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<blockquote data-quote="fishtm2001" data-source="post: 5781267" data-attributes="member: 54375">&quot;Even people who want to play word games and quibble wars over Trump&#039;s role in the January 6 insurrection — and the weeks prior, where he plotted to overthrow democracy — struggle with that one. It doesn&#039;t say convicted of insurrection. It doesn&#039;t say that you had to be the leader. You merely had to &quot;engage.&quot; So even if you want to pretend Trump wasn&#039;t the leader, he was engaged in the coup in every way, from the &quot;fake electors&quot; plot to the part where he egged on rioters who were threatening to kill his own vice president.&quot;&nbsp; &quot;You have a choice, justices. The next few years of your life can be defined by billionaire-funded fishing trips and arcane tax lawsuits no one cares about. Or it can be taken up by case after case about Trump and his transgressions. Just as a matter of personal comfort, pick the former. Plus, there&#039;s a not-small chance that Trump Pt. Deux decides the Supreme Court does not bind him, and just flat out rejects court decisions he doesn&#039;t like. If they don&#039;t want to see their power even more eroded, the justices should rid themselves of the Trump problem.&quot;A. Marcotte</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fishtm2001, post: 5781267, member: 54375"] "Even people who want to play word games and quibble wars over Trump's role in the January 6 insurrection — and the weeks prior, where he plotted to overthrow democracy — struggle with that one. It doesn't say [I]convicted[/I] of insurrection. It doesn't say that you had to be [I]the leader[/I]. You merely had to "engage." So even if you want to pretend Trump wasn't the leader, he was engaged in the coup in every way, from the "fake electors" plot to the part where he egged on rioters who were threatening to kill his own vice president." "You have a choice, justices. The next few years of your life can be defined by billionaire-funded fishing trips and arcane tax lawsuits no one cares about. Or it can be taken up by case after case about Trump and his transgressions. Just as a matter of personal comfort, pick the former. Plus, there's a not-small chance that Trump Pt. Deux decides the Supreme Court does not bind him, and just flat out rejects court decisions he doesn't like. If they don't want to see their power even more eroded, the justices should rid themselves of the Trump problem." A. Marcotte [/QUOTE]

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