Will anyone be surprized when the Supreme Court overrules both lower

[Bandit]

court rulings? Does anyone here think the Extreme Court won't rule for Cheney? How do you think they will justify their overruling two lower court rulings? I wonder what grounds they even have to take the case in the first place. Same as when they took the Bush* vs Gore case. Bush* had no legal standing. How they took on a case without anyone having standing will always be a wonder to the legal establishment. This one will also be a wonder.

[MadinMD]

1. I honestly don't think they will overrule it

Honestly, it's an open and shut case. Executive privledge simply doesn't extend to the level the Bushies are trying to make it. I figure we'll get a 5-4 or 6-3 decision on the topic. Scalia, Rhenquist, and Thomas are definate dissenters.

[Beetwasher]

2. Actually, I Won't Be Surprised When The Rule Against Cheney and

he ignores them...What are they gonna do to him if he does that?

[prodigal_green]

3. throw him in jail eom

[Beetwasher]

11. I Hope So

But I won't be holding my breath...

[whistle]

5. If Cheney defies a Supreme Court ruling against him...

...that would be great. Remember Spiro T Agnew, Richard Nixon's VP? He got booted out of office.

[tishaLA]

4. Cheney is not going to win this case

I'm listening to it now and there is NO WAY they are buying Ted Olson's convoluted attempts at logic. Hell, I don't even know whether Renquist will go along with it.

[tridim]

10. The question is, would he have won if the hunting trip

hadn't been made public? I think that was a major phuckup.

[underpants]

6. The precident goes bakc to Geo.Washington and...........

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1480297

[beyurslf]

7. They won't win.

But the SC will toss it back to the lower courts and the admin will still drag its feet and put up hurdles ... anything to put off giving over documents until after the election. And when they give the documents, it will 100,000 pages of crap so it takes months to go through it all.

[Warpy]

9. Running the clock out

....has been the strategy all along. The good news is that without being charged with a specific crime, Cheney can't be pardoned by Idiot. I think Cheney will lose this one, then drag his feet until after the election. I also think the opinion will be a good read, and the dissenting opinion from Scalia, Thomas and Rehnquist will be hilarious.

[Ready4Change]

8. I'll be surprised if they DON'T overrule the lower courts.

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[kskiska]

12. So far…

From Drudge:

Supreme Court appears skeptical of letting the public have a look into private White House policy meetings, hearing a challenge to privacy claims for the vice president's energy task force. Justice Antonin Scalia warns about opening presidents to snooping outsiders and worrisome lawsuits... Developing...

[napi21]

13. Drudge isn't always right! Wait and see.