Alina Habba said she expects Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh to 'step up' for Trump after the 'hell' the former president went through to 'place' Kavanaugh

Alina Habba said she expects Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to ‘step up’ for Trump after the ‘hell’ the former president went through to ‘place’ Kavanaugh

Rep. Jamie Raskin, R-MD., lashed out at Donald Trump’s attorney Alina Habba for thinking like a “New York mobster” after she appeared to pressure Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to “stand up” for Trump because the former president nominated him for the job.

“This is the way that New York mobsters think about judges: ‘Yeah, we own that one. We own that one. Get in that court — that guy’s in our pocket,’” Raskin said Friday night on MSNBC’s “The Last Word.”

For "fascists and authoritarian parties and movements, the law is really not what you know — it’s who you know. It’s always better for them to know the judge than to know the law. To know the law here is to understand that Donald Trump is disqualified,” said Raskin.

    • 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚐@lemmy.world
      7·
      10 months ago

      No we don’t, and for two very good reasons.

      1. Trump’s three Supreme Court appointments are the most disloyal from his perspective. If Trump goes full-blown dictator, he will dissolve the Supreme Court, and there’s a very real possibility he will have them executed.

      2. If the Supreme Court fails to uphold the Constitution on an obvious Textualist/Originalist basis, it will be seen as illegitimate and may very well be dissolved because it will have failed its ultimate responsibility.

      The Justices are very much aware of these factors.

      • rbhfd@lemmy.world
        4·
        10 months ago

        I’m hoping they’ll rule against him as well, but these reasons seem way out there.

        1. That’s assuming they believe he’ll go full fascist and execute them. They don’t. Even if they would believe that, ruling in his favour would prove their worth to him.

        2. I see no way that democrats could dissolve the SC. They probably wouldn’t even if they could.

        • 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚐@lemmy.world
          1·
          10 months ago

          1. I guarantee Trump and company are pressuring, if not explicitly threatening, those three at a minimum right now. Too much is on the line. They do.

          2. If the Democrats allow the Supreme Court to stand after a second flouting following the overturning of Roe, they will be in breach of the Constitution as well.

          Edit: grammar

      • eestileib@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        10 months ago

        The Justices are some of the most cocooned people in the country, by design. I hesitate to say what they’re aware of a damn thing other than where the next ladle full of billionaire slop is about to land in their trough.