If the Supreme Court Can't Agree on Jan. 6, the Country Never Will (Time not happy)

Time ^ | 2/8/24 | Philip Eliot

[cotton1706]

When Kellyanne Conway injected into the political bloodstream the phrase of art “alternative facts” just two days into then-President Donald Trump’s tenure in the White House, much of Washington found itself undulating between disbelief and despondent. Were the very basics of verifiable truths going to be in dispute for the length of the Trump era?

Now, roughly seven years later, the question seems quaint—especially on a day when the Supreme Court met to consider if Trump was even eligible to seek a third presidential nomination in eight years given the events that took place on Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol. This column is less about the case before the Justices on Thursday—of which they seemed firmly opposed to allowing a little-used portion of the Constitution to bar the GOP frontrunner from the ballot—and more about how those in the courtroom talked about a dark day in our country that was also one of the most well-documented events in recent memory.

It was, to be blunt, like watching a counterfactual history, one in which the then-President of the United States did not summon his most ardent supporters to Washington, give them a pep talk in the wake of a decided loss at the ballot, and dispatch them to the Capitol with the stated mission of cajoling Congress to ignore voters’ will and to substitute their own pro-Trump judgment. Frustratingly, it neatly mirrored the divergent realities in American politics that seem dictated by party allegiance more than not-that-distant memory. Rather than accept what plainly happened before our eyes, several of the Justices seemed all too willing to paint a bald attack on democracy as something far less sinister.

[MrRelevant]

Its appears they all agree…. No insurrection lol

[Huskrrrr]

Time is still around?

[TStro]

So good to see all the liberals crying
Great day for patriots

[TStro]

https://news.yahoo.com/trump-accuses-fulton-county-da-225410099.html
Now Fani has been accused of lying in court
Maybe another nail in her coffin

[tet68]

“... the stated mission of cajoling Congress...”.

Cajoling...now a crime.

[gibsonguy]

Yes “Time” is still out there but it is just another leftest rag on a par with AP.

[gibsonguy]

Yes “Time” is still out there but it is just another leftest rag on a par with AP.

[Mouton]

Meanwhile where is the a hole ga governor on this?

[apillar]

I hope they put this to rest once and for all and don’t try to take some “Robert’s Middle Ground” path just to get a unanimous ruling, something like saying Trump can stay on the ballot because he hasn’t been convicted on anything related to January 6, but if he is then the states can bring another case.

[xp38]

Time’s time is getting short.

[Steve_Seattle]

"When Kellyanne Conway injected into the political bloodstream the phrase of art “alternative facts” just two days into then-President Donald Trump’s tenure in the White House, much of Washington found itself undulating between disbelief and despondent."

That's because much of Washington is dishonest and stupid. The existence of "alternate facts" is basic to the art of debate. When college debate teams are assigned an issue to debate, it is assumed that ALTERNATE FACTS will be brought into play by the opposing sides. These are the facts which best support the position they have been assigned to defend. ALL debate presupposes that alternate facts may be summoned in defense of more than one position, and if "Washington" doesn't understand this it shows how far down the road to totalitarianism they are.

[The Old Hoosier]

Not to worry, they will all agree 9-0!!!

[Texan4Life]

Justice Kavanaugh to Colorado: “President Trump has not been charged with [insurrection].”

https://x.com/RSBNetwork/status/1755640037826318484

[ronnie raygun]

J6 patriots locked up need to be replaced by those who put them there

[Peter ODonnell]

If waving a flag and putting on a moose head isn’t insurrection, then what is? /s