SCOTUS Denies Trump Bid To Block Jan. 6 Records | Talking Points Memo

[demyankee]

Can I voice a modest “Hot damn!”? Is this the end of the beginning of the end, at last? At least?

Naah. Who am I kidding? This shitstorm will continue to grind on until he blows a fuse, and then we might see the beginning of the next phase.

[alyoshakaramazov1]

Naw, it’s the beginning of R.I.C.O.

[mondfledermaus]

It was a 8 – 1 ruling, with Justice Clarence Thomas the only dissenter.

You can always count on Uncle Thomas ding the wrong thing. Although in this case he probably covering up for his drunken devil of a wife.

[pmaroneyb]

@arrendis

Therefore, as this Court’s order today makes clear, the Court of Appeals’ broader statements questioning whether a former President may successfully invoke the Presidential communications privilege if the current President does not support the claim were dicta and should not be considered binding precedent going forward.

Is BeerBro trying to give TFG another opening? Will Merde-a-Lago suddenly issue an Executive Order? (Archives is likely staying late shipping the docs)

[mondfledermaus]

@lizzymom

I’m really not sure which of the Thomases is viler.

Ginni, Clarence is a Zombie.

[Fire_Joni_Ernst]

Yes SCOTUS ruled, but what about the ruling from the alternate SCOTUS. Cue Chuck Grassley for his misdirection and attempt to take charge. /s
At this point, it’s hard to tell how many anti-democratic Reps. and Senators will be swept up in this conspiracy. With the right set of facts and the right state rules, and a Democratic governor in those states, might it be possible to expel a member or three, and to tilt the balance of the House or Senate?

[arrendis]

@pmaroneyb

Is BeerBro trying to give TFG another opening?

No, he’s just trying to establish that some other President might be able to make the case of ‘ok, so… even though the other party has Congress now, no, you’re not allowed to read all my shit just because you feel like it’.

[darrtown]

8-1?
Yowzah!

[rfscalf]

“In a statement, Justice Kavanaugh said that had the court faced Trump’s executive privilege issue, he would have voted to extend that authority to Trump.”

Huh? And yet he voted against reviewing the case?
Me no understand.

[darrtown]

@leftcoaster

It’s a good day.

Would be better if the voting rights bills passed.

[eldonlazar]

Let’s find all the meeting minutes where he calls his MAGATs idiots or worse.

And publish them.

[rollinnolan]

Oh, happy day. It is all coming out.

[trustywoods]

@rfscalf

“In a statement, Justice Kavanaugh said that had the court faced Trump’s executive privilege issue, he would have voted to extend that authority to Trump.”

Huh? And yet he voted against reviewing the case?
Me no understand.

Just showing his yellow belly, he wants a tummy rub.

[kimaanderson]

@mondfledermaus

You can always count on Uncle Thomas ding the wrong thing

Thomas is like a barometer of wrongness.

[kadymud]

https://youtu.be/gazIa2IibZA

[txlawyer]

@pmaroneyb

(Archives is likely staying late shipping the docs)

No, they’ve had the docs all collected and digitized for months. Committee counsel should have a download link in their email pretty quick.

[fiftygigs]

@arrendis quoting Kavanaugh

it could be argued that the strength of a privilege claim should diminish to some extent as the years pass

If there’s any need to dig into the papers of a former president, I would think the need for openness would be sooner, rather than later.

I mean, unless one wants Presidents to be able to hide crimes against humanity.

[bcgister]

@murgatroid

Cue the temper tantrum about the worthlessness of “my judges” from you know who…

“Ingrates,” I’d suppose, if I thought Donnie’d use that word.

[darrtown]

I bet trump is not a happy camper right about now. And that’s a case of schadenfreude for me.

[rhs1963]

There’s a cold wind blowing around Trumpf’s shriveled nuts.