GOP resolution calls on SCOTUS to ‘intervene’ in Trump’s hush money case (www.politico.com)

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Rep. William Timmons (R-S.C.) introduced a resolution Friday urging the Supreme Court to “intervene” in the hush money case against former President Donald Trump before the 2024 election — a move that experts say is a political stunt that faces significant legal obstacles.

Citing the “All Writs Act,” by which the court “may issue all writs necessary or appropriate in aid of their respective jurisdictions and agreeable to the usages and principles of law,” the resolution calls on SCOTUS to intervene in the case “with all deliberate speed and possible urgency.”

The resolution argues for the court’s intervention on the basis that Americans need to make “informed decisions” in the upcoming election. It also echoes Trump’s oft-used complaint that the trial — and ultimately conviction — stemmed from the “politically motivated prosecution by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.”

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[-] [email protected] 29 points 3 weeks ago

I would agree that Americans need to make "informed decisions" in the upcoming election - for instance, they need to be "informed" of the fact that one of the candidates is a convicted felon.

And on another note, here's that "politically motivated" thing again.

Just as I noted the other day, when Alito trotted it out, how is there even a notion that it matters?

Let's just run with the assumption that the prosecution was "politically motivated." So what? The trial worked exactly the way a trial is meant to work - the jury heard the evidence and rendered a verdict based on the evidence.

What on earth does the supposed motivation of the prosecutor have to do with anything?

[-] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago

While I agree with your point, political motivation is prosecution is a bad thing. Look at the way the hunter Biden story is paraded around as if Joe biden did something wrong. Selectively prosecuting people for political reasons is a hallmark of fascism. So, it does matter, but just not in this case.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago

one of the candidates is a convicted felon.

And a rapist and a guy who wants to throw out the constitution. Let's not forgot those.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago

I don't think it's even within SCOTUS' ability to do anything about this state-level ruling.

Not that "you can't legally do that" has ever been a barrier to Republicans before.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

Sadly I think original jurisdiction of SCOTUS means they could choose to jump the line and hear the case. However it would be unprecedented to do so as a) they don't have time to review every state felony case and b) his lawyers have yet to actually make a case that the trial was performed wrongly.

But in this case, Trump does want an appeal, but probably can't wait til June '25 to have it

[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

I don't know enough about this subject clearly, but has there ever been a similar situation where SCOTUS overturned a case like this? Not against a former president, obviously, but that shouldn't be relevant. There have been other cases where political candidates have been convicted of violating state campaign finance laws. Has SCOTUS ever intervened?

[-] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

I don't think so, but they have also used their shadow docket more and more to do things that are unprecedented. It's not 100% unbelievable.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Steve Vladeck wrote a book about that ... The Shadow Docket: How the Supreme Court Uses Stealth Rulings to Amass Power and Undermine the Republic.

In a CNN interview he also said that "for the first 200 years of the Supreme Court’s existence, Congress was regularly involved in conversations about the shape and size of the court’s docket, which kinds of cases the court was hearing, how much business it was conducting". One wonders why that oversight stopped.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

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