Posted on 12/30/2023 5:21:04 AM PST by MtnClimber
“Like many people, I assumed every impeachment, every indictment, every criminal count would be the end of him.” — Robert B. Reich, celebrated Trump hunter, career summation.
And just like that — snap ! — the news about the Colorado Supreme Court’s droll action against candidate DJ Trump vanished from the front page (or top screens) of The New York Times. Do you know why? I’ll tell you: Because the political Left has finally managed to embarrass itself with a “lawfare” gambit so nakedly fatuous that it exposes the faction’s drive to destroy the election process, and with it our country.
This is what you get from a regime that faked its way to power and now must strain to cover up its long train of crimes, abuses, and effronteries to common sense, while running out of tricks to keep fooling even its own deranged followers. Somehow, the act of kicking a leading candidate off the ballot has finally registered as inconsistent with “defending our democracy.”
Of course, the reckless abuse of law — “lawfare” — proceeds from the Left’s disrespect for boundaries and limits, which is exactly what law in principle concerns itself with. And from there it’s a quick leap into totalizing bad faith, the operating system for government under an imposter president, “Joe Biden.” Suddenly, mere days before Christmas, when the people want to be preoccupied with things other than politics, events merge explosively to shape the fate of the nation.
In a sane world, the US Supreme Court would not just summarily strike down the Colorado ruling, but would issue a career-ending rebuke to the brain-damaged state justices who managed to not learn a basic principle of due process: innocent until proven guilty — that to brand someone a criminal, there must be a record of indictment and conviction for a particular crime, and that, in the case of Mr. Trump, a politically-motived fairy tale about an “insurrection” doesn’t cut it.
Also, in a sane world interested in truth and justice, the Republican-majority Congress would have months ago convened new hearings about the Jan 6/21 Capitol riot to undo the manifold perfidious frauds instigated by the previous Democrat-majority committee under Chairman Bennie Thompson. By now, testimony should have been compelled from Nancy Pelosi, the then Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund, and former Defense Secretary Chris Miller about Ms. Pelosi’s refusal to call in national guard troops to reinforce security around the building, and to answer for the odd behavior of the Capitol Police, such as opening doors for the mob and then serving as ushers to show off the place. It seems obvious that many elected Republicans also have an interest in supporting the Jan 6/21 “insurrection” fairy tale. Do you still wonder why the evil entity infesting Washington is called “the blob”?
The Substack blogger who styles himself as El Gato Malo offers the alluring theory that a SCOTUS ruling on whether the 14th Amendment clauses that were applied to the presidency in the Colorado case, could enable Special Counsel Jack Smith to slip-in a superseding indictment (replacing the original indictment) in his DC Jan 6 case against Mr. Trump with new insurrection / rebellion charges, thus setting-up a fortified argument for states to chuck Mr. Trump off any ballot. More “lawfare,” you see. Whatever it takes. . .!
More curiously even, we learn today, that an amicus brief has been filed in the SCOTUS by former Attorney General Ed Meese (under Ronald Reagan), and two constitutional law professors, Steven Calabresi and Gary S. Lawson, challenging the legality altogether of Jack Smith’s appointment as special counsel for prosecuting Mr. Trump. The amicus is filed in the matter of Jack Smith’s certiorari petition to the court to schedule Mr. Trump’s DC trial the same day as the Super Tuesday primary —against the defendant’s objections. The amicus presents compelling arguments that Attorney General Merrick Garland acted illegally in appointing Mr. Smith, and if SCOTUS chucks him out of the special counsel job, the whole mendaciously constructed scaffold of the Jan 6 prosecution goes out the window, along with the Mar-a-Lago documents case.....
2024 will be “interesting times”.
it was always only a matter of time before the progressive democrats lifted up their proverbial skirt to show EVERYONE what’s really under it. it is a very ugly view and to the chagrin of every fair minded democrat and moderate on BOTH sides of the aisle, it is genuinely a sight that can never be Unseen.
Alinsky Rules for Radicals.
7. “A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drag.”
Over used lawfare has lost its clout. It’s actually helping Trump.
Chinese curse: "May you live in interesting times."
When reading this article I thought “Wow, it’s really bad for the left when they’ve has lost William Kunstler”, (the psycho leftist radical lawyer). Then I realized that the writer was James Kunstler, who is unrelated to crazy Bill (he died in 1995). Still a good article that makes some good points.
Yes, that is exactly what I was referring to.
Over used lawfare has lost its clout. It’s actually helping Trump.
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True....Not to say they will stop the lawfare but they have endless Plan Bs.
Kunsler is correct and asks what should be an obvious question already asked, no screamed, by all fair minded people: WHY HAVE NEITHER CONGRESS NOR THE scrotus STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE AND ENDED THIS MADNESS OF UNJUST AND ILLEGAL LAWFARE?
My sister lives in Maine and is trumpeting their SOS.
For the next five years plan on unremitting riot battalions in the cities, swatting, vandalism, looting, mayhem.
She must be an exception or Maine wouldn’t have RCV.
His approval ratings and campaign fundraising go up with every new bogus lawfare charge. As they should.
Little teapot dictators find out they don’t wield as much power as they wish.
Maine has the latest dictator.
Even some dems oppose the little tyrants.
But, we have to remember that for dems it is the seriousness of the charges not the weight of the evidence. Trump has been charged with a lot, and has yet to be convicted of any of substance.
Any thoughts from those here on the viability of challenging Smiths appointment as special prosecutor by Garland? Does this have legs and will it be ruled on while it still matters?
The GOP will continue to sit on the curb as the demonrats roll out the spike strip.
long train of crimes, abuses, ....
Trump
“When in the Course of human events...”
Didn’t happen in 2021. We were told to look to 2024 election..
So, will it reach a point that those words get uttered or posted in 2024/25?
The other half of that curse reads, “...and may you come to the attention of important people.”
We’ve been in “interesting times” since 2020. And will continue to be, until Jesus returns.
It’s coming, everyone feels it, that’s why everyone is on edge, everyone is hunkering down, not trusting in authority figures (government), or each other.
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