was never actually brought to court, or at least not to SCOTUS ... presumably because some of those the President trusted the most were compromised?

The stench of the 2020 election is not going away for a long, long time.

[mlo]

"*He thinks the 6th Circuit will uphold the ban on vax requirements by the 5th, and that any appeal will not be heard by the USSC, ending the vax mandates. *He thinks the Dobbs ruling will be 6-3, with Roberts joining K & ACB to overturn Roe. *I asked if Roberts would try to weasel out with a "compromise." He said he may try, but can't. Any variation from "viability" would itself represent a new moving target and create bigger headaches. *I asked if he thought Roberts could bully/persuade K or ACB to going to the left with him. He said flat no. *My inference: Roberts will not be on the losing side on this. So when he sees that ACB and K are not moving, he will adjust accordingly. *BTW, I asked if it was true that the justices HAVE ALREADY VOTED on this, and he said yes. The tradition is the day after oral arguments, they take a straw vote on the case. Now, he said on occasion people switch their votes between the straw vote and the final written decision. Roberts himself did this on one of the earlier abortion cases. But it's highly unusual. Justices do not normally "buttonhole" other justices and try to persuade them. *He was "cautiously optimistic" the court will rule correctly here."

All of this is pretty much the informed opinion. Doesn't take a secret source.

[Yardstick]

*bump*

[SauronOfMordor]

I think the Democrats WANT Roe to be overturned, in order to outrage and energize their base.

Otherwise they are in trouble in 2022 and 24.

I think the game plan is to tell their base: ok, with Roe gone, abortion is up to state control, so we need to win lots of states.