It’s possible that the entire political edifice is corrupt. I’m not certain to say either way.
However, I DO know that this issue will come down to the judgement of nine individuals. When considering their verdict, those nine individuals will have to make some very hard choices.
Down one path lies the impeachment of the “first black president”, political dislocation, the condemnation of most of the political establishment and media, the “confirmation” of America as a fundamentally racist nation, and possible civil unrest and riots following a verdict against Obama.
Down the other path lies the status quo and stability. You will be cursed and vilifed, but only by “fringe” elements of the political spectrum. There is the possibility of civil war, but far into the future.
Which path do you think (realistically) that our Supreme Court is likely to take?
I do not believe the USSC will toss the Constitution into the toliet on something so fundamental as this. There is no pernumbras lurking about here. It is black and white.
We have seen SC dominated by Republican appointees force a sitting Republican president to turn over the means of his destruction. So it cannot be ruled out that justice will be done.