Brazile: Trump-appointed Supreme Court justices don’t owe him ‘one thing’ on ballot ban

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 Brazile: Trump-appointed Supreme Court justices don’t owe him ‘one thing’ on ballot ban
by Sarah Fortinsky - 01/07/24 2:02 PM ET

Former Democratic National Committee Chair Donna Brazile said Sunday that U.S. Supreme Court justices appointed by former President Trump don’t owe him “one thing” and should not treat him differently when they hear arguments in his appeal of the Colorado Supreme Court decision removing the former president from the state’s primary ballot under the 14th Amendment.

The U.S. Supreme Court announced late Friday it would hear Trump’s appeal of the Colorado decision, which affirmed a lower court ruling that Trump engaged in insurrection and ruled that under the 14th Amendment’s “insurrection clause,” Trump could not hold public office again.

Trump appointed three of the nine current justices to the bench and resisted pressure to pull the nomination of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who faced sexual assault allegations during the confirmation process and whose appointment to the court was almost derailed.

“Brett Kavanaugh and the Republican justices do not owe Donald Trump one thing,” Brazile said in a panel discussion on ABC News’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos.”

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[Maj. Bill Martin]

Can't stand her, but she's right about this.

[catfish1957]

Can't stand her, but she's right about this.

I have a sinking feeling that the left is going to use this as fodder in the future to pack the court, if and when his 3 appointees rightfully vote 3-0 in his favor.

[Maj. Bill Martin]

I have a sinking feeling that the left is going to use this as fodder in the future to pack the court, if and when his 3 appointees rightfully vote 3-0 in his favor.

I honestly don't think that'll happen.  The hard left is convinced they're right, but I don't think the mass of the country - including some Democrats - buy it.   If they didn't pack it after the abortion case, they won't get it for this.

[LMAO]

I honestly don't think that'll happen.  The hard left is convinced they're right, but I don't think the mass of the country - including some Democrats - buy it.   If they didn't pack it after the abortion case, they won't get it for this.

Packing the court would set a bad precedent. Even Biden in his dementia state seems to grasp that. They'll fundraise and use the coming  ruling in Trump's favor to fire their left wing base

[DefiantMassRINO]

In Trump's mind, 3 Justices owe him, big time.

Let's see how the Roberts' SCOTUS navigates Trump's legal quicksand.

[sneakypete]

Can't stand her, but she's right about this.

@Maj. Bill Martin

Even a broken clock is  right twice a day,which is more than you can say for her. I suspect she just accidentally stumbled across a truth,and  it shocked her so much she had to repeat it.

[sneakypete]

In Trump's mind, 3 Justices owe him, big time.

Let's see how the Roberts' SCOTUS navigates Trump's legal quicksand.

@DefiantMassRINO

They don't owe him a damn thing. They were selected to serve the country  and the US Constitution,not ANY individual.

[mountaineer]

The justices owe loyalty to the Constitution, which I suspect she hates as much as she hates Trump.

[Hoodat]

Can't stand her, but she's right about this.

Ditto, she is correct, although leftists employ the opposite standard when it comes to judges they appoint.  As for Brazile, I actually feel sorry for her.  The way she was treated by the Gore campaign in 2000 was abysmal.  Yet she keeps returning to the plantation as a dog returning to its own vomit.  If there is anyone on this planet who can call out the Democrat Party as being the party of racism, it is her.

[libertybele]

@DefiantMassRINO

They don't owe him a damn thing. They were selected to serve the country  and the US Constitution,not ANY individual.

Exactly right.

[Cyber Liberty]

The justices owe loyalty to the Constitution, which I suspect she hates as much as she hates Trump.

Exactly.  The Justices do not "owe" Trump anything, but they owe the rest of the US everything.

[Bigun]

Exactly.  The Justices do not "owe" Trump anything, but they owe the rest of the US everything.

Justices are required to take two oaths before assuming the bench.

Oath one:

"I, ________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God."

Oath two:

"I, _________, do solemnly swear or affirm that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me as _________, according to the best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the constitution and laws of the United States. So help me God."

Those two oaths, and only them, are what they owe allegiance to.

[GtHawk]

Justices are required to take two oaths before assuming the bench.

Oath one:

"I, ________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God."

Oath two:

"I, _________, do solemnly swear or affirm that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me as _________, So help me God."according to the best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the constitution and laws of the United States.

Those two oaths, and only them, are what they owe allegiance to.

Ah, now I see the loophole the leftists use for pissing on the Constitution

[Polly Ticks]

This is an obvious statement.  No Supreme Court Justice owes anything to the President who appointed him or her. 

However, the fact that she feels compelled to state it leads me to believe that she thinks the converse is true, and that any justice appointed by a Democrat President owes his or her vote on a given case to that President's liberal ideology.

Guilty people always accuse you of doing what they themselves are doing. 

[Maj. Bill Martin]

Ditto, she is correct, although leftists employ the opposite standard when it comes to judges they appoint.  As for Brazile, I actually feel sorry for her.  The way she was treated by the Gore campaign in 2000 was abysmal.  Yet she keeps returning to the plantation as a dog returning to its own vomit.  If there is anyone on this planet who can call out the Democrat Party as being the party of racism, it is her.

Any sympathy I could ever have had for her vanished when she cheated in the 2016 primary debates, when she was employed by CNN and slipped the Clinton campaign the questions to be asked ahead of the debate with Bernie.

[sneakypete]

Ah, now I see the loophole the leftists use for pissing on the Constitution

@GtHawk

Why would they need a loophole when they can't be fired?

[Smokin Joe]

@DefiantMassRINO

They don't owe him a damn thing. They were selected to serve the country  and the US Constitution,not ANY individual.

It remains that no one should be deprived of being on a ballot for merely having been accused of something. That is not Due Process, it is not a conviction.

If Marion Berry could run for (and be reelected) DC Mayor after having been caught doing coke with some gal in the motel room, Trump should have no problem getting on the ballot.

[Maj. Bill Martin]

It remains that no one should be deprived of being on a ballot for merely having been accused of something. That is not Due Process, it is not a conviction.

If Marion Berry could run for (and be reelected) DC Mayor after having been caught doing coke with some gal in the motel room, Trump should have no problem getting on the ballot.

To quote North American strongman Marion Barry himself, "Da bitch set me up!".

Oddly enough, he was actually right about that.

[sneakypete]

It remains that no one should be deprived of being on a ballot for merely having been accused of something. That is not Due Process, it is not a conviction.

If Marion Berry could run for (and be reelected) DC Mayor after having been caught doing coke with some gal in the motel room, Trump should have no problem getting on the ballot.

@Smokin Joe

You are right. In a fair and sane world,that would be true.

However.............

[Smokin Joe]

@Smokin Joe

You are right. In a fair and sane world,that would be true.

However.............

We know, it's because Marion Berry wasn't afflicted with a very light complexion.

(Wait....didn't that spray tan stuff make Trump a person of color?)

[Hoodat]

However, the fact that she feels compelled to state it leads me to believe that she thinks the converse is true, and that any justice appointed by a Democrat President owes his or her vote on a given case to that President's liberal ideology.

Guilty people always accuse you of doing what they themselves are doing.

Correctamundo.

[sneakypete]

Correctamundo.

@Hoodat

Well,the entire leadership of the DNC are all "good little comrades" because THAT is where the money and  the power lies.