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The Hartmann Report

Daily Take: Will SCOTUS Remove the Threat of Trump or be as Political & Corrupt as Bush v Gore Was?

The Hartmann Report

Thom Hartmann

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4.38 Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Odds are, however, that this decision will be as political and corrupt as the 2000 Bush v Gore was. But I’m more than willing to be surprised.

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0:00.0

Will Skodes remove the threat of Trump or be as political and corrupt as Bush v Gore was?

0:07.0

Donald Trump is a threat to America.

0:10.0

His loyalty to Putin also makes him a threat to world peace as he just showed us by

0:13.9

killing the Senate bill to secure the border and provide aid to Taiwan, Ukraine, Israel, and the

0:18.4

Palestinians in Gaza.

0:20.6

And today the Supreme Court will have an ability to remove that threat by simply

0:23.8

following the plain language of the US Constitution that says people who have

0:27.3

engaged in insurrection or provided aid in comfort to same can't hold public office.

0:34.1

So what can we expect?

0:35.6

Will the court follow the law?

0:37.4

They certainly haven't in the past, and it appears that at the least, Clarence Thomas

0:42.0

again has no intent of following the law and

0:44.7

recusing himself even though his wife was personally involved in the

0:48.0

insurrection. Nor will Roberts, Kavanaugh, or Koney Barrett, even though all three helped George W Bush's legal team argue

0:56.1

his case before the court in 2000 and were rewarded with their own seats on that body.

1:03.0

The last time the Supreme Court inserted itself into a presidential election was

1:06.4

2000, when multiple members of the court had clear conflicts of interest that, like Thomas

1:11.1

today, they chose to ignore to hand the election

1:13.9

to George W Bush even though Al Gore won the election both in the popular vote

1:17.8

and the Electoral College. For the record it's important to remember that history as

1:22.4

it appears may be about to

1:26.4

Excuse me for the record it's important to remember that history as it appears history may be about to repeat itself.

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