Monday 4 March 2024

US Supreme Court gives blessing to Donald Trump

Well it wasn't really a surprise but the US Supreme Court has unanimously ruled against their fellow judges in Colorado who decided it as right to ban Trump's name from appearing on the ballot sheets in the state because they concluded he had violated the Constitution by being involved in an insurrection to throw out the legitimate government. The New York supreme court said only Congress could throw someone out of the presidential race. Everyone except the judges in Colorado knew that to be the case but well done for trying. Anyway, Trump of course has leapt on the ruling as a great victory for him which I guess it is, even if it was widely anticipated. Now he has his much bigger challenge coming up in April when the Supreme Court will hear the arguments over whether he should enjoy immunity from prosecution whatever dastardly deeds he has been accused of. The assumption among the legal community is that Trump will lose this one, otherwise it sets a very dangerous precedent for errant presidents in the future. So I doubt even Trump thinks he will win this one, but if he did, he would be off the hook altogether. But I anticipate the judges will say Trump cannot enjoy immunity and should face trial on the 91 criminal charges like any other citizen of the United States would. So Citizen Trump will have to spend a lot of time in the dock between now and November.

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