It simultaneously increases the chances that yes, he will go ahead and violate the civil and human rights of political opponents and classes of people he calls Communists, Marxists, and fascists.
They somehow presume that if Trump is elected and goes full dictator, that the power of the court, and their reputation, will save them.
These justices’ foolishness lies in their lack of foresight as to what happens if Trump wins in 2024.
In the justice’s efforts to ensure that they are the most powerful branch of government, they are about to make it the weakest.
When Trump is president again, he is likely to believe that he has the option of “removing” any member of the Supreme Court who defies him.
As long as the court doesn’t rule against him, they’re fine.
After all, if Trump can rub out a political opponent, can’t he do the same to an uncooperative jurist?. »