The Hall of Fire

You might feel that way, but I won't. On the contrary, I will believe that the reaction that we are seeing right now is symptomatic of the same malaise that led to Trump being elected and elected again. We shouldn't need the Supreme Court to save us from that.

N.E. Brigand wrote: ↑Sat Apr 27, 2024 8:05 pm Should President Biden hint to the Supreme Court that he's willing to play hardball to force them to do the right thing?

No. Emphatically no.

While I am disappointed with some of the oral argument on this case, I am far more disappointed by the response to it.

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There is something really wrong about having 538.com without Nate Silver.

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Yes, after Pecker expressed concern about being prosecuted for campaign finance violations.

Lee Kovarsky's analysis tracks my own pretty closely (and is somewhat more optimistic than most other takes I have seen).

Yes, that is what I meant.

One possible result is that that the SCO proceeds on solely the clearly non-official acts alleged in the indictment in order to be be able to move forward without further delay, but Dreeban seemed reluctant to agree to that in the part of the argument that I heard. It may not be his call however.

I agree that Roberts is likely the swing vote, but I don't think it is completely clear what he will do. We'll know in a couple of months.

Boom!

This sounds encouraging.

Interesting.

This, on the other hand, is a big deal legally.

Legally, this is not a big deal, but still ...

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Christina Bobb, too

And going some 1,600 miles south-by-southwest from Michigan: " Arizona grand jury has indicted Trump allies for 2020 election interference " ( Politico ). Donald Trump is "Unindicted Co-Conspirator 1." (Ken Chesebro is "Unindicted Co-Conspirator 4.") Only some of the e...

I'm sure there are reasons, but it seems wrong to me (and I would guess to you as well) that Trump is an uninvited co-conspirator in both states. He is the head of the snake.