That last blog sure was cheerful! Reminiscent of Frodo’s glimpse into the Mirror of Galadriel & the Shire reduced to slag heaps. [FN1] This country, should trump be installed once more in the Oval Office, will not look as chipper as the smoking piles passed by hobbits in chains. 1/9
Conversion of our national government to a trump-led dictatorship is a qualitative change. No one has complied with Art. V and amended the Constitution. In Indiana, when Project 2025 was mentioned, John Schmitz, magaGOP nominee for INCD7, didn’t want to talk about it. 2/9
What can be done, especially since each day discloses more proof that Putin has again planted trump in the Oval Office? An important factor is time. If trump’s sworn in on Jan 20, it’s done. trump will not vacate that office. Delay in stopping trump = failure. The republic dies. 3/9
One path, through the courts, guarantees delay & failure. A court challenge would have to be drafted, filed and a stay granted pending review. An original action to nullify the election can be filed w/SCOTUS. We don’t need the Mirror of Galadriel to see hobbits in chains. 4/9
The 6 GOP justices follow orders. Chief Justice Roberts said he only calls balls and strikes, a metaphor both cynical and inaccurate. After all, in the 1919 “Black Sox” World Series, the umps weren’t implicated. [FN2] 5/9
Even if the action is filed in a U.S. district court & that court grants relief, SCOTUS will vacate the order faster than you can say “‘Shoeless’ Joe Jackson.” I represented folks in two cases in 2017 that sought to nullify the 2016 election. You didn’t hear about them? 6/9
The only course of action is for Pres Biden to invoke powers as President, have the 2024 AND the 2016 elections investigated and stay the course. That’s not likely. Democrats didn’t want to ruffle feathers in 2000 or 2016. I say congrats! There’s no need ever again 7/9
to worry about ruffling anyone’s feathers. The bird’s been plucked. People in Ukraine will die, Europe will be Putin’s & if an evangelical gets a-hold of the nuclear football, the Earth will be incinerated. Those slag heaps in the Shire are looking kinda good. 8/9
Footnotes: FN1. 1978, Member, DePauw University Trivia Bowl Champion team. Actually that occurred in “The Return of the King,” in print, but Peter Jackson had it in “The Fellowship of the Ring.” FN2. Clarence Thomas alone has received > $ than the eight Chicago players combined. 9/9
Hobbits in chains & the only course of action
by Mark Small
Nov 11
That last blog sure was cheerful! Reminiscent of Frodo’s glimpse into the Mirror of Galadriel & the Shire reduced to slag heaps. [FN1] This country, should trump be installed once more in the Oval Office, will not look as chipper as the smoking piles passed by hobbits in chains. 1/9
Conversion of our national government to a trump-led dictatorship is a qualitative change. No one has complied with Art. V and amended the Constitution. In Indiana, when Project 2025 was mentioned, John Schmitz, magaGOP nominee for INCD7, didn’t want to talk about it. 2/9
What can be done, especially since each day discloses more proof that Putin has again planted trump in the Oval Office? An important factor is time. If trump’s sworn in on Jan 20, it’s done. trump will not vacate that office. Delay in stopping trump = failure. The republic dies. 3/9
One path, through the courts, guarantees delay & failure. A court challenge would have to be drafted, filed and a stay granted pending review. An original action to nullify the election can be filed w/SCOTUS. We don’t need the Mirror of Galadriel to see hobbits in chains. 4/9
The 6 GOP justices follow orders. Chief Justice Roberts said he only calls balls and strikes, a metaphor both cynical and inaccurate. After all, in the 1919 “Black Sox” World Series, the umps weren’t implicated. [FN2] 5/9
Even if the action is filed in a U.S. district court & that court grants relief, SCOTUS will vacate the order faster than you can say “‘Shoeless’ Joe Jackson.” I represented folks in two cases in 2017 that sought to nullify the 2016 election. You didn’t hear about them? 6/9
The only course of action is for Pres Biden to invoke powers as President, have the 2024 AND the 2016 elections investigated and stay the course. That’s not likely. Democrats didn’t want to ruffle feathers in 2000 or 2016. I say congrats! There’s no need ever again 7/9
to worry about ruffling anyone’s feathers. The bird’s been plucked. People in Ukraine will die, Europe will be Putin’s & if an evangelical gets a-hold of the nuclear football, the Earth will be incinerated. Those slag heaps in the Shire are looking kinda good. 8/9
Footnotes:
FN1. 1978, Member, DePauw University Trivia Bowl Champion team. Actually that occurred in “The Return of the King,” in print, but Peter Jackson had it in “The Fellowship of the Ring.”
FN2. Clarence Thomas alone has received > $ than the eight Chicago players combined. 9/9