As U.S. Supreme Court girds for Trump cases, can it be an 'effective firewall'?

It can but it requires at least a few of the conservative members to not be in the tank for crazy.

can it be an 'effective firewall'?

A firewall to protect the corrupt swamp? If the neocon/neolib politicians had had their way, they would have inflated it to become a bastion of elitist corruption. As it is now, it seems to have a conservative majority, so it looks like thankfully it will be possible to drain the swamp. It is great to to see a) the Trump team actually draining the swamp and b) the regime media freaking out about it.

The Dems will lose on this one, and the more they fight being transparent, the more they make themselves irrelevant as a party, they really want to destroy themselves as a party it seems at this point.

the supreme court would normally be a buttress against overreach by another branch, but they abandoned the principle engraved across the top of the building with trump's appointments to the court.

it’s no different than google abandoning its slogan of “do no evil.”

don’t expect the current court to do the right thing.

The Trumpian U S Supreme Court will rule in favor of the convicted felon and former Insurrectionist-in-Chief to the detriment of democracy and the rule of law.

the supreme court would normally be a buttress against overreach by another branch, but they abandoned the principle engraved across the top of the building with trump's appointments to the court.

Wrong party, what they (the Conservative Justices)  did was going back to the Constitution and ruling based on how the law was written and NOT how they interpret it.

it’s no different than google abandoning its slogan of “do no evil.”

don’t expect the current court to do the right thing.

Well, they're not activist Justices, so the left will definitely not be happy soon.

The Trumpian U S Supreme Court will rule in favor of the convicted felon and former Insurrectionist-in-Chief to the detriment of democracy and the rule of law.

What gets me about liberals is that they go nuts when the Constitution is being followed and that is a huge difference, the left for some reason, they view the Constitution as evolving or being interpreted depending on the ruling and it's not and never has been, the ruling is as it was written

bass4funkToday 02:55 am JST

What gets me about liberals is that they go nuts when the Constitution is being followed and that is a huge difference, the left for some reason, they view the Constitution as evolving or being interpreted depending on the ruling and it's not and never has been, the ruling is as it was written

The Constitution says King Trump has zero control over spending.

bass4funkFeb. 15 07:58 pm JST

The Dems will lose on this one, and the more they fight being transparent, the more they make themselves irrelevant as a party, they really want to destroy themselves as a party it seems at this point.

Yeah no, the Democrats will be seen as the only one standing buy with hoses while republicans were burning critical services down.

The Constitution says King Trump has zero control over spending.

All the more reason to use his EO first

Yeah no, the Democrats will be seen as the only one standing buy with hoses while republicans were burning critical services down.

You are joking right??? Democrats have been steadily losing Blacks and Latinos which make up more than half of their base and why? It’s because they realized for 70 years they lied to them and took everything they had and gave them nothing in return. But don’t take my word, take it from a Dem veteran….

https://youtu.be/K5fOs9BWvRo?si=N_hmlIky9qx5Pc_k

bass4funkToday 04:09 am JST

The Constitution says King Trump has zero control over spending.

All the more reason to use his EO first

What does that mean? Trump will executive order something clearly unconstitutional and that is a good thing?

Yeah no, the Democrats will be seen as the only one standing buy with hoses while republicans were burning critical services down.

You are joking right??? Democrats have been steadily losing Blacks and Latinos which make up more than half of their base and why? It’s because they realized for 70 years they lied to them and took everything they had and gave them nothing in return. But don’t take my word, take it from a Dem veteran….

https://youtu.be/K5fOs9BWvRo?si=N_hmlIky9qx5Pc_k

DOJ officials, consumer watchdogs, CDC investigators, and Forest Service personnel have been cut. Putting America first at MAGA intellect levels I suppose.

The Dems will lose on this one,

Will SCOTUS rule that the Executive has absolute power over the purse, and not the Legislature?

going back to the Constitution and ruling based on how the law was written and NOT how they interpret it.

Article 1 of the Constitution is pretty clear about the illegality of Trump and Doge's cutting off spending already approved by Congress.

plasticmonkey

Article 1 of the Constitution is pretty clear about the illegality of Trump and Doge's cutting off spending already approved by Congress.

You mean the spending for slush fund items for misguided activist projects? We now know that even George Soros received US taxpayer money for his "open society" project instead of paying himself. I am not a legal scholar, but I doubt that constitution says that an agency created by presidential order can hide its budget, abuse it at will, and refuse an audit. Maybe you know better...

I doubt that constitution says that an agency created by presidential order can hide its budget, abuse it at will, and refuse an audit. Maybe you know better...

Yeah, I do know better. If there's fraud, report it to Congress, and Congress will respond accordingly.

It's not up to the Executive. The Constitution is quite clear on this.