First-hand account of Rapin' Grampy "fidgeting" during SCOTUS session from ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero

[Miles Archer]

“He was six feet in front of me... he was literally right in front of me,” he recalled. “I was one row behind him, the Secret Service and then the president, so I could watch him entirely throughout the argument. Some of the press reports also got it wrong. Some of the press reports said that he left after the government had its case; the president sat through at least 10 to 15 minutes of our argument.”

“I could see him fidgeting in the chair. I literally could see him, he was literally in my line of vision,” he added. “And when our legal director, Cecillia Wang, made her opening statements, and then when she began to answer questions from the justices, you could see he started getting restless. His shoulders slumped a little bit.”

“I think he was there, clearly to intimidate the justices,” he added. “When they first had him, they sat him on the very end of the front row. And then the Commerce Secretary, Mr. [Howard] Lutnick got up and told the security guards that Mr. Trump would like to be seated more centrally in the courtroom. So they moved him literally right in front of us.”

“And then it was clear that he was endeavoring to put his thumb on the scale. He was endeavoring to glower at the justices to kind of intimidate them, almost defy them to rule against him,” he continued. “And what was remarkable, and this really is a testament that our system of checks and balances is working, that it's a coequal branch of government. Donald Trump is a guest in the Supreme Court. This is Chief Justice Roberts’ house. And there was not a mention, they did not miss a beat when he walked in, the courtroom got quiet. When he walked out, no one missed a beat.”

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-fidget-supreme-court/

[dalton99a]

1. .

[ShazzieB]

9. That rooster meme is perfection!

Absolute perfection.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. TACO moniker is CORRECT!

Even in Chief Justice John Roberts' Court room.

[Wounded Bear]

3. Even he could tell his bullshit wasn't selling well to the court...

I heard a little bit of it yesterday. Didn't sound like most of the Justices were buying the gov't's case.

[agingdem]

4. he assumed he had the tariff decision in the bag..he did not..

so he thought he'd go into Robert's court, glower at the justices and they would melt like the bad witch in the Wizard of Oz...

here's the thing...setting aside the unqualified McConnell anointed clowns (and corrupt Alito and Thomas), Trump has lost his sway.....Trump's "executive orders" are personal revenge vendettas designed to punish his perceived enemies..a deranged dirty old man howling into the void...

John Roberts made the biggest mistake of his judicial career allowing Trump almost limitless immunity...if he's at all concerned about his legacy he's got a shit-ton of making up to do...

[progressoid]

5. "they did not miss a beat when he walked in"

" And there was not a mention, they did not miss a beat when he walked in, the courtroom got quiet. When he walked out, no one missed a beat.”

That's had to salt his wounded ego.

[William Seger]

6. I have trouble believing that the Supreme Court could declare a Constitutional amendment unconstitutional

... and the idea that an Executive Order could is beyond belief -- might as well just burn it.

[Shipwack]

8. They already have declared an amendment unconstitutional.

Section 3 of the 14th amendment says that no one that has been accused of insurrection against the US can hold elected office. When Colorado’s State Supreme Court ruled that Trump couldn’t be on the ballot in their state, the Supreme Court ruled that states couldn’t enforce that provision, only congress, even though that’s not specified by the amendment.

[ColoringFool]

11. An Amendment Could Be Amended, No?

[FoxNewsSucks]

7. If Krasnov was that close, the stench must have been awful

[not fooled]

10. Yes, a disgusted nation wants to know

just how bad he smelled.