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Trump Immunity Ruling Means Any Trial Before Election Unlikely
- gnabgib 2y agoThe apnews article mentions this in the first sentence (631 points, 6 hours ago, 1286 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40847963 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40847963
- wumeow 2y agoThe desired outcome of delaying the ruling until the very last day of the term.
- johng 2y agoAs opposed to the desired outcome of fast tracking it to try and influence the election. Games, from both sides.
- wumeow 2y agoWhether or not Trump is guilty of conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election should influence this election. “both sides” give me a break.
- jfengel 2y agoQuite possibly, but this is also traditional. They save their most controversial rulings for the last day. They fling them over the courthouse steps, then run screaming out the back door. They do that every year. In this case it also helps the majority politically, but generally they want to avoid being in DC after fucking it up.