How #JohnRoberts Went Full #MAGA

A revealing article in The NYT details how the #ChiefJustice put his thumb on the scale for #Trump to keep him on the #ballot & out of #jail.

by ELIE MYSTAL
#law #SCOTUS
thenation.com/article/politics

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@Nonilex but that's not how the Supreme Court works.

So you're basically promoting a conspiracy theory here that just doesn't match the real world.

@volkris

> but that's not how the Supreme Court works

Specifically what has @Nonilex cited that you disagree with? What 'conspiracy theory' is being promoted here? Please elaborate.

@Nonilex

@ralfmaximus

The Supreme Court sitting as a court of appeals doesn't get to decide who does and does not go to jail in general. That's just not within its authority. So these stories just don't make sense to anyone familiar with basic US civics.

And yeah, it is a conspiracy theory to talk about people getting together to coordinate for some end goal like that.

The US government was specifically set up not to allow the sort of stories that this is promulgating.

@Nonilex

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