When it goes to the Supreme Court?

[kentuck]

If Donald Trump is subpoenaed, as a private citizen and a former President, to appear before the Select Committee, he will challenge it in the Courts. That's what he has always done.

When it goes to the Supreme Court, do they rule in Trump's favor? Very likely.

That will be the time to expand the very political Supreme Court.

Nobody has a crystal ball but this looks to be the direction this investigation is going. They are all clamming up. The Department of Justice is going to have to step up.

The testimony of the Capitol policemen seems to not have even made a dent in the consciousness of this cult.

They call it an act. They were only "crisis actors"? Will McCarthy win the Best Supporting Actor when he is called to testify?

The Committee has no choice but to continue to call witnesses. Surely they will come across one that will be must-see television?

[HAB911]

1. If they rule in his favor

we should have stayed with the monarchy and saved all the trouble

[Tomconroy]

2. FDR couldn't expand the Supreme Court.

Neither can Joe Biden.

[thucythucy]

6. Probably.

Then again times are different, and no one can foresee the future.

I'm just old enough to remember people saying no US Attorney General will ever be indicted. They were talking about John Mitchell. No vice president will ever be indicted. Enter Spiro Agnew. No president has ever been forced to resign... You get the picture.

One possible scenario: if incontroverable evidence is revealed that Trump and his ilk absolutely planned for a coup--say a tape of Trump and Jared and Flynn going though the plan point by point, along with a list of critics slated for arrest or assassination after the coup--and the Supreme Court on a partisan vote refused to allow law enforcement to take action. If this followed a ruling over turning Roe v. Wade, the collective outrage might just carry the day, especially if this led to massive losses by the GOP in the mid terms.

But you're probably right about this, sad to say.

[Lochloosa]

15. I disagree with no president being forced to resign.

Nixon was told by repugs at the time, that if he did not resign he would be impeached. He resigned the next day.

[thucythucy]

22. Sorry, I thought the completed thought

was assumed by using the "..."

Yes, of course Nixon had to resign. That was my point, that what was once the consensus view that this or that could never happen is precisely what came to pass.

I promise in the future to be more explicit.

Best wishes.

[spanone]

3. mccarthy will fight it too.

everyone subpoenaed will fight it.

these are not honorable people

[kentuck]

4. Jeffrey Rosen may volunteer to come in?

He knows a lot. He replaced Bill Barr as AG in the final weeks of the Trump disaster.

[spanone]

8. Well, he's a republican, so I'll believe it when I see it.

[gab13by13]

7. I agree they will fight it,

but will the SC side with every case? I would not subpoena Trump first, go with people who the SC may rule against.

Subpoenas need to happen quickly so they can get through the courts.

I mean having subpoena power and not being able to use it makes no sense, hopefully it also makes no sense to a partisan SC.

[kentuck]

9. Correct. Democrats need to play chess here.

No more checkers.

[JohnSJ]

5. There is nothing in the Constitution that would prevent a former president from being criminally

prosecuted, even for the same offenses they were impeached for, so I don't see the courts protecting him from being called as a witness

What I see happening is delay tactics they would use that would allow him to run out run the clock

[fescuerescue]

10. That's a lot of If's

I don't think that Trump would say anything revealing since it's all on video anyway.

However, if he is subpoenaed, it would likely keep the hearing open till about the midterms.

Which is would be a huge win for our side.

[fescuerescue]

25. On second thought. I think Trump would *LOVE* to be subpoenaed

He would absolutely love 2 or 3 days of cameras trained on him.

He's probably lobbying to get subpoenaed right now.

[bluestarone]

11. Probably depends a LOT on the 2022 election

This will ALL be stalled until we see who controls the House and Senate after the 22 election. It seems like they could stall this at least until then.

[kentuck]

12. I think that may be longer term strategy?

To stall beyond the midterms.

If Republicons win, they will sweep it under the rug, hid from view.

[bluestarone]

13. Agree!

[spanone]

23. Not only that, they will immediately impeach Joe Biden should they steal/win

[MoonRiver]

14. Their plan is to stall until after the mid-terms. They might just pull it off.

Then, if the Pukes take back the House, this investigation will disappear.

[brooklynite]

16. Do you have a reason the Court to uphold Trump's challenge, other than "of course they will"?

Just like "of course" they were going to hear his voter fraud lawsuit?

As conservative as they are, there's no basis for a civilian refusing a subpoena from Congress. They won't uphold his refusal.

[kentuck]

17. It's not a sure thing.

But it is very possible they will be caught up in the cult fervor. They could be very unpredictable. We would all hope they would be above such petty politics, but they have some real "winners" on this Court.

[brooklynite]

18. Roberts won't allow it.

He's not a Trumpist and he's concerned about his and the Court's historical reputation.

[brooklynite]

19. I'll go further: the Court won't even hear the case.

There's no Constitutional issue to be considered.

[lagomorph777]

20. The time to expand SCROTUS is now; once they block subpoenas and voting rights,

it's too late.

[Lettuce Be]

21. They will not rule in his favor. Won't happen. No one, repeat no one is above the law

[MissMillie]

24. I'm with you on this, but I think for different reason

Since he's already been charged in Congress and acquitted in the Senate, there's no way he'll be charged again for anything. Therefore it's almost as though he has immunity from prosecution. (I think I'm right on this, but I don't know for sure. Being tried by the Senate may not count towards avoiding Double Jeopardy.)

He will, of course, be tried in the court of public opinion.

And then it becomes a issue of whether or not he tells the truth. That will be a damned-if you do/damned-if-you don't situation for him. Lying to Congress is a crime. Telling the truth ends his political career.