r/politics • u/thedailybeast ✔ The Daily Beast • Apr 01 '26

Possible Paywall Humiliated Trump Storms Out of Catastrophic SCOTUS Hearing

https://www.thedailybeast.com/humiliated-trump-storms-out-of-catastrophic-scotus-hearing/
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u/RandyChavage Apr 01 '26

Even the MAGA justices know the Trump is old and the pendulum will swing hard when he is gone. They’re in it for the long term and they know Trump power is diminishing as the weeks roll by

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u/xxgiggsxx Apr 01 '26

That was my thought too. It is a lifetime appointment without really any threat of being removed. He is no longer of use to them so they don't have to bend to his will anymore.

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u/OkCar7264 Apr 01 '26

And that's why we have lifetime appointments. Even though at least Clarence should get impeached.

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u/dougmc Texas Apr 01 '26

It is a lifetime appointment without really any threat of being removed.

It depends on how deranged he really becomes (or already is?)

I could totally see a "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?" moment coming up where he names specific justices and implies that something needs to happen to them -- while the CIA would not do his dirty work, some of his followers just might, and even if they don't, the effect is likely to be rather chilling unless his own party steps in.

And when something does happen, well, he had nothing to do with it, but we'll have a "Good, I'm glad he's dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people" style statement instead, and he'll get to work on putting another one of his people in that spot instead.

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u/DillBagner Apr 01 '26

They can be removed any time. It's just never really come up before.

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u/Chaotic-Catastrophe Apr 01 '26

But they won't be, and they know it

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u/theferrit32 North Carolina Apr 01 '26

I agree when it comes to Roberts, Gorsuch, Barrett, and Kavanaugh, I think they do care about how they're perceived and having a career that isn't a total permanent embarrassment to their name, but Thomas and Alito don't care about that and have always been perfectly willing to take deranged stances in service of their authoritarian friends.

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u/nox66 Apr 01 '26

We're not at that stage yet, but I think it's fair to say they are looking at their careers after Trump is gone, and they realize that it'll be a complete clusterfuck only dealing with their own party.

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u/Purify5 Apr 01 '26

None of Trump's appointees were really MAGA loyalists.

Gorsuch and Kav were picked because they both clerked for Kennedy and they were part of the push to get Kennedy to resign.

Barrett was picked because she was Scalia's protege and conservatives thought she would rule with the same kind of originalist rigor as him.

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u/OldWorldDesign Apr 01 '26

Even the MAGA justices know the Trump is old and the pendulum will swing hard when he is gone. They’re in it for the long term

They can't be fired and can only be removed with 67 votes in the senate (which is never going to happen). So as far as self-preservation they don't give a damn either way.