Former President Donald Trump has tried every legal trick in the book to postpone his four upcoming criminal trials past election day.

But his master plan just ran into a big problem.

That’s because the Supreme Court showed it’s willing to move at lightning speed this week, when it agreed to fast-track an urgent request from Special Counsel Jack Smith about an issue that risks jamming up the legal works. In a system that can sometimes take years to reach resolution, the high court just got back to Smith in less than one day.

In other words, the Supreme Court just showed it understands the urgency of the situation. While this week’s action was only an early indicator and hardly a final decision on the merits of the pending appeal related to Trump’s Jan. 6 case, the court reacted with the kind of warp speed that suggests Trump’s attempt to bog things down could be doomed.

  • Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Why don’t we have a court that’s above all the other ones. Some kind of absolute, all-powerful, mighty court that rules on all the other courts and decides if it’s just.

    We could call it: Court Supreme

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        Lawyers will need to roll a Burrito Supreme while making their arguments. Then it is eaten by the bailiff and points are deducted for each piece of food that is spilled.

        Why? Because only the pure of heart can roll a good burrito.

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          1 year ago

          Are you sure Judge Gen, Almighty Judge on High of All Beings Living and Dead for All Eternity, is not the more appropriate judge of this sort of thing?