General Discussion

Speaking with the hosts, Stern was asked why the court is dragging its feet on a case that could have a major impact on the 2024 presidential election. "I think the problem here is that the Supreme Court's conservatives are, if not corrupt, then wrapped up in this fantasy of a presidency that has safeguards, that has guard rails against abuse and corruption and they don't think what Donald Trump did at the end of the day, was all that bad,(I believe Alito and Thomas may feel that way, but there is no evidence the entire conservative bloc does)" the legal analysts stated.

"This came out loud and clear in the conservatives' decision on the ballot removal case where the court refused to grapple with this question on whether Trump engaged in insurrection, refused to address the true gravity of January 6, and issued a very formalistic non-originalist opinion that allows Trump to appear on the ballot, despite the 14th's Amendment clear bar against insurrectionists holding federal office," he continued.(this is the part I consider the most nonsensical, as it ignores the liberals who concurred with the ruling, which had nothing to do with Trump’s disqualification, it was about whether a state had the power to disqualify a candidate for federal office, and they correctly ruled it does not. The suit should have been filed in federal, not state, court.)