He likes the perception of power more than power itself. He declares victory, gets it ‘stolen’ and then is ‘forced’ to leave. He then starts a media company or something.

He’ll lose MI, WI, and AZ. That’s enough to tip Biden over the edge

  • darkcalling [comrade/them, she/her]
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    4 years ago

    I think there is honestly a good chance the SCOTUS refuses to save him. I think this is because he misunderstands they have no loyalty to him for appointing them, their loyalty is to the American liberal capitalist institutions and the capitalists they keep in power.

    I think enough injustices on the Supreme Court are going to be convinced by Roberts that they have to protect the institutional legitimacy of the SCOTUS over Trump and will refuse to intervene. Also Biden has talked about reforming the court but they know he's a cuck who will form a bipartisan commission and may not even change anything, if they try and steal the election for Trump the next person they get may not be and doing this for multiple states is a bit different than just one state and it may be too much and they may fear it will cloud their legitimacy which is already hanging by a thread with Democrats thanks to ACB's appointment. Doing things like overturning Roe v Wade and protecting corporate interests is more important than keeping in office the orange man who is bad at imperialism and threatening to rip down the stage curtail that hides the machinery to expose it as all nonsense. As an institution with power only by the fact that people respect it, it is very much invested in keeping institutional respect going.

    That said they could still do it but the way things are going they may not get to the case before Biden wins or gets enough votes that Trump has no path to victory remaining.

    • MerryChristmas [any]
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      4 years ago

      I know how dumb this sounds but I'm asking it in good faith: how much do they really give a shit about overturning Roe v. Wade? Or I guess what I'm asking is, what's the material benefit of overturning Roe v. Wade? I can't imagine any of these ghouls are honestly defending or opposing abortion based on moral reasoning. It seems like politicians have a lot more to gain by talking about abortion than by acting on it?

      • Godzilla [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Yeah I doubt they will outright overturn it. They will just uphold all the ridiculous laws that red states implement which will make abortion nearly impossible to access which will work as effectively banning it. It's a tool of the gop to get the evangelical vote more than anything.

      • Godzilla [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        I'm much more worried about the labor rights and environmental protections they will strip away. They have actual monetary motivation to do those things. Nobody is going to get richer by overturning Roe v Wade.

      • notaliberal [any]
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        4 years ago

        Overturning roe v wade would be killing the goose laying golden eggs.

    • GruttePier [any]
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      4 years ago

      I agree. Why would they spend their political capital on Trump when the court is already majority republican.

      The ideal outcome for the GOP generally would be Biden presidency with at least a Senate majority for republicans: Trump is gone from office, Biden is stuck with the economic fallout from corona while politically unable to do anything substantive (not that he would either way).

      From what I understand the ideal situation is basically coming to fruition for the republicans.

    • OhWell [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I agree here. The election isn't as close for SCOTUS to really save him here. Biden leads the popular vote now by over 3 million.

      Trump has already served his purpose for the GOP by getting them 3 SCOTUS justices and being able to radically change the courts in general. They're playing the long game. Their future don't hinge on this.